40 things to do in Trinidad & Tobago
1. As all the guidebooks will tell you, there are over 250 bird species in Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to diverse habitats and proximity to...
Junkanoo rush
In 2004, a Bahamian theatre group, the Dust Track Theatre Company, took to the streets of downtown Nassau during the annual Junkanoo...
Remembering Miss Lou
Louise Bennett-Coverly, 7 September, 1919 — 26 July, 2006 Louise Bennett-Coverley (“Miss Lou”), who died in Toronto on 26 July, was...
Viva Parang
It is four o’clock in the morning on Christmas day. For the last hour, the only sound to be heard is the rushing of the river, swollen by...
Not just cricket
It’s going to be Carnival time in the Caribbean when cricket’s biggest party, the ICC World Cup, comes to town in March. Organisers are...
The dream catcher, by Janice Levy
“Dona Rosa is a bruja,” I say. “A witch.” My mother slaps me, then makes the sign of the cross. “She’s got a moustache,” I...
Joseph Zobel: voice of Martinique
The early and formative years of the novelist Joseph Zobel, who died aged 91 in June, remind us how far his native Martinique, now a...
Table for one
Nothing — apart from sticking your head into a vat of chlorine — can bring tears to the eyes faster than the sight of a lone diner....
