Isaiah James Boodhoo: Poet of the Plains
At sixty, Isaiah James Boodhoo is enjoying one of his most successful periods as an artist. At his last major exhibition, all the paintings...
Sunsplash: Reggae to Go
Sunsplash. Mention the word today and there’s an automatic prefix: reggae. The two go together like saltfish and ackee, Ramadhin and...
Surf’s Up! The Caribbean’s Best Surfing
The search for the perfect wave has taken surfers all around the world. These days, plenty of them are packing their boards and heading for...
Why Warri
It is Saturday afternoon in a narrow alley next to a modest home in the suburbs of Bridgetown. Shaded by a rusted iron paling, several men...
Peter Minshall: Lord of the Dance
“Barcelona has honoured the art form of a little island,” says Peter Minshall. Minshall is a great talker, but he does not...
Golf in the Caribbean: Cream of the Crop
Jamaica is very special to me. I started my Test career there in 1954, and scored my maiden Test century at Sabina Park against Pakistan a...
First Stop Antigua
If you had to dream up the classic holiday island, it might look pretty much like Antigua. There’s hardly a day without sunshine, the...
Betty Kissoon-Singh: Doctor Betty in the Kitchen
Betty Kissoon-Singh, a Guyanese doctor who had practised medicine for almost two decades in Canada, was far from amused when medical...
