The long walk home
On 31 July, 1498, Christopher Columbus and his men, sailing along the southern coast of the island of Iere, are said to have caught sight...
Toots Hibbert: never grow old
He’s been thrilling audiences for over forty years with dynamic stage performances and rousing studio works. Still in high regard in his...
Guyana: great escape
The Caribbean is full of surprises. Postcards, movies, tourist board brochures carefully maintain the image of small tropical islands where...
Massacre River of blood
The placid Massacre River (or Río Massacre) seems to belie its ominous name. Running in wide shallow bends and occasional faster-flowing...
Paula Lucie-Smith: the Right to Read
On a rainy Tuesday in June, Amanda — a forty-five-year-old woman from St James, Trinidad — sits at a desk in the Harvard Club in Port...
Tintamarre: Unlikely Island
The morning sun is not yet hot, even if last night’s dew has long evaporated, so there is still a freshness in the breeze that blows your...
The holes in history
The paper was achingly fragile. So thin and worn that chunks of it had vanished entirely. So brittle that I was only allowed to touch it if...
London is the place
Saturday. The sun is out and I’m staying in Notting Hill, house-sitting for a friend. It’s not the warmest weather, but the market on...
