Rising athletic stars from across the region will test their mettle against the best in the world at the Commonwealth Youth Games this August. Sheldon Waithe takes us inside Trinbago 2023 The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games When Carnival takes to the streets of Port of Spain on 4 August, it won’t be the legendary festival …
This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring new music by Destra; élan parlē; Yann Cléry; and Sabrina Francis Destra Unchained (Krazi Music) Destra Garcia has been described as the “queen of queens”, and justly so. Approaching a milestone 25-year soca career, this bona fide star has moved beyond “Bacchanal” for her deserved titles. …
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks; Blackgirl on Mars by Lesley-Ann Brown; A Sun to be Sewn by Jean D’Amérique; and Writing Gender into the Caribbean: Selected Essays 1988 to 2020 by Patricia Mohammed Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks (Jonathan Cape, 352 pp, ISBN 9781787333635) Yamaye …
When I was a practising chef, I purposely over-delivered and exceeded the expectations of my vegan clientele. I’ve never made nor served a (lazy) veggie skewer. And why would I, when growing up in the Caribbean exposed me to numerous Ital and Indian dishes? To this day, I make a mean curry channa (chickpeas). I …
On 12 April, 2023 — 131 years to the day Asa Wright (née Guðmundsdóttir) was born in Laugardalur, the “hot spring valley” of Iceland — I made the trek to another spring, nearly 4,500 miles away from her homeland. Spring Hill Estate — now the Asa Wright Nature Centre (AWNC), nestled in the lush Arima …
Circling like a vulture stalking its prey is part of his daily routine — riding at the top of the impossibly steep banking on the velodrome’s smooth wooden surface, before suddenly accelerating his carbon fibre steed down the slope. By the time he hits the finish line some 250 metres later, his bike will be …
Shelly-Ann Inniss suggests some of the many adventures you can enjoy across the region with the whole family Antigua & Barbuda Experienced hikers can explore a multitude of trails, from easy to advanced (make sure to go with a guide), many in the islands’ picturesque national parks. Or, why not conquer some off-road trails in …
The southernmost point in the United States is a classic holiday destination full of history and culture, a short hop from Miami Far south If you want to get tangible proof that you’ve visited the southernmost point of the continental US, just head down to the iconic landmark which says exactly that: a concrete replica …
The three-hour bus ride from Havana to Viñales is nothing special: scrubby countryside, a bit of agriculture. But then, in the final 10 minutes, things change: you see the mogotes. How to describe a mogote? Not quite a mountain, definitely more than a hill: a steep-sided lump that rears up out of nowhere, like a …
Nelson Island, a tiny piece of land off the northwest coast of Trinidad, played a disproportionately huge role in Trinidad & Tobago history. First Peoples tribes used it as a trading post. Indentured immigrants from India were quarantined there before going on to the mainland once they were deemed healthy. Labour leader Tubal Uriah “Buzz” …