The pirate queens
The pirate queens of the Caribbean: Fearless pair who dressed as men and ‘fought like warriors’ would expose their breasts to their dying victims to reveal they had been vanquished by a woman By Leigh McManus From Daily Mail UK…
‘Small Island’ author Andrea Levy dies of cancer at 62
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press From Valley Press LONDON (AP) — Andrea Levy, a prize-winning novelist who chronicled the hopes and horrors experienced by the post-World War II generation of Jamaican immigrants in Britain, has died. She…
Reading Road Show targets communities as part of activities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to celebrate literacy
Thursday, February 14, 2019 — The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is partnering with the United States in an ongoing effort to promote national literacy. Young students and parents in Kingstown were thrilled as they paraded in costumes of their…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Celebrate Cayman District Display concludes in West Bay Celebrate Cayman’s Travelling District Display has made its way to West Bay. The display opens for public viewing at the Church of God Chapel, West Bay (on Town Hall Road) on Wednesday…
Annual Cayman Islands Storyboard Competition inspires readers
The annual Storyboard Competition is now open, and organisers are looking forward to seeing the creativity of Cayman’s younger readers on display, and inviting the public to come out and support the students. An initiative spearheaded by the Cayman Islands…
Extra features and usage of PDF files
We know how PDF works. It’s a printable format of the document that Adobe invented. It looks professional, doesn’t change the structure in different systems and is worldwide. We often use PDF file format for sending the documents through the…
Translating cultures: French Caribbean history, literature and migration
From British Library On 24 September 2018, the British Library welcomed a galaxy of leading specialists to a study dayaddressing the history, literature and arts of the French Caribbean and its diaspora. The day kicked off with a comparative overview of…
The Editor speaks: Curiouser and curiouser
Sometimes living here in our beautiful islands it seems I am actually living in Alice’s “Wonderland”. The majority of people play by the normal everyday laws the government of the day administers. Some others that don’t, get their just deserts…
Black Issues in Philosophy: The 2019 Caribbean Philosophical Awards Winners
by Lewis R. Gordon The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship: The Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Catherine Walsh Frantz Fanon Outstanding…
The intoxicating languor of the Caribbean
From Repeating Islands WRITTEN IN 1929, PAUL MORAND’S CARIBBEAN WINTER IS FINALLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. IF YOU DISREGARD THE RACISM, IT’S A TRAVELOGUE THAT’S HARD TO BEAT A review by Ian Thomson for The Spectator. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing…








