Opinion leadership from Trinidad and Tobago.
Above: A slice of the EP’s cover, featuring art by Xala Ramesar and Cass’Moshe Centeno. A review of Weird Sounds by Mikhail Gibbings by Mark Lyndersay. Originally published in Sunday Newsday, November 18, 2018 Across four…
RBC St James after the closure of the branch. Text and photos by Mark Lyndersay. It’s always hard to point to exactly when it happened. That moment when you realise that everything you presumed in…
Above: The Strange Tale of an Island Shade (2009), examines shade and race in Trinidad and Tobago. Choreography by Sonja Dumas – photo by Jeffrey Chock By Sonja Dumas, June 17, 2018, first published in four…
Above: Bees on honeycells. Photo by Irochka/DepositPhotos. A consideration of Kei Miller’s recent essay for Pree, by Mark Lyndersay. It seems like overkill to consider writing an essay about an essay. It’s the sort of…
Above: Unesco World Press Freedom Day 2018 graphic. Courtesy Unesco. By Wesley Gibbings A version of this commentary previously appeared in the T&T Guardian. So today, May 3, we observe World Press Freedom Day. Wait…
Above: An offset pressroom. Photo by Borabajk/DepositPhotos By Nicole Duke-Westfield The late Caribbean journalist, George Radcliffe John, in his book Freedom and Responsibility: The Dean Speaks, recounts the 1995 statement by Appeal Court Justice Sat…
Above: The Mighty Sparrow, circa 1959. Photo by Kingsley Lyndersay, LyndersayDigital.com By Mark Lyndersay. Originally published in the January/February 2018 issue of Caribbean Beat At the end of February 2017, MX Prime, the performer formerly known…
Above: Musicians perform in a calypso tent in the late 1950’s. Photo by Kingsley Lyndersay/lyndersaydigital.com By Mark Lyndersay Whether the Kalypso Revue closes this year or manages to squeeze some more cash out of the Culture…
