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Review: UK Junior Calypso Monarch Final, Fri 18 Aug 2023

Tue 26 Sep 2023 | BY Stephen Spark

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Tue 26 Sep 2023 | BY Stephen Spark

Only Human – a photographic exploration of community

Thu 21 Sep 2023 | BY Stephen Spark

Shameless

Wed 20 Sep 2023 | BY Music

Don’t Get Sick “Rum Drinkers”

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Artist showcases St Lucia’s traditional mas in London

Stephen Spark - Thu 14 Sep 2023

This month, Londoners have a...

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Chris Ofili’s Requiem remembers Grenfell fire at Tate Britain

Stephen Spark - Wed 13 Sep 2023

A new work by Turner...

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Caribbean islands take aim at global carbon polluters

Stephen Spark - Tue 12 Sep 2023

Several Caribbean countries have joined...

OneBeat Expands Music Residency Program in 2024

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Renowned international music residency and...

Eddy Grant inducted into the Music Walk of Fame

Radeya Osman - Thu 07 Sep 2023

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Notting Hill residents’ meeting – noisy but no crunch for carnival

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The Daily Mail billed it...

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Review: UK Junior Calypso Monarch Final, Fri 18 Aug 2023

It has been a very long time since London hosted a Junior Calypso Monarch contest, so it was with real pleasure and anticipation that...

News Stephen Spark - Tue 26 Sep 2023

Review: Etienne Charles and Creole Soul, Wed 16 August 2023

This was a bit of a wild card and I suspect that your reviewer...

Notting Hill residents’ meeting – noisy but no crunch for carnival

The Daily Mail billed it as a “Crunch meeting on Notting Hill Carnival’s future”....

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Notting Hill Carnival 2023: Adults Day

Carnival Stephen Spark - Mon 28 Aug 2023

For the carnival-lover, the last Monday in August is not the ‘August Bank Holiday’; it is Carnival Day, the...

Notting Hill Carnival 2023: J’Ouvert

Carnival Stephen Spark - Sat 26 Aug 2023

J’Ouvert is one of the great mysteries of Carnival, often spoken about but rarely seen - because you have...

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Notting Hill Carnival a brief History

By the end of the Second World War, London was a city that had survived, but was in many...

Katie Segal - Sun 20 Aug 2023

Lord Kitchener: Blue plaque unveiled in Manchester

Aldwyn Roberts - known to the world as calypsonian Lord Kitchener - and famously...

Dunstan Creavalle - Sat 22 Jul 2023

Saint Lucia Carnival 2023, Nothing Sweeter Than That

Saint Lucia Carnival 2023 officially begins on 1 July and runs until 19 July. Global interest has grown in...

Tracey Kadenyi - Sat 01 Jul 2023

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Barbados takes bold action to protect its marine environment

Stephen Spark - Sun 02 Jul 2023

The planet’s fragile ocean ecosystems...

Exploring Kingstown, Jamaica By Motorcycle

ggoodis - Mon 26 Jun 2023

The capital of Jamaica, Kingstown...

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St. Kitts Nostalgia – How a Three-Month break became a three-year adventure

Rachel Ritfeld - Sun 22 Jan 2023

My first visit to the...

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Stop Blocking

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Soca Is Gold

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Shameless

Music - Wed 20 Sep 2023

Don’t Get Sick “Rum Drinkers”

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Counselor

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Spotlight on Nailah Blackman

Bruce Mahagwa - Wed 23 Aug 2023

Nailah Blackman is a Trinidadian...

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Spotlight on Mical ‘Teja’ Williams

Bruce Mahagwa - Sun 20 Aug 2023

Mical 'Teja' Williams is one...

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Freetown Collective graces London with their music

Tracey Kadenyi - Tue 08 Aug 2023

Freetown Collective, a lesser-known but...

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