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From street to screen - Notting Hill Carnival comes to your sofa!

A socially distanced carnival – what foolishness is that? We know the answer, of course: a microscopic bit of parasitic protein has succeeded where half …
Stephen Spark
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So Melissa Simon-Hartman

This isn’t the first time we’ve spoken to Melissa Simon-Hartman, one...
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Dominica’s Bouyon Therapy

Music has been oft-dubbed therapy for the soul – and new...
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Reshaping Carnival for the age of coronavirus

By Vincent John, leader of DUKA Mas Domnik UK Carnival Band The...
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Below the line and beneath contempt – the trolling of Notting...

From its earliest incarnation, Notting Hill Carnival has been controversial. It’s...
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‘A great shame’ – reactions to Notting Hill Carnival’s cancellation

We knew it wasn’t going to be good news, but the...
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Notting Hill Carnival organiser under pressure as bands pull out

Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‑ Go or No-go? That’s the big...
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A passion for pan – a tribute to Frank Rollock Snr

The following article originally appeared in the 24 August 2001 issue...
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Coronavirus shuts down carnivals across the globe

The future of many carnivals around the world is under threat...
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A New Journal For Carnival Arts

Studying Carnival arts will never be the same again. Research will...
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Maxine Collins, Entrepreneur

Maxine was born in Hackney, to Trinidadian and Jamaican parents, but...
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Avoid flu this winter

November saw the annual freeze settle in for the long, dark...
Michelle Johnson -
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My Pageant Journey, Lee-Ann Goddard – Ms Trinidad & Tobago 2018

I can still hear those words clearly in my mind: “So,...
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Notting Hill – what’s new for Carnival 2019

Soca News spoke to Matthew Phillip, executive director of event organiser...
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Ode to Carnival

Why do I love carnival? Let me count the ways... I love...
Joseph Charles -
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It may be a PURE LIME, but it’s all about the...

Pure Lime has been around as long as people have been...
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Calling on the diaspora – the Caribbean Skills Bank

The images are harrowing. Houses with their roofs blown off, trees...
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Stinky sargassum could smell sweet for the Caribbean

A strange brown island the size of Jamaica has appeared in...
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Grenfell Tower – two years after the fire

Bells tolled, prayers were intoned and buildings (including the Houses of...
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Ulric Cross, Hero

Until now, Ulric Cross has been an unfamiliar name to most...
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Miss Barbados UK, more than just a sash and title

The fifth annual Miss Barbados UK competition is scheduled to take...
Joseph Charles -
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Notting Hill Carnival’s Roots and Resilience

Darcus Howe said he took part in the first Notting Hill...
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Kartonia Miller-Regis, Grand Designs

Elimu Paddington Arts Band holds a unique position amongst mas bands...
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Carnival Village is clear favourite to run Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill Carnival Limited (NHCL) is likely to be organising Notting...
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Sun, sea and rum: Barbados Food and Rum Festival

In late autumn, when memories of Europe’s scorchingly hot summer are...
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Mas Revolution, Antiguan style

All seasoned, newer and potential masqueraders are painfully aware that mas...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2018 – back to the future

The hall was hot and steamy and reverberating to the sound...
Stephen Spark -
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UK Government rocked by Windrush storm

A ‘hostile’ immigration policy has wrecked lives, forced the resignation of...
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Notting Hill Carnival: maligned and misused

“Six more stabbings in a night – now urgent review of...
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Carnival surveillance scandal: if the face fits…

… you’re nicked! That, at least, is how the Metropolitan Police...
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Why does politics turn men into toads?*

Answer: Because they are being mercilessly lampooned in a European pre-Lenten...
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