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Windrush Tales: ‘Windrush monument should be in Brixton’

At a well-attended Zoom meeting called by the Windrush Foundation on 16 June, the near unanimous view was that the government’s proposed monument to the …
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Windrush Tales: The horrific story of Empire Windrush

These days, the arrival of Empire Windrush at Tilbury on 22...
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Windrush Tales: Windrush Myths and Reality

Lots of stories have grown up about the Empire Windrush and...
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Windrush Tales: The World the Windrush found

“The past is another country”, they say. A traveller from 2021...
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Rebekah Murrell – in the Director’s Chair, talks J’Ouvert

J’Ouvert first came to our attention when it played at Theatre...
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Miss Pat, My Reggae Music Journey

Miss Pat, the founder of VP Records, has released a memoir...
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Calypso Rose – an icon for International Women’s Day

Rose McCartha Linda Sandy Lewis ‑ known to millions as Calypso...
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Claudia Jones to be honoured in biopic Claudia

Claudia Jones ‑ political activist, journalist and revolutionary – is the...
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IslandSlice Rum, born in Saint Lucia distilled in Scotland

You can take a man out of the Caribbean, but you...
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The Caribbean Connection, The Bella & Logan series

Soca News spoke to soca lover Lorraine O'Garro, who is making...
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Carnival Fever is real

I do not need to live on campus, my character does...
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Roger Robinson

In January of this year, Roger Robinson was announced as the...
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Modern day Christopher Columbus?

Josh Butler skyrocketed to popularity when videos of his dancing were...
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From street to screen – Notting Hill Carnival comes to your...

A socially distanced carnival – what foolishness is that? We know...
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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...
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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...
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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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