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A beachside home in the Dominican Republic is both private retreat and design destination

Arkina Architectural Design has created a vast beachside home for hire on the shores of the Caribbean, carved from concrete and set within a tropical garden

Wallpaper · Jun 7, 2023

Invisible Windrush: how the stories of Indian indentured labourers from the Caribbean were forgotten

My father never spoke to us about Guyana, the country of his birth, when we were growing up because he believed that his history had no value to his children. In doing this, he was unconsciously copying his grandparents, as well as others in his community, who had collectively chosen…

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2023

Windrush 75: our pick of London’s best cultural events and celebrations

From concerts, to exhibitions, to talks, to workshops, London has a full roster of events to celebrate 75 years of British-Caribbean culture

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2023

Molly Mae shares candid parenting moment on lavish Caribbean holiday trip with Bambi

The 24-year-old former Love Island star has jetted off to Barbados and been updating her social media followers with the cutest snaps of her little one she shares with partner Tommy Fury.

Daily Record · Jun 2, 2023

Voices of Preston's Windrush generation – when I first arrived, I said: 'Really? I thought there were no slums in this place!'

From the earliest arrivals of what would become Preston’s “Windrush generation”, the status of the Caribbean diaspora was hotly contested in this post-industrial Lancashire town, as elsewhere. Discrimination and prejudice dogged the daily lives of people from the Caribbean who made their home here.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2023

The Windrush generation: how a resilient Caribbean community made a lasting contribution to British society

As a young boy in 1962, I remember arriving in England from Jamaica on a BOAC jet plane. It seemed to me like I was going to the moon – the air hostess who accompanied me was the first white person I had ever seen. My father greeted me eagerly…

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2023

Disney looking for new staff to travel the world on its cruise ships

Disney is looking for staff to work on its newly-launched ship Disney Wish, and sail out of ports around the world on itineraries to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Hawaii, Alaska and Europe

Daily Mirror · Jun 2, 2023

Q&A: Antigua and Barbuda prime minister on granting Rastafari their sacramental marijuana rights

The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda recently granted Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke marijuana that their faith deems sacred

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023

Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship

For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic marijuana use

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May 25 – June 1, 2023

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023