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Trinidad Carnival costume

Join us at the Caribbean Buzz.....

 

We keep up with Caribbean people when they're having fun and when they're on social media.

 

It's the stuff you turn to when you switch off the news. Our rolling Buzz Twitter feed rounds up the chatter on Caribbean culture, sports and fun.

 

 
The Mighty Shadow
The year 2018 has been one of contradiction for Trinidad and Tobago’s original art form, the calypso.
UWI at 70
BFUWI's Susan Belgrave looks back on the 70th year of the University of the West Indies from the perspective of the British Foundation.
Nina Kristofferson
Singer-actress Nina Kristofferson draws on her Jamaican and Vincentian heritage with a little Brummie and American thrown in.
Zak Ove sculpture
  A new sculpture by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové has been unveiled in London’s St James area, bringing together a mix of Trinidadian culture and British cars.  
Caribbean food menu
Caribbean food has gone mainstream using a mix of "authentic", good ingredients and Caribbean friendliness.
Ulric Cross
A film portraying the life of one of the Caribbean's most decorated World War II airmen, Ulric Cross, will have its premiere in his native Trinidad in late 2018.
Ulric Cross
Managing Editor of Caribbean Intelligence Debbie Ransome spoke to Trinidad's Ulric Cross about his time in the RAF.
keyboard
"Where's the space in the Caribbean for incubating the new out-of-the-box thinking that exists among many of the region’s tech-savvy young people?"
Empire Windrush
Caribbean Intelligence looks at the writers, broadcasters and politicians of the Windrush generation on the 70th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arrival.
Windrush floral display at Chelsea
The Caribbean has had a winning tradition at the Royal Chelsea Flower Show and 2018 included an award-winning floral tribute to the Windrush generation.