Good to see you again. Glad you enjoy the Limes.Under Article 8 (18/1) of the Immigration Act, homosexual men and women are not allowed to enter the country. Section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 criminalises “buggery”. This Section provides a penalty of up to life imprisonment, if committed on a minor; up to [...]
“Guess where she works!” He, a tall beautiful dread, considered me for a moment. “Give me a clue.” “Well, she’s a journalist,” said my loctician, while I squirmed in a mixture of ouch-you’re-pulling-my-hair and embarrassment. “Aha! The Voice!” he said, referring to the UK’s major “Afro-Caribbean” newspaper. “No, try again.”
An exciting new Caribbean artist made her debut on the London art scene this week. Victoria Len-Oi Lee’s exhibition – “Painting with my Mother-Tongue” – featured vibrant watercolours and photographs of uniquely Trinidadian scenes and landscapes – with a twist. “I want to change people’s understanding of Trinidad and the Caribbean,” Lee said. “I wanted [...]
“You from Trinidad! But you not half-caste!” “I’m sorry?” Walking out of Brixton tube station and into the rain, my forlorn pink umbrella, long conquered by the wind, hanging uselessly by my side. “Excuse me miss!” The voice, polite and distinctly not English, cut through the insistent chorus of skunkweedtravelcardsgetyourhighgrade. I paused. An older man, [...]
“I’m sorry, did you say you worked for the…?” An arched eyebrow, a quizzical look, a quick reappraisal of the dreadlocks, the accent (could she be American? perhaps Welsh?), the attitude, the general foreign-ness. “Oh! Well!” And so on, and such like. It’s not that I’m the only black person in the building, at these [...]