Jamaica
Colin Powell obituary
Former US secretary of state and highly decorated army officer who made the case for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Harold Jackson
18, Oct, 2021 @5:17 PM
White Witch review – slavery drama turned into awkward farce
Barry Reckord’s sexually charged play about freedom and rebellion is drowned out by chaotic comedy
Arifa Akbar
10, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: a limitless genius who took Jamaica into the future
By deeply connecting with the people and idyllic landscape of his county, the late producer channelled a stream of imaginative ideas into mindblowing music
Lloyd Bradley
29, Aug, 2021 @7:47 PM
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry obituary
Reggae producer who had a profound effect on Bob Marley’s sound and helped propel him on to the world stage
Peter Mason
29, Aug, 2021 @4:34 PM
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, visionary master of reggae, dies aged 85
Producer and performer who worked with Bob Marley and pioneered both dub and roots reggae styles dies in hospital in Jamaica
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
29, Aug, 2021 @3:31 PM
‘The rug can be ripped at any point’: how rapper Cashh reinvented himself after being deported
The Jamaica-born Londoner had just released a star-studded mixtape in 2014 when he was removed from the country. Now back in the UK, he has channelled his experience into a debut album
David Renshaw
13, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM
UK deportation flight to Jamaica leaves with just seven people on board
Home Office-chartered flight costs an estimated £43,000 a person after Covid fears and high court challenges
Diane Taylor
11, Aug, 2021 @10:24 AM
Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze obituary
Poet who expressed female experience through dub and was a powerful performer of her own work
Lyn Innes
11, Aug, 2021 @8:42 AM
Chaos as more than a dozen people taken off deportation flight from UK to Jamaica
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight because of Covid cases and spread of Delta variant
Diane Taylor and Amelia Gentleman
11, Aug, 2021 @4:49 AM
The return of Jimmy Cliff: ‘Rebel spirit is still in the Jamaican people’
As he releases new music at the age of 77, one of reggae’s foundational figures charts his astonishing life in music, via swinging London, Brazilian samba and the chaotic bravado of The Harder They Come
Lloyd Bradley
06, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM
Jamaican dub poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze dies aged 65
Influential pioneer touched audiences through performance, books, albums – and even Poems on the Underground
Harry Taylor
05, Aug, 2021 @9:29 PM
Outcry over plan to deport Jamaican nationals who came to UK as children
Move comes despite Home Office ‘agreement’ not to remove those who arrived in Britain under age of 12
Amelia Gentleman and Diane Taylor
05, Aug, 2021 @4:51 PM
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