Slavery
Antigua
‘Tourism, tourism and tourism,’ said my Antiguan cab driver, when I asked what the country’s main industries were. Still, it’s…
Sugar and spies
John Gimlette on the strange and superbly told story of Willoughbyland, England’s ‘lost’ colony
From ambrosia to zabaglione
This Oxford Companion ranges from the sweet to the decidedly salty, while being the most politically correct reference book you will ever consult, says Paul Levy
Dirty white gold
If not for cotton, we would still be wearing wool. To equal current cotton production, we would need seven billion…
A fool’s paradise
A couple of years ago in Jamaica, I met Errol Flynn’s former wife, the screen actress Patrice Wymore. Reportedly a…
The forgotten liberator
Slavery was ended in England not through blood and glory, but by the common law
Plato at the Jobcentre
Labour is up in arms because many of the new jobs currently being created are among the self-employed. This seems…
Barometer
The best places to open a brothel The Commons all-party group on prostitution has called for a Scandinavian-style law where…
High life
Damn, damn, damn! It has to be me, and all these years I’ve been thinking it was Hollywood. By the…
Christianity’s moral revolution
If there is one underlying source from which all our other societal problems stem, it is surely this: we no…
Diary
You have to hand it to Supermac. Fifty years after the event, he is still running rings round them. The…
Brace yourself
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave goes directly to the heart of American slavery without any shilly-shallying — unlike The…
Poor service
The Butler tells the story of an African–American butler at the White House who served eight American presidents over three…
Dancing to a different tune
Carlos Acosta, the greatest dancer of his generation, grew up in Havana as the youngest of 11 black children. Money…
