Even when he began singing in the calypso tents of Trinidad and Tobago before the second world war, Lord Pretender, who has died aged 84, stood out as a master of extempo, then regarded as the highest ...

Trinidad and Tobago‘s youth are some of the most culturally talented individuals. With Carnival cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a platform is being created for them to still continue to ...

Listening to stories is the essence of entertainment: Your own troubles drift away and another person’s trials or triumphs take center stage. And, if the mood is right, the storyteller will forge a ...

In the no-holds-barred all-out war between Gypsy (Winston Peters) and Brian London at the National Extempo final, each calypsonian landed solid blows throughout. Then London suddenly delivered a ...

Trinidad and Tobago is known the world over as the birthplace of calypso music and a key aspect of the genre is “extempo”. Short for “extemporaneous”, this lyrically improvisational form of calypso — ...

Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in ...