I searched high and low for a classical musician who looked like me. The man I found has changed my life
Olivette Otele
The 300-year-old music of Joseph Bologne opened the door to magic and connection, and took me to Guadeloupe this year, says academic Olivette Otele
November 2018
Top 20s
20 best affordable hotels in the eastern Caribbean
A world away from the cruise ships and all-inclusives, our writer goes islandhopping through the eastern Caribbean, staying in small, characterful hotels
February 2015
Why I love …
Actor Nick Moran on Guadeloupe
The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor fell in love twice over after filming Death in Paradise on the Caribbean island in the French Antilles
October 2013
Experts' and readers' tips
Ten of the best Caribbean beaches: readers' travel tips
Palm-fringed stretches of sand in the middle of nowhere, a beach bar that serves barbecued lobster and mojitos … readers pick their favourite beaches in the Caribbean
February 2013
TV and radio blog
Death in Paradise: how on earth does this get so many viewers?
Michael Hogan: The BBC1 comedy crime drama pulls in eight million despite being cliche-ridden, Caribbean-flavoured nonsense. Who exactly is watching it?
February 2009
Guadeloupe riots turn paradise into war zone as one protester shot dead
Sarkozy under pressure as civil disturbances over economy escalate in French territory
April 2008
Cay sera
Fancy a Caribbean island with more fishing boats than luxury yachts? You better get there quickly, says Vanessa Lafaye
August 2005
Tales of the cité
Medieval Carcassonne is the backdrop for Kate Mosse's new novel. She explains how the city inspires her and picks her highlights.
January 2004
Hidden treasures
Two little-known islands off Guadeloupe offer the chic and the authentique sides of the French Caribbean. Polly Pattullo reports.
