FEATURES:
26 COVER STORY: The Modern Dandy
Bling is dead. Why be ‘ghetto fabulous’ when you can be simply
fabulous?
46 IN FOCUS: A Woman Of Substance
Among The Sunday Times’ Rich List 2005, Alek Wek is a woman
in a hurry.
62 YOUNGE IN NEW YORK: The Politics Of Dan Dandy
Whatever happened to the incorrigible dandies and irresistible deadbeats
of mainstream politics? From Gary Younge in New York.
70 Q & A: Yes, Minister!
Drum meets the Right Honourable Phillip J. Pierre to get his views
on sustainable tourism in Saint Lucia.
LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT:
39 SPORTIVE: Drum United
Who would be in your best ever Black English XI? Check out our fantasy
national football team!
44 WHEELS: The Audi A4 Convertible 2.5 V6 TDI and Vauxhall’s Astra
2.0i 16v Turbo get the Drum once over.
74 ACTIVE: Perfect Foil-The Art Of Fencing
Looking for a challenge to both body and mind? Why not try the
ancient art of, well, sword fighting?
86 READS: The new colour of Purple Hibiscus, and young and fitted up in
Some Kind Of Black.
90 FICTION: Finding Peter
Though it seemed that Peter had disappeared without trace leaving his
colleagues in the lurch and the business on its knees that was not what
it was.
96 SCENES: The launch of Black World: A revolution in film, plus the
story of The Swenkas, a small group of fashionable Zulu men in postapartheid South Africa.
105 BEATS: Lee Hodkinson serves up the latest selection of new
and classic album reviews.
108 HI TECH: Check out the latest gadgets.