DEPARTMENTS:
10 EDITOR’S THOUGHTS: Dry Land Tourist
A press trip to the caribbean isn’t all fun, sun and glamour.
12 MAIL: Letters To The Editor
Win a year’s subscription to Drum (6 issues free) for every letter we print.
14 EVENTS: What’s Going On...
Leela James tells what she’s got to say; its annual charity ball and cricket match time again for the
Bajan cultural organisation; the beat of the Drum hits the stage in Who Killed Mr Drum?; Baby Fathers
organise for justice.
22 PROFILES: The Man Hunt
Van Hunt on art, indie rock, and the cost of shopping in London.
111 THE LOWDOWN: The latest news before it happens.
PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL:
17 ENTERPRISE: A Dream Deferred
The Plan was to graduate college, work for a year, get a professional degree, and ascend to world
dominance. What happened?
52 GROOMING: Shaving Wet Or Dry?
Hints & Tips for achieving that close shave.
80 FAITH: The Colour Of Islamophobia
The connection between faith, politics and human rights revealed.
STYLE & FASHION:
08 DRUM VISION: As was, is, forever shall be.
30 FOR HER: The Dorothy Dandridge
Story
38 OBJECT OF DESIRE: Vertu
Signature White Gold
54 WEARS: Dappers’ Sunday
Brunch
65 INTERIOR: The House
That Newts Built
Fancy a place in the sun?
What’s stopping you?
Photographed by Kofi Allen