Saint Lucia and Ireland are the only two countries in the world named after women. Saint Lucia is even named after a historical figure, (perhaps unsurprisingly) Saint Lucia, although this name was given by Frenchmen who were shipwrecked here on her feast day. It’s impossible for me not to draw…

Monday we set out to call on some family. We’re staying just down the road from the village of Gros Islet where Jacqui grew up. The name of the village makes no sense apparently: gros means large, and islet means small island. We can walk there from our hotel, and…

Sa ka fete (which keeps trying to autocorrect to fête) is the ‘What’s up?’ of greetings here in Saint Lucia, and I love it because it sounds like you’re asking everyone if they’re having a party (which is fair here on an island where it seems like each day is…