ACCOMPANYING LITERATURE

Introduction: Anguilla on My Mind

In the charred light of a tropical afternoon to the eyes of the enthused traveller Anguilla dazzles without fail, triggering a sense of ownership for all this pristine beauty. Oddly, almost counter intuitively, that sense of ownership fades as soon as you stop leaving Anguilla. [...]

Brief History of Anguilla

Come the XIX century Anguilla was mired in serious economic trouble: plantations had proven unprofitable and most slaves on the island had been practically set free, having to farm their own plots for subsistence. [...]

The Legacy of Hurricane Irma

The year 2017 was meant to be one of celebration and remembrance in Anguilla, as the island commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 revolution. Instead, the island was suddenly swept back to a condition many thought would never again apply to Anguilla. [...]

Anguilla’s Double Revolution

There was a time, however brief, when Anguilla flew its own flag, a time when unity of purpose galvanized the island’s resistance against the irrelevance to which it had been relegated by external forces, a time when Anguilla forewent all prudence and declared itself the world’s smallest republic. [...]

Shipwrecked No More: Aviation in Anguilla

In the beginning of aviation in Anguilla there was none other than Liat servicing the island (back in the days of the Federation of the West Indies and beyond) with its distinctive four-engined de Haviland Heron and later on its smaller Britten Norman Islander. [...]

Sombrero Island

There is an island on the Anegada Passage, little known and seldom visited, which once bore the riches of a hardly prosperous community and which still today pays invaluable service to seafarers and pleasure cruisers alike. It goes by the name of Sombrero Island. [...]

Epilogue: In Praise of the Goat

For centuries, goats have ruled unmolested and hardly challenged over the peaceful speck of limestone and white sand beaches that is Anguilla. As a result, locals have come to embrace their presence as a sign of identity. [...]