The Diaspora Desk
Contributor dispatches, destination guides, and stays worth booking — sent back from the cities the Caribbean now walks daily.
Front of the desk
Lisbon · Portugal — Diaspora
A worker-owned pastelaria in Marvila is rewriting what Caribbean food cooperatives could look like at home.
Six bakers, one till, a shared spreadsheet — and a queue that stretches to the metro on Saturdays.
By Amara St. Hill · Contributor · Lisbon
Lisbon · Portugal — Diaspora
A worker-owned pastelaria in Marvila is rewriting what Caribbean food cooperatives could look like at home.
By Amara St. Hill · Contributor · Lisbon
Toronto · Canada — Dispatch
Three lessons from a market that has outlived twenty developers, told by a Bajan who has walked it for fifteen years.
By Devon Marshall · Contributor · Toronto
Mexico City · México — Innovation
Roma Norte's café economy — and why the shortest lease in the district is still five years.
By Renée Belgrave · Contributor · CDMX
London · United Kingdom — Diaspora
How second-generation shopkeepers turned tinned goods and postal counters into cultural anchors.
By Michael Hoyte · Contributor · East London
Holetown · Barbados — Guide
A quiet itinerary for the reader who wants the coast without the calendar. Seven mornings, five suppers, one long swim.
By The Desk · Editorial
Bathsheba · Barbados — Guide
A long weekend on the Atlantic coast, told through the houses that keep their windows open through storms.
By Kai Thompson · Contributor · St. Joseph
Porto · Portugal — Innovation
Three azulejo studios that survived the property boom — and what heritage makers at home might borrow.
By Amara St. Hill · Contributor · Lisbon
Speightstown · Barbados — Stay
A single-suite hotel above the arcade — seven nights, one long harbour view, and the shortest walk to breakfast on the island.
By The Desk · Editorial
Reader stays
Short stay · St. Joseph
20% off shoulder-season weeks
From US$ 780 / night
Hotel · St. Peter
Two nights, third complimentary
From US$ 420 / night
Hotel · St. Michael
Complimentary aged pour on arrival
From US$ 240 / night
Reader offers · Stays
Exclusive privileges from the hotels and villas the desk sends people to.
The Crane
One free night on a three-night stay
The Colonnade
One free night on a two-night stay
Villa Marisole
20% off weekly rate
The Rum House Rooms
One aged pour per guest
On the calendar
Webinars, launches, and salons hosted with contributors abroad.
Current Slice · Contributors
Diaspora Dispatch — A Live WebinarThe Reef Studios
AgriTech After HoursThe Morning Room
The Crop Over Editorial BrunchCurrent Slice · Contributors
Cellar Notes — Photo-story Launch