An excellent read for those visiting Anguilla or simply curious about this little known member of the British family of nations: 50 Things You didn't Know About Anguilla is written by West India Committee CEO Mrs Blondel Cluff CBE, Overseas Representative of Her Majesty's Government of Anguilla.

Amongst the 50 interesting facts, learn about Anguilla's indigenous Amerindian population in pre-Columbian times, pre-historic giant rodents, the origins of the Rastafarian faith and the island's significant contributions to British successes at the Olympic Games.

The book also includes a useful timeline of Anguillian history, an extract from Six Months in the West Indies in 1825 by H. Coleridge, nephew of the famed English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and a copy of Anguilla's entry from the oldest travel guide of the Caribbean, published in 1685, that contains the first known depiction of the island's indigenous people. A perfect introduction to this British Overseas Territory, first colonised by the English in 1650.