EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE FINANCE TO BE RECOGNISED AT FOURTH SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AWARDS
Jersey’s financial and professional services firms once again have the chance to highlight their sustainable finance credentials through the fourth Sustainable Finance Awards, which are formally launched this week. Organised by Jersey Finance, the Awards will be presented to the winners at a ceremony at Cineworld on 30 April 2026 and will celebrate local firms […]
CONCERTS IN THE NEW YEAR FROM THE JERSEY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
On 31 January 2026 one of the UK’s most celebrated sopranos, Sophie Bevan MBE, will join the Jersey Chamber Orchestra for a very special Jersey Chamber Orchestra concert at St Helier Methodist Church for Classics by Candlelight — an intimate evening of music for voice and strings, presented in the warm glow of candlelight. Sophie Bevan will perform […]
MUSIC, FAITH AND….. FARMING
By Alasdair Crosby. Republished with kind permission from the Jersey Evening Post It might seem unusual to make a thematic trio of these subjects, but it really should not be much of a surprise. Music… the countryside has always had an impact on music, be it Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne, or […]
ROYAL JERSEY AGRICULTURAL & HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY – DATES FOR 20206
INDOOR TABLE TOP SALE 31 January SPRING FLOWER SHOW 21 & 22 March SUMMER COUNTRY FAIR 13 & 14 June NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL GARDEN COMPETITION 24 & 25 June ALL-ISLAND GARDEN COMPETITION 14, 15 & 16 July SUMMER FLOWER & PRODUCE SHOW 15 & 16 August AUTUMN FAIR 3 & 4 October
English Walnuts
Growing walnuts is a long-term undertaking but the taste is a revelation. By Suzanne Wynn 2025 has been a mast year for most fruit and nuts and delivered the best crop of walnuts that I have had in the 24 years since moving to a house with a walnut tree. There was so much else […]
THE COVER CROP COMPETITION
By Alasdair Crosby What are cover crops? You can’t eat them – not even the mustard (but it is a rather pretty plant, with a delicate yellow colour). So why bother planting them? As far as mustard is concerned, it suppresses weeds, breaks up soil compaction with its deep roots, adds organic matter, suppresses soil-borne […]