AN INVITATION FROM THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR

All Islanders have been invited by the Lieutenant-Governor, H.E Vice Admiral Jeremy Kyd, and Dr Karen Kyd, on 14 June to celebrate the official birthday of His Majesty, The King. See the invitation below:

CRUFTS 2024 – JERSEY RESULTS

As individual owners return from this year’s Crufts, we are delighted to publish details of Jersey successes. Christine Marett, owner of Cesky Terriers, reports that her dog, Gayteckels Bottoms Up, won 1st prize in Veteran Bitch, Best Bitch, Reserve Best of Breed & Best Veteran in Breed. The dog is pictured above, handled by Yakira […]

NEW EXHIBITION: ARIEL LUKE AND POPPY WHATMORE

Starting this Friday (22 March) at Jaro Gallery,1 York Street, and running for a month is a new exhibition of paintings by Ariel Whatmore (who paints as Ariel Luke) and of sculptures by her daughter, Poppy Whatmore. In 1984 Ariel was commissioned to paint her first house/garden and since that time has completed over 100 […]

A DATE TO CELEBRATE – THE DEATH OF MARX

By our guest contributor, Alexander Boot, a Russian-born writer of books and articles, previously a university lecturer and an advertising and public relations executive. His work promotes traditionalist conservatism and European culture.  See further: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Boot He visits Jersey regularly to visit relations. Actually, Marx was also a visitor to Jersey between the 1850s and the […]

TRADE NOT AID … CREATING A FAIRER WORLD

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the Fairtrade mark, the symbol which can now be found on 5,000 products in our shops – everything from ice cream to face cream, T-shirts and tea, coffee, sugar, chocolate, bananas and even wine. Cathy Le Feuvre met Mike Gidney, chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, during a visit […]

JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S SPRING CONCERT

Saturday 6 April 2024 – Les Quennevais School Concert Hall – 7.30pm Jersey Symphony Orchestra invites you to Hilary Davan Wetton’s Farewell Concert. Entitled  ‘Variations’ it will take place at Les Quennevais School Concert Hall on Saturday 6 April at 7.30pm.  The Orchestra will be led by Martin Smith and will be joined by guest […]

JERSEY DOGS AT CRUFTS 2024

The Kennel Club of Jersey Members are heading off to Birmingham this week to compete at the greatest Dog Show in the world – Crufts! Crufts starts on Thursday 7 March and takes place across four very full days culminating in Best in Show on Sunday 10 March 2024. Crufts 2024 Best in Show judge Ann Ingram […]

RURAL LANDSCAPES, SAVING SEEDS AND FOOD SECURITY

The RURAL magazine Jersey Landscape Art Awards evening will take place at the CCA International art gallery, as part of its Summer Exhibition. This year, the annual competition awards evening will take place on Friday 12 July, and the presentation of the awards will come at the end of an afternoon event themed around food […]

HOW PEOPLE ‘COOK’ TODAY

Cooking Skills in the UK have taken a sharp downturn. Our guest contributor for this edition of RURAL POST,  Suzanne Wynn, presents her evidence and for the sake of British farmers hopes we can turn things around. Some time ago, I wrote a piece about my own approach to cooking and my hope that lockdowns […]

THE POTATO PLANTING SEASON – 2024

For this photo reportage  of the potato planting season this year, we thank our contributor, Nicole Hamel. At the time of writing in early March, the ground is very soggy after a record-breaking rainy February. It has meant that planting has been delayed, although the first Jersey Royals of the new season are now available […]