WELLBEING IN WELLIES
Jersey Gardening Club’s next meeting This will be at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 16 April at St Lawrence Parish Hall. Alex Wiles, Manager of Jersey Mencap will give a talk on the benefits of gardening for good mental health. A warm welcome awaits at the Jersey Gardening Club, and garden and gardening knowledge are not […]
COMPLINE BY CANDLELIGHT, WITH CANTABILE
St. Peter’s Parish Church, Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 9pm The Cantabile group will be singing the evening service of Compline (Night Prayer) for the first time in the wonderful space of St. Peter’s Parish Church. The choir’s previous performances of this magical candlelit service – held in the chapel of Rosel Manor, St Peter La […]
THE JERSEY DIASPORA
As guest contributor, Jersey ‘ex-pat’ Francesca Blench writes about her connection to the Island and about where she now lives – in the Alpine region of northern Italy I I have the fondest memories of growing up in Jersey – idyllic memories, even, of barefoot romps across sandy beaches and a happy, well-balanced education where […]
ILEANA RUHEMANN – GUEST SOLOIST AT THE JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S SPRING CONCERT
Saturday 6 April 2024 – Les Quennevais School Concert Hall – 7.30pm This will the farewell concert of the orchestra’s principal conductor, Hilary Davan Wetton, and is titled ‘Variations’. The Orchestra will be led by Martin Smith and will be joined by guest soloist from the UK, Ileana Ruhemann, who will be playing Fauré’s Fantasy […]
Book review: TWELVE SHEEP, by JOHN CONNELL
‘Life Lessons from a lambing season’. Reviewed by Alasdair Crosby Anybody waking up on a Sunday morning, or dressing while listening to Radio 4, is probably aware of the slot at around 8.50am titled: A Point of View, in which various ‘well-known’ writers share their meditations on life with listeners. Sometimes the contributors have something […]
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 […]