COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2023 AT THE HARBOUR GALLERY JERSEY
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS Autumn is a busy time for courses and workshops at The Harbour Gallery – a great time to try something new. Below are our regular weekly workshops; we will be adding exciting weekend and Christmas workshops to this list … to find out more, follow us on Facebook at ‘The Harbour Gallery […]
THE HARBOUR GALLERY MOVES HARBOURS
After 20 years on the quayside at St Aubin, The Harbour Gallery has changed harbours. Pat Robson is the director of the Art in the Frame Foundation, which manages the gallery. She showed Alasdair Crosby around the new premises at Commercial Buildings, St Helier Earlier this year, an office building that had been part of […]
MORE FOR THE DOG WALK THAN THE CAT WALK
The ‘Ariat’ range of leisure wear from the JFTU Ariat is named after the American racehorse, ‘Secretariat’, the legendary race horse and 1973 Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown winner, widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time. As Ariat’s founder, Beth Cross, says: ‘His athleticism and non-stop competitive spirit make him an enduring […]
A MEETING IN BRISTOL NEXT MONTH – “PLANET LOCAL SUMMIT” – WILL DISCUSS THE KIND OF INITIATIVES THAT ARE NEEDED IF EVER WE’RE TO PUT THE WORLD TO RIGHTS
By Colin Tudge As the world burns and floods and the world’s most powerful people continue to offer more of the same — or else are in denial or simply struggle to stay in office and out of jail — it becomes more and more obvious that the world really does need a complete re-think […]
THE MAGIC OF THE JERSEY HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW
In advance of this year’s Jersey Horse of the Year Show, Ruth Le Cocq met the originator of the show, Karen Barette, chair of Home Farm Equestrian The second Jersey Horse of the Year Show (JHOYS) starts in September, with all ten days being livestreamed enabling more people to enjoy the wonder of horses […]
REGENERATION
The recently announced Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey’s Agriculture and Horticulture Bursaries: could this herald a regeneration for the Island’s farming industry? By Alasdair Crosby Let’s start by talking about the weather – after all, we are British. The weather recently has been quite vile at times – as readers may have noticed – and supermarket […]
SUMMER FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW OF RJA&HS
ME AND THE MASTER
Noel Coward’s famous comedy, ‘Blithe Spirit’, is being presented at the Arts Centre, from 6 to 9 September. Book now! Its presenter, Tessa Coleman (also taking the leading part of ‘Madame Arcati’), describes her lifelong fascination with ‘The Master’ Some readers may know that my company, TC productions, was due to present the immortal (in […]
SORGHUM: THE CLIMATE-SMART CROP TO FEED THE FUTURE
By Nate Blum, chief executive officer of BlüMilo and Sorghum United – an international NGO serving to advance education and markets development for sorghum and adjacent small grains. The intensifying climate crisis poses an unprecedented threat to global food security. As climate experts warn of increased drought, flooding and extreme temperatures in the coming decades, […]
THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR’S AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE BURSARIES
His Majesty’s Receiver General has announced that the Crown in Jersey has set aside funds to support bursaries for studying agriculture or horticulture to mark the Coronation year of King Charles III. The bursaries are available to any Jersey resident who is seeking to study these subjects. The support would be for any learning programme […]