JERSEY SUMMER EXHIBITION 2025

Private view: Thursday 19th June5:00 – 8:00pm Exhibition continues to 30th July Gallery open Monday – Friday 12:00 – 6:00pmSaturday 21st June 10:00 – 4:00pm The annual Jersey Summer Exhibition has grown into a highlight of the Jersey art scene, attracting both locals and visitors, collectors and art enthusiasts with its dynamic showcase of talent. Welcoming […]

YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD!

An artistic and craft group has been established at The Harbour Gallery Jersey, 19 The Quay, Commercial Buildings, St Helier. Their work will be displayed in long strings around The Jersey  Book Worm side of the gallery from 17 June.   Gallery director Pat Robson said: ‘The display of their work is one of the […]

DOMAINE DES VAUX OPERA FESTIVAL -JULY

Diva Opera are returning to Jersey in July for the 27th season of opera at Domaine Les Vaux, St Lawrence. It is also their 29th season as Britain’s leading chamber opera company. They will perform brand new productions of Don Pasquale by Donizetti, and The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, and will give their usual […]

ARTISANS’ MARKETS THIS SUMMER AT GRÈVE DE LECQ

Genuine Jersey are adding the former Seaside Café, Grève de Lecq , to the programme of Artisans’ Markets. They will take place on seven Sundays this summer. This is due to popular demand and thanks to The National Trust for Jersey. The markets are also sponsored by local insurance experts, Hepburns and local change and transformation experts, […]

LENTE E PENNELLO – ‘BLURRED PERCEPTIONS’

A photographic and art exhibition in July will show an artistic journey through Lente e Penello (Lens and Brush)  by artist Anita Eastwood and photographer Phil Coleborn around Jersey’s shorelines and sites Anita describes it as ‘A collaboration to produce an exhibition centred around Jersey and the magnificent views that are all around us, which […]

BATS AFTER DARK: THE GREAT GARDEN BAT WATCH RETURNS FOR 2025

A community wildlife event invites Islanders to help monitor Jersey’s bats from gardens, balconies and beaches, 6–8 June. The Jersey Bat Group, in partnership with the Jersey Biodiversity Centre, is delighted to announce the return of the Great Garden Bat Watch, taking place across the island from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th June 2025. Now in its fourth year, […]

Patronal Festival Choral Evensong at St Martin’s

Cantabile will be singing a musically varied Choral Evensong for Pentecost. The choir is looking forward to leading a Patronal Festival Choral Evensong on Sunday 6 July at 6pm in St. Martin’s Parish Church, where it enjoys enjoys the privilege of rehearsing each week. This Patronal service celebrates the second annual feast day of St. […]

FARMING IN JERSEY DURING THE OCCUPATION

The book, ‘The German Occupation of Jersey: Agriculture and Survival in a Time of War’ is by retired Jersey schoolmaster, Andrew Gilson.  It is a very detailed account of how agriculture survived the Occupation, which, at this 80th anniversary of the Liberation, is appropriate to consider.  On 28 June 1940, the German Luftwaffe bombed Jersey— […]

FOOD WITH A SENSE OF PLACE

Our guest writer, Suzanne Wynn, writes on how mass production deprives us of food that has a real sense of place and how we can fight back. When I used to have the job of recommending UK foods for Slow Food’s Ark of Taste, one of the critical criteria was that the food was associated […]

COMMUNITY SMALLHOLDING PROJECT SEEKS LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT

Grow Jersey has announced a new initiative aimed at enhancing local food production and fostering community engagement. Its smallholding project is dedicated to growing fresh fruit and vegetables for its supporting community. It also delivers school and community access to nature, and it farms regeneratively to support biodiversity.  It is now seeking support from local […]