JEREMY MALLINSON R.I.P
A TRIBUTE The death earlier in February of Jeremy Mallinson OBE, DSc, CBiol, FIBiol, FRGS, the retired and much respected director of Jersey Zoo and friend of the late Gerald Durrell, was sad news for his many friends in Jersey and around the world, the zoological and conservation community, and not least for RURAL magazine. […]
FROM LITTLE ACORNS…
The general manager of Acorn Enterprises, Steve Pearce, is celebrating 30 years in the job. He talked to Caroline Spencer At the age of 23 Steve Pearce had a job lined up to grow gladioli in Zambia. But before he left Jersey for Africa, he had an interview for a job that was to change […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS- (A forkful of Jèrriais)
We continue our series of article in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. This contribution comes from Aline Cattermole Des mémouaithes du lockdown Nos v’là don à la fîn du mais d’Janvyi, tout pliein d’espé tandi qué […]
THE JERSEY MILITIA 1337- 1831
David Dorgan has written a book on the history of the Jersey Militia. From its inception in 1337 to the year they became the Royal Jersey Militia in 1831. The story outlines how the militia came to be formed in 1337 and how Jersey went from a sleepy backwater to a frontier island. From the […]
WALKING TOGETHER
Jersey Water joins forces with The National Trust for Jersey on all things ‘Walking’ in 2021. By DONNA LE MARREC of the National Trust for Jersey The National Trust for Jersey has joined forces with Jersey Water in 2021 and is staging two walking festivals: its annual ‘Walking through Autumn’ event from Wednesday 1 to […]
CHRISTMAS FUN IN THE MUD
ANYONE who has ventured away from tarmac or pavements over the Christmas and New Year period will have noticed how waterlogged and muddy the countryside has become. We are very fortunate that directly behind our home are fields, most of which are empty of any crop; the land owners have no objection to us walking […]
A JERSEYMAN’S JOURNEY
– from Occupation to thriving mini-state. A biography of Pierre Horsfall CBE has been recently written by former JEP business editor Peter Body. Mr Horsfall was interviewed by Caroline Spencer ‘NO other speck of granite in the oceans of the world has had a more disproportionate and positive effect on the affairs of the world […]
WHAT’S FOR DINNER? A GREAT RE-THINK, ACTUALLY
A new book is being published in January by Colin Tudge, author, biologist and contributor to RURAL magazine’s website. His book, The Great Re-think, a 21st Century Renaissance has just been published. Review by ALASDAIR CROSBY AS a preliminary, may I direct the reader to the ‘What’s for Dinner? section of our website. Once there, […]
THE HEDGE FUND PROJECT
News from the National Trust for Jersey The planting of 20,000 hedging plants and trees has just been completed, adding a further 10 miles of hedgerow in Jersey, in the eastern parishes from Trinity through St Martin to Grouville. The work has continued from the areas reached in 2019 in order to restore the landscape […]
CATERING FOR THE FUTURE
The hospitality industry has been badly hit by the twin problems of Covid and Brexit. Alasdair Crosby talked to Simon Soar, the executive officer of the Jersey Hospitality Association ‘If you need to shout at someone, and shouting is going to make you feel better, pick up the phone and shout at me.’ Simon Soar, […]