Royal Progress – 4th update, 18 March 2014
By the sales and marketing director of the Jersey Royal Company, William Church: THE first outdoor Jersey Royals of the season were lifted on Monday afternoon by The Jersey Royal Company from a small, sheltered côtil on the East of the Island, near St Catherines. The patch that was planted in good conditions in December […]
Next steps for Jersey’s Coastal National Park
THE formation of the Coastal National Park has taken another step forward. The Department of the Environment has invited fifty people, representing a wide range of organisations and interests to work together on how the national park will work in practice. The first workshop takes place on 13March. The day-long event will look at […]
The Bumper Book of Channel Island Jokes’ – book review
‘The Bumper Book of Channel Island Jokes’ – Redberry Press; £8.50 WITH five contributors including the late Art Wallser, whose cartoons help make this more than a series of jokes about one Island set against the other, ‘The Bumper Book of Channel Island Jokes’ is worthy of being any Easter gift. Some of the jokes […]
Skipton Open Studios opens new doors
SKIPTON Open Studios will be back for its seventh year in June, at new venues and with emerging and guest artists taking part. Skipton Open Studios provides an opportunity for Islanders and visitors alike to see art at the Island’s heart, as artists open their studios to the public. The event provides a chance to […]
EXHIBITION OF ROYAL ART: HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES
A RARE,collection of artworks by HRH The Prince of Wales, along with drawings and paintings by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, is being exhibited in Jersey. The exhibition runs from Wednesday 12 March until Saturday 29 March at the CCA Gallery. For the first time in Jersey, personally signed lithographs based on watercolours by Prince […]
Butterfly information will show health of Jersey’s countryside
THE state of Jersey’s butterfly population will be revealed at a seminar later this month. It has been ten years since the Department of the Environment started collecting information on butterflies – a sufficient period to deduce long-term trends in the population. Butterflies are an integral part of our countryside but they occur in other […]
Farm and Craft Markets 2014
JERSEY’S open-air markets have returned and will be held on the second and fourth Saturday on the month up to 11 October. There will be local produce and wares on display, including fresh seasonal vegetable, meat products, seafood cider and crafts sold by the people who grow, catch or make them. Many will be members […]
Celebrated Swiss Wildlife Artist to be exhibited in Jersey for the first time
THE work of the late Swiss artist and environmentalist, Robert Hainard is being exhibited in the Island between 13 March and 20 March at the National Trust for Jersey’s house in St Helier, 16 New Street.Robert Hainard was a sculptor, woid engraver and painter, but also a forerunner of the ecology movement. The exhibition will […]
140th Anniversary of the Granville Carnival
FROM 28 February to 4 March 2014 the Granville Carnival will celebrate its 140th anniversary. Unlike other carnivals, the one at Granville has been sustained thanks, at first, to the high involvement of local sailors and later on, to the support of the whole population of the town, who have transformed it into a huge […]
Three-year agreement with Normandy for major French show
JERSEY is to sign a three-year partnership with Normandy to attend one of France’s major agricultural shows.The Paris International Agricultural Show (Salon International de l’Agriculture) which runs between February 22 and March 2, 2014, is one of the world’s largest and most important agricultural shows. Last year it attracted nearly 700,000 people including the French […]