MUSIQUE SACREE WITH CANTIBLE JERSEY
Mixed choir Cantible Jersey are inviting all those who enjoy listening to French choral music to join them at the Town Church this Saturday 9 March as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. The 80-minute event starts at 7.30pm and the varied first half includes some of the most famous French shorter choral works alongside the […]
NEW NATIONAL TRUST FOR JERSEY CEO ANNOUNCED
Alan Le Maistre, the National Trust for Jersey’s current Fundraising Officer, will become the organisation’s Chief Executive Officer next month. He will take over from Charles Alluto who described Alan as ‘a dedicated and committed supporter of the Trust’s vision and values’. ‘Alan has the skills needed to continue developing the Trust’s important work in […]
BARKING UP THE JERRIAIS TREE
A handy pocket-sized book is inspiring people (and dogs) to learn simple Jèrriais phrases thanks to author and illustrator Anne Cakebread. ‘Teach Your Dog Jèrriais’ is part of a series designed to help you to start learning a language while having fun with your favourite pet. It includes 60 expressions to practise from useful dog-related […]
NATIONAL TRUST OF JERSEY TO BE GIFTED GREVE DE LECQ CAFE SITE
The Seaside Café site at Greve de Lecq will be bought by the government for £3.5M and gifted to the National Trust for Jersey. The States Assembly approved the acquisition this week which included a condition that the charity uses the site for environmental, cultural and social benefit to the public. Charles Alluto, the Chief […]
SPUD-TACULAR GROWING COMPETITION
It’s that time of the year when the parish constables, the local media, Occupation VIPs, the Island’s branches of the Women’s Institute and all 33 primary schools put their gardening skills to the test in the Jersey Royal Potato Growing Competition. Local fruit and vegetable wholesalers Homefields delivered over 300 growing kits this week to […]
SCENT WORKS FOR DOGS
Scentwork is mental enrichment for dogs affecting their behaviour in positive ways through play says Harry Matthews, the founder of Origin Dog Training. ‘Scentwork affects behaviour. Science says so,’ he explained. ‘It calms a boisterous dog. It’s mental enrichment. It boosts confidence in a nervous dog. It works the brain of an old dog. Or […]
THE ISLAND’S HEDGEHOGS NEED YOU!
The Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group is looking for one or two volunteers to take over the everyday running of their rescue centre in Waterworks Valley. The current care manager, Dru Burdon, who has been responsible for the hedgehogs’ welfare for 32 years, is retiring. A posting on the group’s website states that full time cover […]
THE WAKE OF DRAKE
WHAT do flip flops have to do with leadership skills? Explorer, author and expedition leader Colonel John Blashford-Snell CBE Revealed the answer as part of a Zoom conversation on 24th April 2021. He was speaking on the closing day of The Great United Festival, a six-week-long online event, which brought together people of all ages […]
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 Ben SpinkBouônjour et Bouanne Année bouonnes gens! Pouor ma lettre chutte s’maine, au c’menchement d’eune nouvelle année, j’avais l’idée d’pâler […]
Jèrriais phrase book reveals the Island’s secrets
THE co-authors of a Jèrriais phrase book, launched less than a month ago, are ‘absolutely delighted and surprised’ by the numbers of people wanting a copy. Tchi Pitchi (pronounced ‘chip ee chee’), which means ‘what a pity’, sold out within an hour of being on the shelves at The Old Sail Loft in Gorey and […]