RJA&HS SPRING SHOW RESULTS
Supreme Open Champion at the RJA&HS Spring Show was John Le Feuvre’s Elite Joel Noblesse. Reserve was the same owner’s Elite Colton Sunflower. The full results are shown below:
SUNSET CONCERTS CANCELLED BUT SUMMER ACTIVITIES TO START AT GREVE DE LECQ
This weekend’s ‘al fresco’ Sunset Concerts overlooking St Ouen’s Bay were cancelled because of the likelihood of wind and rain. Donna Le Marrec, the National Trust for Jersey’s Marketing and Events Manager, said the site at Mont Grantez afforded little protection from the elements and therefore the ‘difficult decision’ was made. Speaking on the day […]
INCREASING NUMBERS OF SEABIRDS BEACHED BY WINTER STORMS
More seabirds than usual were beached last winter possibly due to an increase in the frequency and intensity of storms, including Storm Ciaran, which has been linked to climate change. A total of 124 beached birds were reported between November 2023 and February 2024 including cormorants and European shags, storm petrels, gulls, guillemots, razorbills, puffins […]
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF EATING LESS MEAT
Against a barrage of calls to cut our meat consumption, our guest contributor from the UK, Suzanne Wynn, believes there have been some unintended consequences that work against most people’s desire to eat more responsibly My fellow contributor, Colin Tudge, has said quite rightly that our diet should consist of ‘not much meat, plenty of […]
DIFFERENT LAND AND LANGUAGE – ALL TOO FAMILIAR PROBLEMS
With thanks to our correspondent from Normandy, who has sent us this notice – it appears widely on the Internet and social media and has been posted, we are informed, in this physical form, outside French villages. The problems seem very similar to villages in the UK. In Jersey, it could equally apply to those […]
UNFORGETTABLE GARDEN SCENES
By Jersey Gardening Club president Marilyn Le Beurrier You will receive a very warm welcome from the Jersey Gardening Club when Don Witton presents a talk entitled ‘Unforgettable Garden Scenes.’ Don is a retired schoolteacher from Sheffield with a passion for growing perennials. He has been a garden lecturer, nurseryman and author for over 20 years […]
A MANIFESTO FOR MUSIC
Alasdair Crosby met Jersey composer Charles Mauleverer to talk about the ‘Music Manifesto’. This interview is reprinted from the Jersey Evening Post, with its kind permission Jersey composer Charles Mauleverer has been in the Island recently as part of the launch of the ‘Music Manifesto’. It is hardly surprising that, for an interview, he requested […]
OPEN GARDEN AT ST OUEN’S MANOR
The gardens of St Ouen’s Manor will be open on Saturday 15 June from 2pm to 5pm. All proceeds will go to Dementia Jersey. People can enter the Manor on foot from both gates and parking will be at the far entrance – take the first left after the Manor into Rue de Manoir – there […]
INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE RJA&HS, PAUL HOUZÉ
How now, brown cow? ‘Getting along nicely, thank-you, and much more certain about our future,’ might be the moos back from the fields. Cows don’t usually have too much to say about Jersey agricultural politics (or about anything else, really), but speaking for them and for dairy farming is the newly elected president of the […]
‘GET WITH OUR NEW LABEL – THE RJS’
Dairy farmer Paul Houzé was elected as the new president of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society at its recent annual general meeting. There were no other candidates. His name was proposed by Andrew Le Gallais and seconded by Stephen Le Feuvre. The outgoing president, Rob Perchard, has served seven years: two three-year terms, […]