Liberation International Music Festival – Gala Night
WHAT actually is a gala? How would you define that word? The question arose in my mind as I drove home from last night’s Liberation
Alasdair Crosby
11 May, 2014
Rural – Jersey Country Life Magazine
Rural Day to Day
Access to countryside consultation launched
The Department of the Environment has launched a consultation to find out more about how people use the Island’s countryside paths. Islanders can take part
Alasdair Crosby
10 May, 2014
Liberation International Music Festival – Bach B Minor Mass
ST THOMAS’ Roman Catholic Church in Jersey – often called the Island’s Pro-Cathedral… what a good location to hear Bach’s B Minor Mass. The music
Alasdair Crosby
9 May, 2014
Skipton Open Studios
This year’s Skipton Open Studios celebration of Jersey’s artistic community will see an Island ambassador, heritage organisations, schools and a steamroller from Sark playing key
Alasdair Crosby
9 May, 2014
£70m undersea power cable from Normandy
The installation of Jersey’s third undersea electricity supply cable to France, known as Normandie 3, has got underway. The 7,000-tonne, specialist cable-laying barge,
Alasdair Crosby
9 May, 2014
Normal service now resumed after short intermission
Caption: Media circus? THERE has been a short intermission to this service of news and opinion features relating to the rural and community life of
Alasdair Crosby
9 May, 2014
The landscapes of an island home
The late Jersey resident, Sir Francis Cook (1907-1978), made Jersey his home , with his studio at what is now the Sir Francis Cook Gallery.
Alasdair Crosby
18 April, 2014
Planning for the Future
Does Reforming our planning appeals system make sense? A view by our Planning correspondent, SONIA SMITH, a property lawyer at Lambert Legal This is an expanded version
Alasdair Crosby
18 April, 2014
Jersey Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert
THE spring concert took of the Jersey Symphony Orchestra took place last night (Saturday 12 April) at Fort Regent, Jersey. There must be many
Alasdair Crosby
13 April, 2014
National Butchers’ Week in Jersey
THIS is National Butchers’ Week; it began on Monday 24 March and goes on to Sunday 30 March. The plethora of national ‘weeks’ to
Alasdair Crosby
27 March, 2014
Farmhouse bequeathed to National Trust for Jersey
The National Trust for Jersey has announced that it has been bequeathed a historically important farmhouse in the Parish of St Saviour. Located along La Route
Alasdair Crosby
27 March, 2014
Protect our wildlife – don’t move spawn or tadpoles
JERSEY’S Environment Department is asking Islanders to help protect local amphibians now that the breeding season has started. In recent years, as the global trade
Alasdair Crosby
20 March, 2014