JÈRRIAIS – EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES 2020
By Marianne Coutanche of l’Office du Jèrriais THE European Day of Languages, which takes place on 26 September, aims to promote linguistic diversity, highlighting the importance of lifelong language learning in order to increase cultural understanding and democratic citizenship. The Day was started by the Council of Europe off the back of the success of […]
EARLIEST ART IN BRITISH ISLES AND IRELAND DISCOVERED IN JERSEY
PREHISTORIC societies in the British Isles were creating artistic designs on rock as long ago as the late Ice Age, archaeologists have confirmed. For the first time, archaeologists have analysed the ancient markings made on a group of flat stones, known as plaquettes, uncovered at Les Varines and believe they date from the late Ice […]