FROM UTMOST EAST TO UTMOST WEST
A new book by Colonel John Blashford-Snell, CBE. Reviewed by Alasdair Crosby ‘DO you know about Atlantis?’ I think it was the first words that Colonel John Blashford-Snell, CBE (Jersey’s eminent explorer) said to me, after the usual introductory pleasantries. This conversation must have taken place in the 1990s, in the old JEP building at […]
WHAT IS POLITICAL CONSERVATISM?
‘It is the only political force that can stop or, more realistically, slow down the juggernaut of modernity’, states our columnist, Alexander Boot, But he means ‘small c’ political conservatism, not Westminster political party Conservatism. Alexander is a columnist and public speaker, and a regular visitor to Jersey where he has family connections. See biographical […]
SPRING FLOWER SHOW
The Spring Flower Show of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held last weekend, 18 and 19 March, in appropriately warm and sunny spring weather. Results are as follows: Award Awarded For Winner Belles Fleurs TrophyKindly donated by Mr & Mrs Bernard Rebours Overall Best Exhibit at the Spring Show Stephen Le FeuvreGroup […]
THE STATE, FREEDOM AND FIRE
By Gavin Ashenden It was Ronald Reagan who summed it up best when he said that the top most terrifying words in the English language were ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ One of the most striking changes in our experience is the way in which the government and the state had […]