LUMINARIES GATHERING – A REGENERATIVE FINANCE EVENT
On Friday 21 March, from dawn to dusk, an invitation awaits to visit La Hougue Bie, on the day of the Spring Equinox. The event is organised by Hypha Consulting [www.hyphaconsulting.com] and together with the Capital Institute, Really Regenerative Centre, and Pinecone Leadership. India Hamilton and Taylor Smythe of Hypha Consulting describe the event: ‘The […]
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY – LEAD THE JERSEY BAT GROUP!
From the Jersey Bat Group Are you passionate about wildlife and conservation? Do you enjoy bringing people together and making a difference? The Jersey Bat Group is looking for a new Chairperson to help guide our small but dedicated team! Our current Chair has had to step down for health reasons, so we need someone who’s enthusiastic about protecting […]
THE ONCE AND FUTURE HORSE – RIDING IN JERSEY
By Alasdair Crosby The Jersey cow always enjoys a significant share of column inches, so, for a change, let us look another famous quadruped in the Island – the horse (and while we are about it – the hound). Sadly, gone are the days when there were over 1,000 horses in the Island and there […]
AN EVENING WITH BRAHMS
By Christine Jasper Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52 and Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 65 Hungarian Dances Nos. 3, 6, 9, and 11 Thursday, 13 February, 7pm at St Mark’s Church. ‘An Evening with Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzes & Hungarian Dances’ highlights the charm and versatility of Brahms’ music, featuring his Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52 and Neue […]
THE DEATH – AND AFTERLIFE – OF JERSEY TREES
By Alasdair Crosby Xanthe Hamilton THIS is a story about death and the afterlife of trees in Jersey. A couple of days after Storm Ciaran had done its worst in early November 2023, there was an opportunity to see how the countryside had fared; it did not look happy. Not so much bruised and battered; […]
RARE BITTERN FILMED AT THE WETLAND CENTRE
A video of a rare Bittern filmed with a trail camera at the Wetland Centre by the National Trust’s clerk of Works and local wildlife photographer, John Ovenden, has garnered 237,000 views, 522 shares and nearly 10k likes on Facebook and continues to be shared worldwide. John’s film of the Bittern at the National Trust […]
OUR GUEST COLUMNIST – COLIN TUDGE
Agriculture is by far the most important thing that human beings do – the thing we absolutely have to get right. So why won’t the powers-that-be take it seriously? By Colin Tudge Small farms and farmers are disappearing at an alarming rate – and yet they are vital. I suggest that a prime task for […]
THE WEBSITE AWAKES
The sleeping website – awoken with a loving click. We apologise for the interruption to our service since before Christmas, due to ‘technical reasons’ as they say at airports about cancelled flights. We trust that now once awoken, the sleeping website will not drop off again. Late January weather in Jersey is all too conducive […]
THE JOY OF MOBILE PHONES
By Alasdair Crosby AM I the Invisible Man? It seems so, as in the street I generally have to take sharp avoidance action to avoid being run down by other pedestrians intent on their important phone conversation or intently reading something on-line. As I walk along, I play a little game: How many people that […]
JERSEY GARDENING CLUB
The president of the Jerseu Gardening Club, Marilyn Le Beurrier introduces the last club function of the year – a Quiz Night – on 19 November We hope to see you at our last club fixture for 2024, a Quiz Night on Tuesday 19 November at St Lawrence Parish Hall. Doors open 7.pm for start time of 7.15 […]