14 « June « 2008 « « This Is Guernsey

Let’s sort out island’s core values

TALKING to an audience of island business leaders, it was inevitable that the Treasury minister would be asked about population, growth and whether any change was likely to the island’s current ‘steady as she goes’ policy.

Smellz steps up Sessions

Friday of last week brought you your monthly fix of drum’n’bass sounds from Dub Sessions.

Move over Gordon and Nigella

I’VE just had my tea. And I make no apologies, I cannot fashion any middle-class pretensions in our house.

French disconnection

Health and safety or the road to ruin? When it comes to the new school and the sale of Herm, Neil Ross’s Emile isn’t sure…

A Sound line-up for Chateau

AS A build-up to this year’s event, the Vale Earth Fair Collective has secured the Chateau des Marais (aka Ivy Castle) as the venue for a one-day live music festival on Saturday 5 July. This is an alternative to Beach Life, which had taken place in recent years.

Bullets and billets

A wealth of wartime memories was unearthed when diver Richard Keen looked through his late mother’s possessions. Now a private exhibition reveals the fascinating past of the family farm at Les Prevosts, as Chris Morvan reports