History & Heritage

• The Bailiwick

  THE most southerly of the British Isles, the Channel Islands should logically belong to France but o...

• A Bluffers' Guide to Guernsey

  Aurigny’s Joey – so cool it even gets a Christmas hat. (83196) A is for Aurigny, Guernsey’s go...

• Clameur de Haro

  The Clameur de Haro is unique to the Channel Islands. It is thought to have originated as a plea for...

• Donkey Dialogue

  • More Donkey Dialogue

• Guernsey Accent

  The Creown P’yer: It’s got doiagonal paarken, mate. And somtoimes Guernsey daaansen. Mos...

• Guernsey French

  THE widely held belief that Guernsey French, or d’Guernesiais, is a poor relation of standard ...

• Guernsey Flag

  To mark its 25th anniversary, former civil servant David Le Conte, who was secretary of the committe...

• Guernsey's Anthem

  The original poem, ‘Guernsey Dear”, was written by George Deighton in 1911 and set to mu...

• Quirky Guernsey

  What is an ormer? How do you pronounce the local names? And who was Guernsey Tom? The ormer is a Gue...

• The Occupation

  The German Occupation of the Channel Islands from the summer of 1940 to 9 May 1945 now forms an impo...