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Bullets and billets

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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

Grandparents play key role in kids’ happiness

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CHILDREN grow up happier if their grandparents are involved in their upbringing, researchers said last week.

Rain, rain, don’t go away

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‘SPLISH, splash, splosh, little April showers, do, do, do, do’ etc.

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College On the catwalk

LAST week saw the talents of the College of FE’s hair and beauty students live on stage.

Linguistic comforts

IT HAS taken a long time, but at the age of 42 I am finally comfortable in my own language. That is to say, I’m happy with the way I say things. (I think I will never become comfortable in my own skin – I am a much shorter man than I actually am and […]

Singing media’s praises

YEAR 13 media students from the Grammar School are just about to complete their exams and finish A-level education.

Kiri gets a special birthday surprise

The Globe first met Kiri Knight a few months ago when we interviewed her for a charity special in which we discovered more about the Blind Association and the Dyslexia Day Centre.

Love across war lines

The Second World War had pitted them as enemies but that didn’t stop Sark girl Phyllis Baker and German Werner Rang from marrying – with the help of an eccentric English aristocrat. Nicci Martel caught up with them as they celebrated their diamond wedding.

Lapping up Belle Greve’s explosive history

He knows it like the back of his old stonemason’s hands, and although octogenarian George Staples doesn’t want Belle Greve turned into a ‘Little Venice’, he does have plans for it…

Herm warfare

An entire school was evacuated last week – just for the day. Shaun Shackleton joined pupils of St Andrew’s School as they echoed the poignant time when thousands of Guernsey children were parted from their parents