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Jersey and Guernsey Blogs Snapshots
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Jersey Development Company "Building a Better Jersey" - at South Hill exhibition 1 November 2022 - The Jersey Development Company (JDC) have exhibited the latest scheme for the redevelopment of the former States planning office site at South Hill, St H...
1 year ago -
Mary Venturini - Deputy candidate - District 3 Trinity, St John and St Lawrence - Jersey - When the States was composed of independent members only, there were demands for political parties. When the Committee system operated as a chums busin...
1 year ago -
Advocate Philip Sinel: Restitution and How to Obtain It. - Advocate Philip Sinel Advocate Philip Sinel will need no introduction to regular readers of this Blog, nor for those who have watched the Storyville d...
2 years ago -
At Least Something Is Getting Better - Eleven years ago, I posted a blog venting my displeasure with the England football team of the time, and I haven’t watched another match until last week....2 years ago
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Nothing new under the sun - policy and the Prolapse Party - The circular-arrow logo of the newly-formed Steve Party has been the butt of many jokes since the party was formed several months ago. Such ribbing has,...2 years ago
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My speech at Jersey's Black Lives Matter demonstration 06/06/20 - I want to thank each of you for turning up on short notice. As I look out here I see the beautiful rainbow that is our Jersey society. I see men and w...
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Promises will be broken - Abnormally low temperatures and high winds are not a good recipe for horticultural work. Thats the prognosis for the next few days. So I have moved many ...3 years ago
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Closer to home UPDATED - Saturday I was very relieved because our daughter arrived home. She had been on a language study trip for a week. In Italy. Naturally I have been watchi...4 years ago
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The BaldTruth-Postcards From Dystopia: ANARCHY IN THE UK - TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO TAKE TH... - The BaldTruth-Postcards From Dystopia: ANARCHY IN THE UK - TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO TAKE TH...: What do you mean Mussolini ended uo something like this? "The...4 years ago
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AN INNOCENT ABROAD - *Mont Orgeuil CastleClick on any image for a larger version* I am very proud of that photo of Mont Orgeuil which I took in Jersey (CI) in 1961. It's not...
5 years ago -
THE JERSEY 2018 ELECTION - REFORM JERSEY - ROYAL COURT ELECT A CONSTABLE? - *DEPUTY SAM MEZEC -CHAIRMAN OF REFORM JERSEY* *THE 2018 JERSEY ELECTION* *REFORM JERSEY* As we plod along to election day my rather small mind...
6 years ago -
All At Sea - Fire crew and lifeboat crew are two vocations only suitable for genuine heroes and heroines, and fully deserve immense respect from everybody. However, the...6 years ago
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Just Ask The Damn Question - THE BBC AND JIMMY SAVILE: COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN? Yes – Because it’s Happening Now. “Everybody would say, ‘what evidence have you got?’ I would say, ‘we...
6 years ago -
Unofficial 2018 Lyndon Farnham campaign begins in JEP - [image: Senator Lyndon Farnham has set up a new business for people who do not want annual membership of a gym] With the General Election just 10 months ...6 years ago
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The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry - Statement from Campaigners - PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF: CAMPAIGNERS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO JERSEY CHILD ABUSE “An end to the Jersey Way.” A group of current and former poli...
6 years ago -
Senator apologises after devastating Varley Report on Jersey Care Service failings - *Devastating report criticises Jersey care services**Health Minister apologises**Story ignored by island's other online media * The BBC reported on 17th Jun...
7 years ago -
Disgusted by Police Cruel Dog Killing - How would you react had it been your beloved pet that they had so callously run down & murdered? Just what sort of example is this to give to our children ...8 years ago
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Southpaw (2015) - Free Southpaw in High Definition FormatNow you can download full Southpaw in best quality with duration 123 Min and was published in 2015-07-24 and MPAA r...8 years ago
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Jersey's Dean---- Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury - Last week the Jersey Evening Post gave front page coverage to a letter from Senator Bailhache to the Archbishop of Canterbury asking him to press for the...
8 years ago -
Man returned to Jersey and charged in historical sexual assault case - [image: police] A 44-year-old man has been brought back to Jersey by police to be charged in connection with an historical sexual assault. Police manage...8 years ago
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Beauty and the Beast - This is a piece that I wrote for the Jersey Evening Post series entitled "Beauty and the Beast". We were asked to describe two buildings in Jersey - one b...
8 years ago -
Satirical Magazines - for those in our media with declining print sales and for whom irony is unknown - I am sure there are some home thruths here for our local media. The truth sells it seems or is that too ironic?9 years ago
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Coastal Walk to Corbiere - Gorse Dodder - Gorse Dodder *Gorse Dodder (Cuscata epithymum) * A tangled mass of slender, reddy-coloured threads draped over gorse or heathers; tiny, pale...
9 years ago -
10,000 comments - Last night the 10,000th comment was posted on this blog. Appropriately enough, it was the question which asked what exactly Mr Kevin Delaney has done to ke...10 years ago
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Letter to St Helier ratepayers - Dear Ratepayer The annual sending out of Rates Assessment notices, which are not a request for payment but notification of how your rates bill will be calcu...10 years ago
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50 - Final Blog of the Series - Hindsight is a wonderful thing and when I reflect back to the start of this awful mess I fully realise that the timing for this event could not have been w...11 years ago
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The Politics Hour - Is That All We Get??? - I have been away from this “project” for a long time – firstly due to work commitments, then due to a quasi-despair at the poor level of the debate amongst...11 years ago
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Nearly 5 years later..... - Still the case is ongoing..... An offer has been made by the defendants which has been 'on the table' for quite some period of time for the sum of £1500. H...11 years ago
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What does the world eat? - Here's a fascinating photo essay by time magazine... http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373675,00.html12 years ago
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Jersey election statistics 2011 - On 19 October Jersey will go to the polls to vote for Constables, Deputies and Senators on the same day for the first time. There are 82 candidates up for ...12 years ago
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Coffee - Good or Bad - The age old debate! - So the other day I was working with a friend in the University Library when we were disrupted by an irate Librarian as she punished someone for drinking co...13 years ago
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Hell Bent...and Hell Deserving - Those who are not privileged to call themselves Old Victorians can only imagine the pride and sense of entitlement that is imparted on donning the blazer o...13 years ago
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My Other Blog List
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Dean of Lincoln - Press release from the Prime Minister’s Office Appointment of Dean of Lincoln: 23 April 2024 The King has approved the nomination of The Reverend Canon D...21 minutes ago
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Tuesday: New Home Sales - [image: Mortgage Rates] From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Essentially Flat Just Under 5 Month Highs Mortgage rates began the new w...
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The Weekly Round-up: School Prayer Ban and Further Debates on Rwanda Bill - In UK news The House of Lords has once again delayed the passage of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. The Bill returned to the House of...16 hours ago
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Episode 114: The Final Test - *Synopsis:* Steven and Dodo have met their next opponent - the mischievous schoolboy Cyril. They will play a dice game with him, similar to "Snakes & Ladd...
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Mega City Book Club 258: Father of the Graphic Novel - Alan Fisher returns to talk me through Bryan Talbot's memoir which he did the graphic design for, and to tell me about the new Johnny Alpha statue which ...
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How we know that the sun changes the Climate. Part I: The past - by Javier Vinós Part I of a three part series. The Sun is a variable star and the amount of energy it emits varies from month to month, year to year, and c...4 days ago
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Getting Ready: Pre-Pesach 5784 - On Monday a group gathered at CBI for the eclipse. When we were down to a thin golden crescent of sun, the light became bronzed and strange. The spring pee...1 week ago
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Hope and Pain: An Easter Message - This is a copy of an article I wrote for Seen & Unseen, the online magazine of the Centre for Cultural Witness at Lambeth Palace. When I felt a twinge in m...3 weeks ago
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Talking of friendship - ‘I no longer call you servants but friends.’ I have a theory. My theory is that most of our institutions are in a state of utter chaos, crisis even, and th...3 months ago
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Look at Honda CR-V vs Subaru Outback New Comparison 2023 - Honda CR-V vs Subaru Outback The 2023 Honda CR-V went through an outstanding redesign, featuring a much more tough exterior, improved driving characteristic...
9 months ago -
On Being an Islander: Reflections on Current Exhibitions in Oxford and Cambridge - Exhibitions currently showing at the University Museums of Oxford and Cambridge tackle the question of what it means, and what it has meant in the past, to...
11 months ago -
Podcast Conversations with contributors to Borderlands of Theological Education - Just thrilled that our podcast conversations with contributors to Borderlands of Theological Education are available here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us...1 year ago
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The Great Divorce - Back again after lockdown when, I guess, all our lives were rather taken up with other things. So perhaps to ‘start’ again, something from Jack : ‘Ther...
1 year ago -
THE DONKEY - *WHEN fishes flew and forests walked* *And figs grew upon thorn,* *Some moment when the moon was blood* *Then surely I was born.* *With monstrous head a...
3 years ago -
7 VPNs that leaked their logs – the logs that “didn’t exist” - Just how private is your Virtual Private Network?
3 years ago -
Saying Goodbye - Madge - It's been a while since I last posted anything on here - so hello again to everyone who stumbles upon this blog! A lot has happened. My son arrived, six ye...5 years ago
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Doctor Who: Arachnids in the UK - In a recent interview, Mandip Gill (the actress who plays Yaz on Doctor Who) was asked: “If you could go anywhere in the TARDIS, where would you go?” Her a...5 years ago
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Updated MidAmeriCon II Schedule (with reading and Kaffeeklatsch) - Living And Working In a (Benevolent) Absolute Monarchy Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00, 2205 (Kansas City Convention Center) While fantasy novels are often set in ...7 years ago
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Brexit: what next? - Why Jeremy Corbyn might be our best hope - The petition calling for a second referendum now has over 3.6 million votes. Some of these have been found to be bogus - an estimated 77,000 signatories ar...
7 years ago -
New DMin course at South University on world and new religions - I am pleased to recommend a new online DMin course through South University College of Theology on world religions. I was asked to design this 11 week cou...
8 years ago -
Revolution, Evolution or Good Disagreement? - This post is prompted by a number of things that have left me pondering how as Christians we are to bring about change in our churches. When we strongly b...
9 years ago -
In Our Time: The Borgias - It seems from the three scholars sat around studio 50E that there is no proof of incest, either between father and daughter or between brother and sister; ...11 years ago
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Data Protection Stupity - I normally desperately try to avoid any contact with any call centre unless I really have to and today's experiences remind me why. Having just moved to ne...11 years ago
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Order of Beetroot,Onions and Turnips - I am please to announce the Order of Beetroot,Onions and Turnips or O.B.O.T for short. I am the chosen chief as voted by a select group of root vegetables. ...15 years ago
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