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From Gerard Baudains. AM I alone in being concerned about the present archaeological excavation at Mont Orgueil castle? Apparently it is to locate the 13th century castle. Well, that’s not difficult – it’s already above ground. What they are presumably looking for is the iron-age settlement under the castle green. But what I’m concerned about […]

From Gerard Baudains WHILE I wholeheartedly endorse Senator Shenton’s views (JEP, 10 February) on Jersey’s unsustainable public spending programme, I fear he and our Treasury Minister will have a superhuman struggle to achieve anything. The unions have recently stated that they will resist any attempt at cutting costs or improving efficiency. Such arrogance and selfishness […]

THE space allotted to this column is far too short to list all of the good things about the Blue Note Bar in Broad Street. That’s a shame, because I could write at Tolstoyesque length on this subject – about the beer, about the music, about the strange and slightly frightening ornaments, about the new stools…

From Gerard Baudains. AS someone whose family has lived in Jersey for hundreds of years, I’m concerned to find myself seriously considering moving to another country. Of course, the climate has something to do with it, but that is nothing when compared with the effect our government is having on Jersey and its inhabitants. We […]

ISLANDERS will go to the polls on Wednesday to choose a Senator.