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HERSELF and I recently spent almost a week in England – not through choice on my part, for as far as this bolshie little crapaud is concerned, holidays are invariably spelt vacances and, by definition, are taken to the east of this small rock rather than due north – but because of a family (Herself’s) occasion that I was told it would be impolite not to attend.

I’M sorry, we don’t do God’ was the famous Alistair Campbell remark, cutting off a question to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.

From Angela Macdonald. IT seems that the only way to express one’s views about our Island’s government is by sending in a letter in to the JEP. I have sent letters to Senator Le Sueur and Senator Ozouf regarding States workers’ pay which they have chosen to ignore. They obviously feel that they are far […]

AMONG the less appealing aspects of British life adopted by Jersey from that half of its dual heritage is the culture of binge-drinking. For too long, Islanders have suffered the mess, noise, destruction and threatening atmosphere generated when groups of people get together for the express purpose of drinking too much and behaving badly.

HERE’S the thing about us: we want to buy a Ford but drive a Rolls-Royce. It’s not our fault; it’s just how we’re wired.

AS I sit here staring at what a few seconds ago was a blank computer screen — reminiscent, I have to say, of a few mornings after the night before when Herself and I are on one of our regular inspections of the Calvados trees in Normandy — the so-called leaders of the 20 most financially influential nations are holding their meeting in London.