By Lindsay Ash BEFORE you start reading this column I think it is only fair to say that it “contains language and attitudes from a different era and may cause offence … to idiots”. I am sure you have all heard or seen this on your television sets (OK, maybe I added the idiots bit.) […]
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The story of Bert Trautmann goes beyond football and becomesa part of post-war reconciliation
By Lindsay Ash RECENTLY I wrote a piece on the FA Cup and I mentioned a man named Bert Trautmann. Now, being a football aficionado, I presumed that everyone knew of this historical figure who was the custodian of the Manchester City net and had a dodgy neck – but apparently not, as several people […]
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Spare a thought for a sporting pioneer who laid foundations for three of our great competitions
By Lindsay Ash WHEN you settle down to watch the FA Cup this year, whether the early rounds or indeed the final itself, one or two will remember great games and moments from the past in this, the greatest of all cup competitions. There have been so many: Ronnie Radford’s oft-played goal against Newcastle, Trautmann […]
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Things have now become more difficult due to the empowerment of children from an early age
By Lindsay Ash SOMEONE once said that “teachers are well overpaid as educators and massively underpaid as child carers”, and I thought of that quote when I read that a recent survey stated that two out of five teachers in the UK said they had been attacked in schools. We also had something similar suggested […]
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If you are going to read ONE article on the Hospital saga then I suggest you make it this one
By Lindsay Ash “WHY are you talking about the bloody hospital? We are all fed up with it.” I understand the sentiment and agree with it but I also think it’s VITAL that the Jersey taxpayer is given the facts as to where their money has gone and, more importantly, will continue to go over […]
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‘After so many 0% beers, people ask you questions’
By Lindsay Ash CANCER… the very word causes a reaction and it’s often even whispered as its very notion triggers a morbid fear. Why have I brought the C word up? Well, basically, I was told in June last year that I had it. Firstly, I wasn’t going to tell people the news, except those […]
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The generation game – people famous for one thing can become famous for another with a different generation
By Lindsay Ash IT’S strange how people famous for one thing can become famous for another with a different generation. Good examples include Michael Portillo, now known more for his travel programmes than his time as a member of Parliament, and Gary Lineker, more for presenting Match of the Day and his political views than […]
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Tennis has fewer characters now. Long gone are the days of Nastase and McEnroe going beserk…
By Lindsay Ash NEXT week sees the start of Wimbledon, the world’s greatest tennis tournament. Or to put it another way, as I never tired of telling my American colleagues, the All England Tennis Championships. Whether it’s just age or not I don’t know but I think the event has lost something over the years. […]
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Jersey needs to have its own stake in AI – even if it’s only in providing a regulatory service
By Lindsay Ash AI has become one of the new buzz words of our age or I suppose buzz letters if I am being accurate. Before I start, in order to spare the JEP letters from Angry of Green St, I realise that what I am about to write confuses AI with all sorts of […]
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I didn’t bring this proposition for any other reason than to secure a fair deal for the Jersey consumer
By Lindsay Ash WHEN I was elected to the States back in 2018, the late Len Norman said to me: “One word of advice, if you are looking for praise you are in the wrong game, if it comes along treasure it.” Well, on the evening of 30 May 2025, those words came flooding back […]
