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OPINIONS. Everyone’s got them, and there are lots of different kinds.

IT WAS interesting to read some of the online comments (on thisisjersey.com) about a halt being called to plans to demolish Camelia Cottage, which is just below Gouray Church, if only to see how some of the correspondents missed the point by a mile.

HERE’S a new way of looking at the whole Ozouf/Ogley/Lime Grove story. It gets rid of all of the boring stuff, all the tedious personality stuff and all the stuff you’ve already heard, and makes it all really easy.

AN old teacher of mine used to tell a story about his university days, and his first attempt at cooking a roast dinner for his housemates. He preheated his oven, prepped his chicken, peeled and prepared his veg, and then put everything in the appropriate oven or pan to cook.

From John Mills. BEN Quérée’s comment on the proposed Electoral Commission (JEP, 21 January) strikes a very good note. He is absolutely right to be disdainful of the prospect of the States reforming itself from within. An external force is necessary, in this case a manifestly independent body that can champion sensible reforms that go […]

DEBATES in my family are typically lengthy, heated, commonly alcohol-fuelled and usually leave everyone – even those not directly involved in the conversation – in a big fat mood. And, more often than not, it turns out that everyone has actually been saying the same thing all along but arguing about it anyway.