Roots and Renewal

What kind of rituals does Jersey need now, and what do we gain – or lose – by letting old ones go? First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-08-07 A photograph in the Temps Passé section of the JEP recently prompted me to think differently about a fixture of Island life. It showed King Street in 1979, dense with…

Voices of Memory: How Storytelling Sustains Culture in Jersey First published in the Jersey Evening Post 2025-05-16 I recently had the privilege of listening to local historian Sue Hardy at the Société Jersiaise share her memories of life after the war. It was a demonstration of the important role of memory and the power of storytelling. As Jersey marks the…