Can magical architecture transform St Helier?

I’ve been writing blog posts on a number of topics of interest to Jersey, but also possibly of wider interest, for a while. The BBC Jersey blog is being shut down so I’m going to post some of my favourites here. St Helier is a mish-mash of building styles and ages – from the modernist front to the States of Jersey to the 1000 year old parish church. There are [...]

 

Saving old BBC pages for the future

The BBC is a big site, there are pages within pages within pages and even deeper than that, there are large sections with multiple sub-sections that have their own top level related sections. But equally there are certain shows with their own top level site (Eastenders) and others sitting under the /programmes site (The Bubble).

 

Voting at 16

Just over two years ago members of the States of Jersey narrowly voted in favour of giving 16 and 17 year olds in the island the right to vote. The first real opportunity for islanders to use that vote was at during the elections for Constable, Deputy and Senator at the end of 2008 – that and the island’s first referendum. The next major opportunity for the islands 16 year [...]