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t’s a funny word, hijack, and like a lot of funny words, it’ll mean something different to all the ears that hear it. Some people, obviously, will think of terrorism and planes in these safety conscious times. Other people may think of the hijacking of political or philosophical ideas.

And of course, many among you will have more locally relevant thoughts: the hijacking of nature, the high-street, our beaches, our way of life.

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Apparently, the word hijack comes from the words ‘highway’ and ‘ jacker’ and (according to etymologists at least) originally meant ‘someone who holds up a vehicle on a highway’. But that definition doesn’t really pass muster in modern times. Today, we use the word in all manner of circumstances: “Grandma’s hijacked the toilet and she won’t come out til someone gets her a chicken.”

Grandma’s senile demands for fowl can be addressed at another time.

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A less light-hearted, and more current, example of modern hijacking is the recent Kony 2012 viral video.

Unarguably, this viral hijacked the social media landscape; it was viewed an estimated 85 million times.

That figure is staggering. More arguably, many people claim that the makers of the video hijacked the public’s need for clear-cut lines of good and evil. Kony is certainly a vicious animal, but some of the more sceptical out there have noticed that the Ugandan government (which the video supports) is guilty of mass crimes itself: perhaps most incensing, the use of rape as a weapon. I won’t go further down this line, because I don’t want to hijack this issue of Gallery.

What is clear is that language is evolving, being hijacked by new generations and turned to new ends. The word ‘hijack’ being a prime example. And language doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Life is ripe for hijacking. All over Guernsey, unused resources and out of date ideas linger on in the dusty corners of society. Well we say: hijack them. Make them your own. Contribute to a reviving of our beautiful island by redirecting attention to wherever you think it needs to be. Hopefully, this edition will spark a few ideas as to how.

Our inspiration for this edition of Gallery is taken from the world around us as well as the world inside us. In this edition, you’ll find everything from culturally progressive suggestions for town to musings on life inside and outside Guernsey, comparisons with the world at large, and a plethora of local commentary. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

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24 The Phone Jacking Scandal

34 David Gilliver

50 Hijack Fashion

42 The 240, 000 mile-high club

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108 It’s all gone Pete Tong

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contents Edito.............................................................................1 Highlights.................................................................2 Contributors............................................................3 Misc Page..................................................................4 Hijack by Theo.......................................................5 What’s on...................................................................6 Community Contribution...............................8 A Brief history of Hijacking...........................10 Events............................................................ 11 Rugby Dinner.........................................................12 Vintage Tea Party at Amelia’s Wardrobe 13 Crabby Jacks playground...............................14 Yummy Mummies...............................................15 G4S Event.................................................................16

Upfront......................................................17

Annette Henry & Horoscopes......................18 News in Numbers................................................19 Hijack Facts..............................................................21 Elections Vox Pox................................................22 #FF Twitter...............................................................23 Phone Scandal........................................................24 Body Snatchers......................................................26 The Mystery of DB Cooper............................27 Elections Lowdown.............................................28 An interview with Matt Fallaize..................29 Me and My Pet.......................................................30

Culture...................................................... 31

Book Corner.............................................................32

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Photography Festival.........................................33 David Gilliver Light Paintings.....................34 Pop up Shops..........................................................36 Monthly Uploads..................................................38 My Name Is..............................................................40

Travel........................................................41

Donkey Abroad.....................................................42 Mr & Mrs Smith.....................................................44 Jordan Feature.......................................................47 Visit Sark!..................................................................48

Fashion.....................................................49

Hijack Fashion Shoot........................................ 50 Style Stalker.............................................................55 Gwyneth & Grey....................................................56 Hijack Fashion.......................................................58 Ask the Expert........................................................60

Beauty....................................................... 61

New in Beauty........................................................62 Beauty Products....................................................64 Beauty Review........................................................66

Appetite.................................................... 67 Consulting Chef: Sitar.......................................68 The Liberation Group........................................70

Places.........................................................71 Chic Finds Indica.................................................72 Innovate.....................................................................74

Business....................................................75

Business Solutions..............................................77 Business News.......................................................78 Oculus Investments............................................79 Source Recruitment............................................80 Business on the Couch: Wink.......................81 Gradu8 intro............................................................83 Intertrust....................................................................84 Ogiers..........................................................................86

Sport..........................................................89

Shambles Rambles Rugby..............................90 Wooden Spoon Rugby Event........................92 Hijack Your Intentions......................................94 Inter Insular ............................................................96

Hardware.................................................97

Gallery Gadgets....................................................98 Euromarque.............................................................100 Hit the Road!...........................................................102 Lights! Camera! Get away! ............................104

Music.........................................................105 Tyler & Tom Gig Review..................................106 It’s all gone Pete Tong.......................................108 Guernsey Festival.................................................110 Laskas Launch........................................................111 Sons of the Desert ...............................................112 Fade to Grey.............................................................113

Next month..............................................115 Boardom.................................................................... 116

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Nicole’s passion for writing started at a young age when she wrote plays for her and her sister. Her writing inspiration comes from her Granny who wrote fashion articles and a regular fictional column for a national newspaper. Nicole enjoys a variety of writing styles and hopes to follow in her Granny’s footsteps one day and write her own regular column.

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Annette started her working life as a secretary before switching from office to operating theatres. With a passion for people and a love of the island, her storytelling ability was all that was required for her to move from nurse to narrator and become a leading tour guide in Guernsey.

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Martine writes and produces the popular craft blog and podcast, iMake. When she isn’t blogging or podcasting, she can usually be found in her kitchen pretending to be a domestic goddess, or curled up on the sofa with her cats and her latest knitting project.

Darren Cranmer

Darren has been drawing and painting obsessively since early sproghood and his artwork springs from a place where surrealism and reality collide and metamorphose into expressive narratives. Recently graduated from the Arts University College Bournemouth with a degree in Illustration he is now freelancing. Darren HATES Egotists, bird-eating spiders and the over-use of the word ‘like’ when explaining things, but he LOVES Cosmology, MMA, Tool, Jack Bauer’s awesomeness and Mr Chow.

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Ahoy, bunglers!

In September of last year, pirates set a cargo ship ablaze after a failed hijack attempt. Armed pirates climbed aboard the M/V Pacific Express while it was 345 miles from the coast of Kenya.

The 26 crew members of the ship retreated to the vessel’s citadel, and called for help. The pirates then set the ship alight when they realised that they had to force the crew out of the citadel in order to hijack the vessel. Alas help fortunately came, and the crew members were all evacuated.

(quite literally) starting to make its first few appearances, allowing us to wear shorts and sandals without getting odd looks.

Festival line-ups being announced from Reading, Leeds, Bestival, Coachella, Big Gig In The Park the options are endless.

WHAT’S NOT Parking attendants Raise your hands if you’d like your boat to be destroyed by the Royal Navy...

Love long distance

Come on guys. Would it hurt to just be nice for a change?

Farewell LVCR Losing our court battle against the UK

In 1982, Sri Lankan Sepala Ekanayake hijacked an Alitalia Boeing 747 with 340 passengers on. He couldn’t live in Italy with his wife and child because he was denied a visa, so instead he blackmailed the pilot on a flight from New Dehli to Tokyo to actually land at Bangkok airport where they he was to meet with his son and wife and to give them 300,000 dollars. The pilot did so after Ekanayake told him that otherwise he would blow up the plane with the “most sophisticated bombs manufactured in Italy.” His plan worked but not for long, as he was soon handed over to Italy and sent to Welikada prison. Not that we’d condone this method, this is certainly one way to get around the problem of a long distance relationship.

Lego has a soft side Everyone’s getting in on the Lego love. Ed Sheeran, The Maccabees, and even Lego itself it would seem.

We loved this picture so much we wanted to share it with you.

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Youtube - Foreign Accent Syndrome Okay, so we feel quite bad for initally finding this very very funny, but could this be any more hijacked if you tried? One lady from Devon who suffered from severe migranes, had a particlarly bad headache one day, went to hospital, found out she had actually had a mini stroke and then started speaking with an accent which sounded like she had lived in China for her entire life. Definitely worth a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-y-x88hU9Y&ob=av3e

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Hijack words | Theo Leworthy

‘Everything’s Premier but the Price’ reads the motto of my hotel. I have no idea why they’ve capitalised the word ‘price’. Presumably the writers, like the price, are not premier.

Nonetheless, I can’t complain; Lenny Henry hasn’t been in to bother me once, despite probably being at a loose end. You’re no doubt wondering what this has to do with hijack. Honestly, I have no idea. Let’s just say, for now, that I’m ‘hijacking’ this issue, to write whatever I want.

I find myself in London, in that pleasant state between depressingly sober and worryingly drunk. I’ve eaten my first Nando’s (awesome) and bought a few drinks: £4 for a JD and coke at the bar, £11 for a bottle of wine at the restaurant. Part of me is convinced I should be paying more than this… after all I pay more than this for drinks in Guernsey.

What’s happened to the price of alcohol in Guernsey, that it’s costing me less to drink in London? Who’s hijacked that? Probably some fascist.

That last line reminds me of the original article I wrote for this issue, which I have (wisely, I think) put aside. In it, I rail incoherently about politicians emerging from their “tax payer funded love dungeons, frothing at the mouth” looking to hijack the public’s need for a strong moral compass. I state that I don’t believe in moral absolutes, and that we live in a world of ever shifting moral uncertainty. I use the recent Kony 2012

viral video, and the difference of opinion surrounding it, as an example. I rave for an entire paragraph about the phrase “B*tch, get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich.” Before concluding that we should hijack the government and “hold all of them to account.”

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breasts and an empty skull.

I pour myself another wine, and wonder if I’m passing the tipping point… perhaps.

Unbelievably, I was sober when I wrote that piece. In the cold hard light of drunkenness, when a man no doubt makes his best decisions, it seems like a strange article to submit to a life style magazine.

I stand in the doorway and a bizarre creature walks in.

He has a fat face, unfeasibly developed pecs, love handles, and the neck and shoulders of a bull. He also has these skinny little arms that look like they were stolen from Mr Bean and a mountainous expanse of what I can only describe as shoulder pubes.

I gaze down in awe at my own well-honed 24 pack, hairy and majestic, as it wobbles in the breeze. I know how a man should be built.

Surveying the Frankenstein as he enters makes me think about another hijacking: the hijacking of modern body image.

Who is telling that poor creature that he should look like that? Of course, the women amongst you are no doubt well aware of this particular hijacking.

The combination of sunbeds, reality TV, and the fashion and glamour industries has rebuilt the perfect woman. She should now, apparently, be a twiglet with comically large

Thinking about the hijacking of body images moves on, and I find myself thinking about the changing world around us. All we do is hijack the ideas of the people who went before us, turning them to our own purposes. Whether it’s fundamentalist groups hijacking religious teachings in order to convince misled young men to hijack planes, or politicians hijacking the sense of sorrow and loss we feel following such tragedies, nothing is sacred.

What I’d really like to do is write a manifesto, hijack public opinion myself, and set the world to rights. But we have to be honest: I wouldn’t bother finishing it, and if I did, no one would read it. And that’s probably a good thing, because eventually my ideas would get hijacked and turned in upon themselves.

Perhaps hijacking is just a natural occurrence.

Whenever something builds up enough momentum, it’s taken and redirected by force to the ends of whatever has the power to do so.

Anyway, all this wine is hijacking my brain. I’ll leave you with a local truism in the form of a famous song: ‘When you sit by the sea, and an eel bites your knee, that’s a moray.’

Wise words, hijacked unashamedly, from an internet meme. Until next month, au revoir.

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La Grande Mare golf and country club charity golf day La Grande Mare and the Vermeulen Family are pleased to act as principal sponsor and organizers of the Charity Golf Day to be held at La Grande Mare on Friday April 20th in order to raise funds for Les Bourgs Hospice and Male Uprising Guernsey (MUG).

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Organisers of the Customer Service Awards are delighted to announce HSBC as proud sponsors of the 2012 events in both Guernsey and Jersey

For the 12th year locally founded fund services firm Ipes will sponsor the event, Ipes Guernsey’s Managing Director Michel Davy says, “We are really pleased to be continuing our association with this popular event. As a Guernsey founded business it is great to be able to support an event which so many islanders enjoy taking part in while raising money for much needed causes overseas.”

The 42nd World Aid Walk will this year take place on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May and for the second year will be extending across the Bailiwick with walks taking place in Guernsey, Herm and Sark. Chair of the World Aid Walk Bella Farrell says, “If the walk could be bigger and better than ever we would be really pleased as every penny raised goes to the work of the participating charities.”

Action Aid, Christian Aid, Hope for a Child, Save the Children, Oxfam and The Tumaini Fund all benefit from the funds raised by walkers. Each charity has its own projects earmarked that the funds from the walk will go towards.

A new website, Volunteer.gg, provides an easy and convenient online platform for volunteers and charities to connect. Volunteer.gg is a re-brand and simplification of the original website, Volunt-here.org.

It allows charities to register and ‘own’ their own information page, as well as to post important events or occasions requiring volunteers. It also allows potential volunteers to browse the different charities, their events and their specific notices to see what best suits.

Importantly, communication between the charity and volunteer is direct.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF HIJACKING

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g n i k c a j i H History of Brassell words | Tony

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I guess since the first vehicle was invented people have “pinched” other peoples wheels and effectively hijacked their property. Of course in those days it wasn’t called hijacking. The theory for the origin of the word goes back to when people were running bootleg liquor in America during prohibition in the 1920’s. If you were stopped by a rival gang member, the gun was pushed through the window with the words “Hi Jack” and the name stuck.

The classic early hijack was the commandeering of a sailing ship by pirates, privateers or a mutinous crew.

The Mutiny on the Bounty is probably the most famous story of a crew hijacking a ship on the high seas.

The overthrow of Captain Bligh by the mutinous Fletcher Christian became part of British Maritime folklore as an example of how the breakdown of discipline and officer control can result in disaster for a crew.

1968 1940

Looking at the more well known form of hijacking, that of taking over an aeroplane in flight, the earliest recorded example I could find dated back to the 1940’s when a seaplane was hijacked.

It didn’t end well in that case as the plane crashed and all but one of the people on board died. The reason for hijacking a plane was mainly political with people either escaping a regime or trying to force regime change. In most cases there were no casualties but some serious negotiations had to take place. Flying in or around America became risky with regular flights being hijacked to Cuba.

1976 In 1976 a hijacking took place which inspired a movie. Raid on Entebbe was based on the true story of an Air France flight that was hijacked by the PFLP and landed in Entebbe in Uganda. The hijack was brought to an end when Israeli Commandos mounted a daring assault on the building where the hijackers were holding the hostages. All the hijackers were killed as well as three passengers and one of the commandos. 105 people were rescued.

It’s not only airplanes that get hijacked. In 1976 the word Moluccan became famous when a group of South Moluccans hijacked a Dutch train. They did this to highlight their plight after they had to leave their home, the Republic of South Maluku, a self proclaimed Island nation in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. In the rescue that ended the 20 day crisis, 6 Moluccans and 2 hostages were killed.

1980-99 In the 1980’s the middle east became a hotbed for hijackers with Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq providing many of the militants responsible for the hijackings.

This continued into the 1990’s but the decade wasn’t a good one for the hijackers with many being killed by commandos or rescuers as the stance against hijacking became tougher.

However life was about to change forever as the new millennium dawned. The most infamous hijacking of all time was about to take place.

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In 1968 the first and only successful El Al flight hijacking was carried out by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Negotiations lasted 40 days and all the passengers were eventually freed. The most famous early hijacking took place in 1970 when the PFLP tried to coordinate the hijacking of 4 planes at the same time.

They succeeded with three of the planes and they all ended up in the Jordanian Desert. What became known as the Dawson’s Field Hijacking ended with the three jets being blown up at the same time in front of the world’s media following an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for some of the hostages. There were no casualties.

1970 1970 was not a good year in hijacking terms with barely a month going by without a hijack somewhere in the world.

2001 The 11th September 2001 will live fresh in the minds of all of us that witnessed those tragic events. The hijacking of 4 planes led to the deaths of 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York, a third was crashed into the Pentagon and another came down in a field.

There was a gap of 5 years before another hijacking took place and thankfully since then violence and loss of life has not been significant. The more aggressive security measures introduced since 9/11 have meant that hijacking is far more difficult to carry out than it was 20 years ago.

Bus hijackings are also well known as are car hijackings. In fact just about anything that moves can be hijacked. However sometimes even inanimate objects can be hijacked, like radio stations and TV signals.

However the strangest hijacking allegation was probably that of a German who suggested that NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe had been hijacked by aliens who were using the space ships signals to try to contact us.

Let’s hope they don’t try and hijack the planet next! Now that would make a good movie – we’ll call it, the War of the Worlds!

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RUGBY DINNER

Guests were in high spirits at the recent Wooden Spoon Rugby event. Rugby legends, Paul Rendell, Tim Payne, Rob Henderson and Jonny Ufton (ex wasps) were in attendance and joined training sessions in the morning of the event.

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THE VINTAGE TEA PARTY AT AMELIAS WARDROBE

It was vintage galore at Amelia’s Wardrobe on Friday 23rd March! The Vintage Tea Party launched their services and offered guests drinks and sweet treats and demonstrations of what is on offer.

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CRABBY JACKS

CRABBY JACKS

Crabby Jacks has just opened a brand new childrens playground, perfect timing for the warmer weather to entertain your little angels. Crabby Jacks is a family friendly restaurant and offers all you could need, pop down today!!

Special thanks to Harriet and George Green, Eben le Page, Ziggy Pierce and Betty Pierce for being perfect participants for the photo shoot!

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CHARITY CHAMPIONS YUMMY MUMMIES

CLIC Sargent hosted a ‘Yummy Mummy Day’ at The Farmhouse Hotel this Sunday with the help of staff from Saffery Champness. Guests indulged in classic afternoon tea, watched cake decorating and flower arranging demonstrations and there was even the chance to try their luck on a raffle! Massages, facials and manicures on offer and local band GU10 entertained the ladies.

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G4S LENDS SUPPORT TO CRIME VICTIMS

Local facilities management company G4S and friends gathered together at this recent event and pledged more than ÂŁ40,000 to the Bailiwick of Guernsey Victim Support and Witness Service. The association with the charity was announced at an event to recognise the completion of the integration of Guernsey Air Conditioning into the G4S business.

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ANNETTE HENRY & HOROSCOPES

Hijacked & held in the castle words | Annette Henry Can you imagine what it would be like to live on Guernsey but be under siege from the soldiers living in the very fortress that had built to keep you safe from the enemy?

This was the scenario played out during the 17th century Civil War, when Guernsey supported Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians, whilst Castle Cornet, under the leadership of the Governor, Sir Peter Osborne, took up the cudgels for King Charles 1st and the Royalists.

Guernsey was at war!

It was on Saturday 28th October, 1643, that a ship sailed into Fermain Bay, with Captain Bowden, a known Parliamentary supporter, at the helm. Word was sent to Jurats Pierre de Beauvoir (Bailiff of Guernsey), James de Havilland and Pierre Carey, that Bowden wished to meet with them to talk about important Parliamentary matters concerning the island.

Curiously, the three Jurats agreed to convene aboard Bowden’s vessel, rather than arrange the meeting at a more convenient location.

No sooner had the three high ranking Guernsey officials boarded Captain Bowden’s boat, they realised, too late, that they had been tricked! The Captain has switched allegiance and was now a staunch Royalist supporter, and had used the ruse to kidnap the Jurats as a bargaining tool against the Parliamentarians.

The Governor, residing in Castle Cornet, ordered that the prisoners be taken immediately to the deepest darkest dungeon, situated beneath the central Keep. Nothing could have prepared the Jurats for what greeted them.

The dungeons were dank, dingy and incredibly dark. Rats and other insects scurried about in the shadows. There was no natural light, and as the cells were beneath the sea level, slime oozed out of the walls and the stone floor was wet underfoot. The prisoners were given three candles, which only served to highlight the appalling conditions they found themselves in, a blanket and a rough pillow each.

As the Royalist soldiers defending the castle were, themselves, short of provisions, the food they fed to the prisoners was of poor quality and meagre quantity. A diet consisting of biscuits, rancid meat and the occasional quart of beer served as their rations, and as a consequence, their health quickly deteriorated. Demanding to be moved to a drier cell, their captors agreed, and transferred them to a high tower adjacent to the Keep.

It was time to plan an escape!

Observing a quantity of musket match (flax) in a room below them, Pierre Carey cut a hole in the floor, and with a makeshift hook, managed to draw the flax up into their cell, concealing it from the soldiers. The three men diligently fashioned three ropes, which they hoped to use for their planned escape.

words | Lois Mansfield Illustration | Helina Mathews

Capricorn December 22 -January 19 Your new jeans make you look like a newly wed science teacher.

Aquarius January 20 -February 18

Albert Camus said that ‘an intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself’. Other people have been reading your mind and there is so much you don’t realise you know.

Pisces February 19 -March 20

The moon and Jupiter have fallen out over a girl.

Expect major planetary repurcussions this month, they blame you.

Aries March 21 -April 19

Believe in impossible things, like cats have feelings and what shoes you wear controls your destiny.

Taurus April 20 -May 20

There is a film of you lurking somewhere in the dank, dark bowels of youtube... You’re terrible.

Gemini May 21 -June 20 Be your own pet.

Cancer June 21 -July 22

Your superpower is telekenisis. Practise makes perfect.

Leo July 23 -August 22

Your Skyrim wife has filed for a divorce. She will take half of your treasure, your home and expect a monthly allowance of twelvty gold coins.

After many abortive attempts, the three Jurats successfully used one rope to lower themselves down from the high tower, onto the ground below. The second rope was used to scale down Carey Tower, below the Keep, and the third rope was their means of escape from the outer walls of Castle Cornet itself!

Virgo August 23 -September 22

At this point, the Royalist soldiers spotted the escapees. Muskets were loaded and cannons were fired, but miraculously none found their target, as the Jurats, weakened by ill health and malnutrition, picked their way as quickly as they could, across the causeway towards the sanctuary of St. Peter Port.

Libra September 23 -October 22

It was a Sunday, and the townsfolk were coming out of the parish church. They could hear the gunfire, and spotted the three Guernsey men running for their lives. They cheered and shouted encouragement as Pierre Carey, Pierre de Beauvoir and James de Havilland finally made it to safety.

Scorpio October 23 -November 21

They had been imprisoned for 43 days.

Their timely escape was even more astonishing by the fact that Governor Sir Peter Osborne had, not half an hour before the Jurat’s daring escape, received a Royal writ, ordering the three prisoners be executed by hanging that very day!

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YOUR MONTHLY COMEDY HOROSCOPES

Now is the time to quit your job and live the dream of being Indiana Jones.

The other day some people thought that you were a ‘fat’ Chunk from the Goonies.

William Shatner, is your real Dad.

Sagittarius Nov 22 -December 21

All of the spiders in your house have parties in your ear holes at night times. Start using cotton buds (eeeeeeewwwwww!)

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NEWS IN NUMBERS

N3WS IN NUM8ERS 30,000

600

parking tickets issued in a islanders have now signed up to the electoral role.

482,000

jobs may go following the LVCR decision in a couple of week’s time.

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year high in number of small animal influx to GSPCA

increase in the number of passengers flying with Aurigny.

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thousand pounds spent on armoured Police Landrover. The Guernsey public felt they could have opted for a much cheaper option! Police are no longing answering questions.

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percent fairtrade bananas at the co-op.

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“ For a limited period only, you really can save at least £999 off the cost of arranging your new mortgage with NatWest Guernsey.”

For local mortgages, we’re open for business – just like we’ve always been.

But now it’s even better…

For a limited time only, we are waiving our Product Fee for new mortgages which will save you a minimum of £999, or 0.1% of the loan amount whichever is greater.

Plus, our dedicated Personal Mortgage Advisers can discuss flexible terms to suit you and help you every step of the way. So, if you’re looking to buy a new home or remortgage an existing one, pop in to any of our branches or call our Personal Mortgage Advisers on 703807. This offer is valid for all new mortgages but excludes Equity Release loans, Foundations mortgage and may be withdrawn without notice.

YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE

Helpful Banking The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited trading as NatWest (NatWest). Registered Office: P.O. Box 64, Royal Bank House, 71 Bath Street, St. Helier, Jersey JE4 8PJ. Regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. Business address: PO Box 11, 16 Library Place, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8NH. Guernsey business address: PO Box 62, Royal Bank Place, 1 Glategny Esplanade, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 4BQ. Regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and licensed under the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994, as amended, the Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002, and the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended. The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited trading as NatWest (NatWest). Registered Office: P.O. Box 64, Royal Bank House, 71 Bath Street, St. Helier, Jersey JE4 8PJ. Regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

Business address: PO Box 11, 16 Library Place, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8NH. NatWest is a participant in the Guernsey Banking Deposit Compensation Scheme. The scheme offers protection for ‘qualifying deposits’ up to £50,000, subject to certain limitations. The maximum total amount of compensation is capped at £100,000,000 in any 5 year period. Details are available from: Website: www.dcs.gg. Telephone: +44 (0)1481 722756. Post: P.O. Box 380, St Peter Port, GY1 3FY. Deposits made in a Guernsey Branch will not be covered by any equivalent scheme in any jurisdiction outside of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. NatWest is a member of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc - Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The latest report and accounts are available at www.investors.rbs.com.

NatWest places funds with other parts of its Group and thus its financial standing is linked to the Group. Depositors may wish to form their own view on the financial standing of NatWest and the Group based on publicly available information. The latest report and accounts are available at www.natwestinternational.com/financial-results. Over 18’s only. Security required. Calls may be recorded.

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HIJACK FACTS News International

The Honda Civic

could face £120million compen sation bill for the notorious phone hacking sca ndal. There is over 4,000 people rumored to be compensated from News International, and it is likely there will be criminal proceedings and fines on top of that amount too.

is the most stolen vehicle by car jackers (National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)

The most stolen food in the world is cheese and top cuts of meat such as filet mignon

st The longe hijacking

Jonathan James

incident happened in 1968, when passengers from an El Al plane were held for 40 days after Palestinian militants forced a flight from Rome to divert to Algiers. The Algerian authorities held 22 hostages, releasing the final 12 only after a boycott by international pilots.

Most stolen items

in the world include alcohol, electrical tools, iPhone, Gillette Mach 4 razor, Polo Ralp h Lauren clothing, Chanel No.5, Nike Shoes

is one of the most famous internet hackers of all time.

James gained notoriety when he became the first juvenile to be sent to prison for hacking.

He was sentenced at 16 years old. James’s major intrusions targeted high-profile organizations. He installed a backdoor into a Defense Threat Reduction Agency server and NASA stealing software worth $1.7 million dollars. He said “I was just looking around, playing around. What was fun for me was a challenge to see what I could pull off.”

The most dangerous places in the world include: Cape Town SA, Guatemala, Chechnya, Rio de Janeiro, Ciudad Jurez Mexico, Somalia, Baghdad and Venezuela.

The top 10

most dangerous terrorist threats are: Apartment bombs, water terrorism, sniper attack, biological warfare, suicide attacks, misinformation, mail attacks, nuclear and dirty bombs, train attacks and improvised explosive device.

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When fish mommies want

to strike fear in the hearts of their misbehaving fish babies, we suspect they draw on the chilling animal savagery of the Cymothoa exigua. As a youngster, this nasty little parasitic gets into its fish host through its gills and attaches itself to the fishes tongue.

Once its there it feeds on the blood pumping through the artery underneath and as it grows it eventually causes the fishes tongue to collapse and then replaces the fishes tongue with its own body… gross!!

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VOX POP

‘I’m not voting. Whatever they say they are going to do they don’t do anyway so I don’t see the point. Some of them should stand by the policies they said they would.’

[James Casey, 37, barman at the Mariners Inn]

‘I’m likely to vote - I think if you don’t you can’t complain about things. You have to have your say on who runs the island but they need to open up to everybody and the whole make-up of the States should be decided by the island on an island-wide basis.

[Vanessa Bourgaize, 38, St Sampson’s resident, working in pathology] ‘I have never been interested in voting - no-one ever listens anyway. They need to do more for young people and for the kids. There is not a lot to do over here and stop paying the jobless bums!’ [Vale resident and full-time mum Sarah Broome, 24, with daughter Kiarra, 6 months.]

‘I am going to vote but have not got much confidence in the system and whenever an important issue comes up they keep everything secret. I would like to see more transparency and the people have a right to know how they are spending their money. I would prefer island-wide voting and there should be a referendum.’

[Alan Marquis, 62, unemployed St Peter’s resident.]

‘I’m not planning on voting.

There are a lot of things I don’t agree on like armoured vehicles which are a waste of public money and could be better spent on better things for the likes of children.’

[Castel resident and painter and decorator Dan Pinsard, 23.]

Vox Pop

‘No I don’t have time to vote and I’m not really bothered I’m not interested in politics.’

[Carpenter Luke Lesbirel, 19, a Torteval resident.]

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‘I won’t be voting - the States don’t listen to anybody - they just do their own thing. They spend our money for no reason when they should be doing more to help the youngsters.’

[Mechanical engineer Alan Myers, 21, a popular Guernsey boxer.]

‘I’m not voting and I have mixed feelings but my mother is voting. I think Deputy Dave Jones has done a good job with the social housing, especially at Delancey and the Bouet, where it has cut down the crime with the more modernised housing.’

[Jim Enticott, 36, unemployed.]

Election fever is in the air as Guernsey goes to the polls on Wednesday 18 April. Although this island has missed its electoral target by more than 5,000 people islanders will still be flocking to the ballot booths but it is clear apathy towards politics still exists locally and island-wide voting is increasingly popular. Nick Mollet asked people on the Bridge if they will be voting in the General Election and for their general views on the States. words | Nick Mollet GUERNSEY’S STYLE MAGAZINE

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Twitter is a fantastic way of keeping up to date with celebrity news and gossip. It’s easy to spot if the famous folk you follow are the real deal, just look for the blue, verified account tick on their Twitter page. If there is a tick, it means that the account you follow is, to the best of Twitter’s knowledge, genuine.

Words | Martine Ellis (@iMakeGuernsey)

A few celebrities quite obviously get ‘their people’ to tweet on their behalf, but there are some that definitely pen their own tweets. These are normally an interesting read and give a fascinating insight into the celebrity’s daily life.

It’s been said that imitation is the highest form of flattery, and nowhere is this more evident than on Twitter. There are a number of hilarious spoof or parody accounts that are worth a follow.

Unfortunately some parody accounts are created for unpleasant or sinister reasons and you would be best avoiding these.

Chances are they will not be around for long, as Twitter tends to suspend these accounts quite quickly. The best parody accounts are usually funny, witty and not at all serious.

With that in mind, this month’s Gallery Twitterati is dedicated to famous people, characters or subjects that have had their Twitter identities hijacked in the form of a parody account, for the sole purpose of making us laugh.

Small print: these Twitter accounts may not appeal to your sense of humour and some may contain a little bad language. You have been warned…

Yoda (@yoda)

This is, of course, renowned Jedi master, Yoda, back from the dead. Tweet, he does.

The Queen (@Queen_UK)

Hilarious tweets from our beloved Queen (often gin-related).

Chuck Norris (@chuck_facts)

Wisdom from the man who gets a 5 o’ clock shadow at 3.15 and can kill 2 stones with one bird.

Fake Science (@FakeScience)

A fascinating Twitter feed for when the facts are just too confusing.

Lord Voldemort (Lord_Voldemort7) Tweets from The Dark Lord, aka He Who Must Not Be Named, aka You Know Who.

Harry Potter (@ArryPottah)

The Boy Who Lived! He’s got the magic in him. Allegedly.

Not Mark Zuckerberg (@notzuckerberg)

Tongue-in-cheek tweets about technology and social networking from the founder of Facebook (sort of!)

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PHONE HACKING SCANDAL

IS YOUR PHONE TAPPED?

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PHONE HACKING SCANDAL

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he phone-hacking scandal is an ongoing controversy involving the News of the World and other British tabloid newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. News International employees were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police bribery and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of publishing stories. We take a closer look at the scandal and examine the issues involved.

How events unfolded

2003 – Rebekah Brooks (née Wade, editor of News of the World 2000-2003 before moving to sister paper The Sun) and Andy Coulson (editor of NotW) appear before a parliamentary committee, where Brooks admits to paying police for information.

spokesperson, appearing on Question Time and Newsnight.

Prime Minister David Cameron announces that a public inquiry will look into the affair.

On 13th July, Cameron names Lord Justice Leveson as chairman of the inquiry, with a remit to look into phone hacking and police bribery by NotW, while a separate inquiry will consider the culture and ethics of the wider British media.

46 celebrities, politicians, sportsmen and women, other public figures and members of the public who may have been victims of media intrusion are named and are granted ‘core participant’ status in the inquiry.

The inquiries lead to several high-profile resignations, including News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and the commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Paul Stephenson. Murdoch and his son, James, are summoned to give evidence before a parliamentary media committee.

2006 – Following allegations made by the British Royal Family in 2005, Clive Goodman, royal editor of NotW, and his associate Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator, are arrested on suspicion of phone hacking and are subsequently imprisoned. Andy Coulson resigns while insisting that he had no knowledge of any illegal activities.

2012 – On 26th February, News International launches The Sun on Sunday, a Sunday edition of The Sun to replace News of the World.

2007 – David Cameron, then leader of the opposition, chooses Coulson as his media advisor.

The Leveson Inquiry is still ongoing.

2009 - The Guardian makes a series of allegations of wider phone hacking activities at NotW. Celebrities targeted include Chris Tarrant, Sienna Miller and Steve Coogan.

Coulson insists he has ‘never condoned the use of phone hacking and nor do I have any recollection of incidences where phone hacking took place.’

2010 – NotW’s story begins to crumble. Two ex-NotW journalists, Sean Hoare and Paul McMullan, say that illegal practices were encouraged and phone hacking was endemic.

Hoare – who is found dead at his home in July 2011 - says that Coulson asked him to do it.

2011 – In January, Coulson resigns from his post at 10 Downing Street, blaming coverage of the phone-hacking scandal.

In July it is revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers and victims of the 7/7 London bombings were also accessed, resulting in a public outcry against News Corporation and owner Rupert Murdoch.

Advertiser boycotts contribute to the closure of the News of the World on 10th July, ending 168 years of publication.

The Media Standards Trust forms the pressure group Hacked Off, to campaign for a public inquiry. The campaign gains the support of suspected hacking victim, the actor Hugh Grant, who becomes a public BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

On 13th March, Rebekah Brooks is arrested in phone hacking scandal, along with her husband and four others.

The Public Reaction

When Rebekah Brooks admitted to paying police for information in 2003, this – surprisingly - did not cause a huge scandal.

Similarly, when it was thought that the paper’s phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians and members of the Royal Family, there was no significant public outcry.

The allegation in July 2011 that the News of the World (under the editorship of Rebekah Brooks) deleted Milly Dowler’s voicemails was a turning point in the hacking affair.

It was alleged that journalists working for the paper had hired private investigators to hack into Milly’s voicemail inbox, giving false hope to police and to her family, who thought she might have deleted the messages herself and therefore might still be alive. The Metropolitan Police would later tell the Leveson Inquiry that the messages were ‘most likely’ deleted automatically, but the Dowlers were a family who had been thrust into the limelight in the most horrific of circumstances, and the manner in which journalists had interfered was considered beyond the pale.

It was subsequently reported that the phones of some of the 7/7 London bombing victims may have been accessed by the paper in the aftermath of the attack. When The Guardian reported that the NotW hacked into the voicemail of media campaigner Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was murdered by a paedophile in 2000, this news was arguably met with even more public

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outrage than the Dowler revelations. Rebekah Brooks and the NotW had supported the passing of Sarah’s Law, which strengthened sex offender laws in the UK after the child’s murder. Brooks had developed a friendship with Sara Payne, who praised NotW staff for supporting her ‘through some of the darkest, most difficult times of my life and [becoming] my trusted friends’. Naturally, Payne was devastated by the allegations.

What Now?

It is clear that to interfere in murder investigations and to pry into the private lives of grieving families is unacceptable, but when it comes to celebrities and public figures, the issue is not so black and white.

We should, perhaps, make a distinction between different types of celebrity. We all want to watch great films, listen to music which moves us and be inspired by sportsmen and women – but should it be par for the course that the people who possess these talents are hounded to the point that their lives become unbearable? Celebrities are available when they have something to plug, so if they court publicity when it suits them, we might argue that they have forfeited their right to privacy. There was a time, however, when stars had an air of mystery and kept their private lives private. In the 1950s Rock Hudson’s homosexuality was known in Hollywood circles, but only became public knowledge in 1985 when he was dying of an AIDS-related illness. Whilst today we may well accept a gay actor as a romantic lead, his every encounter would be tabloid fodder. The public is fascinated with the extra-curricular activities of celebrities, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. Do we really condone the violation of others’ privacy and destruction of their families’ lives, just so we can indulge in idle chit-chat?

The past ten years or so have seen the rise of ‘reality TV stars’ – people with no discernable talent who appear to seek fame as an end in itself. The Kerry Katonas and Katie Prices of the world don’t help themselves, allowing cameras to record every detail of their private lives while we watch in a ghoulish way, waiting for their next ‘car-crash’ moment.

Popular culture is dumbing down to the point that we are treated as though we have the attention span of a gnat, needing constant reminding of what we’ve already seen, and repeated teasers of what is about to happen.

We’re living in a ‘Big Brother’ society where we might feel empowered by our new technology but it makes us increasingly trackable: every web page we browse, every move we make is clocked, and logged. Unless we are abducted or lost, technology is more likely to be used to sell to us than to save us.

The motive behind almost everything seems to be to sell, sell, sell to us, and that includes the tabloids. If the media can’t get their own house in order, we can rise above our basest, most voyeuristic instincts and stop buying from those who exploit and undermine in their pursuit of titillating gossip. Whether it’s down to us or the Leveson Inquiry, maybe the tide is about to turn.

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Body

Snatchers words | Caroline Mauger

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Bladder occupation

As pregnancy advances, Bubba starts to get rather cooped up and can’t move around so freely. Inevitably, the most comfortable position for Little Un’s head to rest is right on top of your bladder. You will soon know the location of every Ladies in town, and the nightly traipsing to and from the bathroom will get you used to dragging yourself out of bed at ridiculous hours.

f you’re female, one

day you might find your Dignity seizure If you haven’t waved goodbye to your body being hijacked and dignity during endless antenatal held to ransom by another. appointments, labour itself will ensure every last vestige is stripped away. If the I’m referring, of course, to term ‘cervical sweep’ means nothing to you, pregnancy - it’s the ultimate I’m not going to be the one to enlighten you. By the time your legs are in stirrups, takeover! Guys don’t need you are beyond caring about modesty. Your to feel left out as, once their partner? Student doctors? A total stranger walking down the corridor to visit someone baby arrives, their lives will else entirely? Bring ‘em all in, the more be hijacked too. the merrier!

Hormone hijack

The first thing you notice during pregnancy is that your hormones are all over the place – whatever is controlling them, it’s certainly not you. They’re so messed up you may well suffer from morning sickness, the most inappropriately named nausea: if only it stopped at lunchtime! Hopefully this will all be over in a couple of months and you will start to ‘bloom’, but your hormones will be going haywire for the foreseeable future.

Food pilfering

Food contains the nutrients we need to survive and prosper, but don’t think you’re the priority here. Oh no, Junior’s taking what he or she needs, you can make do with the leftovers. It’s fair enough, fingernails, vital organs and a spine won’t grow without fuel. You’ll be given an interminable list of delicacies which you should avoid, and you might get weird cravings (perhaps feeling like gazpacho instead of a morning coffee) or go off the foods you usually love. Someone else is dictating the menu now, remember.

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a checklist of possible reasons for their offspring’s unhappiness. Hungry? Dirty nappy? Unwell? Tired? Bored? By the time you’ve exhausted all these options, if the little darling’s still screeching it’s probably because you’ve passed on your feelings of panic and frustration, so now you’re both overwrought. When you find yourself pushing a pram at dawn or driving around aimlessly at midnight, you can be sure your life has been hijacked.

Heart hijack

Elizabeth Stone said, ‘Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.’ Your heart: that’s what children really take possession of and, at the risk of sounding like a gooey Hallmark card, it makes all of the above worthwhile. If you’ve made the decision to have a baby – ‘surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit’ (according to Bill Cosby) - I wish you a swift takeover by your mini hijacker.

Boobs overthrow

You thought breasts existed to look good in a balconette bra? Wrong, they were put there to be milk receptacles. Not everyone chooses to breastfeed, but if you do – and it’s great if you can manage it – then your mammaries become a law unto themselves.

Pumped up like beach balls when Mini You’s due for a feed; leaking – or even projecting – milk, it can certainly be tricky at first. Once you and your baby have got the hang of it, however, it’s the ultimate in convenience. No bottles to sterilise, no seeking somewhere to warm up milk when you’re out – for a few months at least, all Junior’s dietary requirements are under your jumper! I wish I had a fridge which refilled itself on demand like that. Another advantage is that producing milk burns around 800 calories a day!

Life heist

Babies don’t just think the world should revolve around them, they insist upon it. Their cries transform their parents into slaves, desperately going through

‘Making the decision to have a child is momentous.

It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.’

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D B COOPER

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THE UNSOLVED CASE OF D B COOPER

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n November 24th 1971, an unidentified man hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727, whilst enroute from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington, USA. There were 36 passengers on board with 6 crew members.

The suspected hijacker purchased his ticket as Dan Cooper, but he is referred to as D B Cooper due to a news media miscommunication.

After extorting $200,000 in ransom money (demanding “negotiable American currency”), he parachuted to an uncertain fate! He jumped into the pitch-black night, in the rain with a 200 mile-per-hour wind blowing outside the aircraft, wearing loafers and a trench coat! He jumped without a helmet using a technically inferior parachute. What bravery!

D B Cooper has never been found – despite extensive manhunts and exhaustive investigation still ongoing 41 years later – and 60 volumes of active research files.

The case is the only unsolved air piracy incident in US aviation history. The FBI investigators insist that he could not have

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survived the exceptionally risky jump.

Strangely, to add to this mystery, $5,800 of the ransom money was recovered from the banks of the Columbia River in 1980 by an 8-year-old boy who was raking the riverbank. It was significantly disintegrated as would be expected, but still bundled in rubber bands. FBI technicians confirmed that the money was a portion of the D B Cooper ransom, arranged in the same order as when given to Cooper.

Recently, in November of last year, Tom Kaye, a paleontologist who had set up a team (known as the Cooper Research Team) consisting of a scientific illustrator and a metallurgist, examined Cooper’s tie. Evidence of titanium and aluminium were discovered on it. This led them to think that the culprit may have been a chemist or metallurgist, or worked in a chemical factory.

Agents have theorised that Cooper took his alias from a Belgian comic book of the 70’s - and the fictional hero Dan Cooper, a Royal Canadian Air Force test pilot who took part in numerous heroic adventures, including parachuting.

the rear cabin and could not be overridden (not obviously known to members of the public!). The FBI have concluded from this that he probably was an Air Force Veteran, and would have had some knowledge of the aviation industry.

The Cooper hijacking marked the beginning of the end of an era of unfettered, uninspected airline travel. We all know well today the mass searching and identification of persons and bags, with 9/11 increasing the security measures even more so! Sky Marshall Programs and armed undercover agents on certain flights are now commonplace. Interestingly, in the wake of copycat hijackings, all Boeing 727s are now fitted with a device, dubbed the Cooper Vane, which has prevented the lowering of the aft air stair during a flight.

Thankfully I say!!

An artist’s impression of D B Cooper as he would look today… Anyone know this man? An odd grandfather or uncle perhaps? Fascinating!

Cooper appeared to be knowledgeable about the 727-100 airplane. The high aft placing of the engines allowed a reasonably safe jump (if one can call it that!) without him being incinerated by the jet exhaust!

He also uncannily knew that the aft air stair could be lowered during flight – and that it could be operated by a single switch in

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ELECTION UPDATE

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ISLANDERS will have the chance to have a major role in shaping Guernsey’s political future make-up this month.

A total of 45 seats in the States are up for grabs when the island goes to the polls across seven electoral districts on Wednesday 18 April.

Some 29,745 residents have signed up to vote for deputies who will ultimately make decisions that affect the daily lives of all islanders over the next four years.

The figure is disappointingly below the electoral rolls for 2004 and 2008 - and well short of the Home Department’s 35,000 target - perhaps due to apathy from many islanders fed up with what they deem to be States’ inaction on important issues and some politicians seemingly failing to carry through their former elections’ promises.

Hot topics at the Hustings and in the lead-up to the big day should include the rising level of unemployment, following the recent loss of Low Value Consignment Relief, which is widely expected to decimate the island’s fulfilment industry and see job seeker numbers soar in the coming weeks and months.

Island-wide voting and a possible referendum on the issue, pensions, independence, zero 10, commercialisation of the harbours, airport and Guernsey Water, education and poor GCSE results, health, population, policing, transport and paid parking, social policy, Sunday trading, waste and the environment, government reforms, spending priorities and the current economic climate, transparency and accountability, are also anticipated to be issues high on the agenda.

Expect to see numerous new faces in the new-look States and in prominent Minister’s posts - after several Ministers decided to sever their political allegiances with the States and not stand for re-election - including Home Department Minister Geoff Mahy, Commerce and Employment Minister Carla McNulty Bauer, Treasury Minister Charles Parkinson and former Education Minister Carol Steere.

The Vale district has the highest number on the electorall roll - with 5,141 people signed up - but they only have a choice of 9 candidates for the vacant 7 seats.

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Tony Webber will be aiming to regain a political voice in the House, with Matt Fallaize, Dave Jones and Mary Lowe expected to comfortably regain their seats in the district.

Father of the House Ivan Rihoy is standing in St Sampson’s again - along with Chief Minister Lyndon Trott and one of the new faces hoping to gain a seat is former Island FM presenter Kevin Stewart, who is one of 11 candidates battling it out for 6 seats.

Well-known advocate Roger Perrot is tipped to do well in the West district - where there are 10 candidates for 6 seats - and should he get in he could be a favourite for a Ministerial position.

Former nursing supremo Sandra James is the only woman who will fight it out with 12 men for 7 seats in the hotly contested Castel district.

Familiar faces Janine Le Sauvage, Mike O’Hara and Francis Quin will be hoping to retain some of the six seats available out of 11 people confirmed in the South East District.

St Peter Port North district will be contested by 14 islanders for 7 seats - with newcomers Richard Conder, former chief executive of the GTA University Centre, and former Head teacher Peter Sherbourne, expected to feature highly amongst some seasoned political campaigners like John Gollop, Leon Gallienne and Rhoderick Matthews.

Highly respected Peter Harwood, who led a previous Review of the Machinery of Government, will surely be elevated to a prominent Ministerial position by his colleagues, if he gains the anticipated support of the electorate in St Peter Port South, where 10 candidates will contest 6 positions.

There are normally some high profile casualties at the polls and expect this time to be no different.

I would confidently stick my neck out and predict new faces in the States after the results are announced will include advocate Chris Green and Sandra James in Castel District, with Jonathan Le Tocq making a successful political comeback.

I think Margaret Talbot-Cull could do well in the South East and Peter Sherbourne and Richard Conder will be near the top of the poll in St Peter Port North. Peter Harwood will have no problem gaining a seat in St Peter Port North and likewise Roger Perrot in the West. Former teacher Caroline Bowker could also surprise a few political heavyweights in St Sampson’s.

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MATT FALLAIZE

GUERNSEYMAN Matt Fallaize recorded the most votes of any candidate at the last General Election in 2008 to become the island’s youngest politician at the first attempt.

Standing in the large Vale parish electoral district, he topped the poll with 2,322 votes, instantly propelling him into the public eye whilst still in his 20s.

Having successfully navigated his way through his first four-year term of office the industrious deputy is seeking re-election in the same district later this month as he bids to continue his political career.

Speaking exclusively to Gallery’s writer Nick Mollet he tackles questions about the last term and his political hopes for the future.

What was your most rewarding experience in your first term in the States and were there any disappointments?

‘I led a requête which scrapped the student loans scheme. And I led a group of five deputies in devising a way of funding capital projects without burdening Guernsey with external debt. But I was disappointed when the States rejected proposals to modernise our social welfare model.’

Is the States’ consensus style of government working or does it need tweaking? If so, in what direction would you like to see it heading?

‘Our form of government has many strengths but we do need to strengthen the capacity for leadership and accountability. At the last meeting of the term, I successfully proposed a requête which directed that a review of the system of government should commence after this general election.’

Has the public generally got confidence in the States and what improvements can be made?

‘In democracies, most people usually exercise their right to lose confidence in their governments soon after electing them.

Guernsey is no different. Political discourse would benefit from a broader range of views across more than one newspaper, but that is outside the control of the States.’

Would island-wide voting attract more islanders to the ballot box in future and would it make the States stronger?

‘I would love to vote and stand in an islandwide election. However, the logistical challenges should not be under-estimated. I’m not convinced that it would make the States stronger, but one has to accept that IWV has a certain popular appeal. Perhaps it is sufficiently close to being a constitutional question that we should put it to a referendum.’

What calibre of politician does the States need more of - more business-based people or a wider variety of different age groups and more gender equality in numbers?

‘A person’s age, gender or employment background is a poor indicator of whether they will succeed in politics. The person’s skills, temperament and commitment are more important.

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Matt Fallaize Born: 1982 Age: 30 Education: Vale School and Elizabeth College.

Work: Previously, I had spent 18 months in the finance industry and three years as a journalist for the Guernsey Press.

Married: Yes, to Nikki for seven years.

Children: Yes, 2 children, Vale Infants’ School pupil Joshua, 5, and Amelia, 2.

Business: Nikki manages our small family business – the Army and Navy Stores at Albecq.

Interests: Outside of the States, my interests are world politics, history, football and, above all, spending as much time as possible with my family.

Has politics been easier or more difficult than you envisaged when joining the States? What are the main lessons you have learnt and the main surprises you have found about the job?

‘One has to work hard to get things done. And I learned early that one has to work closely with colleagues because no deputy can ever achieve anything alone.

As for surprises, I expected colleagues to be more sceptical about someone entering politics in their 20s, but it was hardly an issue at all.’

Have the States generally over or underachieved during the past four-year term or has it got the balance generally right?

‘I think the States as an organisation is in better shape than it was four years ago and it has responded quite well to a period of spending restraint. However, the structural deficit in public finances remains and in my view that will always cast a shadow over the record of this Assembly.’

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ME & MY PET

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Princess Breed:

Faye – Human (if you hadn’t guessed already)

Princess – Leopard Gecko

Age:

Faye - 31 Princess – around 3 years old

Likes:

Faye – music, travelling, upcycling & urban art

Princess – being nosy, worms &

exploring (especially under sofas!)

Hates:

Faye – ignorant people Princess – boys!

If animal/human what would you be: Faye – a bird, so I can go wherever I

want, when I want Princess – I think shes pretty happy as she is!

Most like to do or most want: Faye – to visit every country in my lifetime

Princess – to escape

Interesting facts:

Faye – I’m terrified of mannequins &

stilt walkers!

Princess – apart from being comical, she’s actually pretty stupid & will try to eat anything that moves (including fingers)

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For further information on the awards, please contact Julie Todd on (01481) 523010 or visit www.thecustomerserviceawards.com

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BOOK CORNER

Book Corner

in association with The Guernsey Literary Festival

Each month members of the Guernsey Literary Festival committee will be recommending some of our favourite reads. This month: crime and thrillers. words | Caroline Mauger would describe The Murders in the Rue Morgue as ‘almost a complete manual of detective theory and practice.’ Indeed, Poe’s short mysteries inspired the creation of countless literary sleuths, among them Sherlock Holmes. Today, the Dupin stories still stand out as unique, utterly engrossing page-turners.

(Rebecca Booth – Sponsorship)

The Bloody Meadow

by William Ryan

The Flight

by M. R. Hall

We’re delighted that Matthew Hall, author of the acclaimed Coroner Jenny Cooper series, has just confirmed that he will be speaking at the Festival! The Flight is the latest novel in the series: When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary, Coroner Jenny Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane, and drawn into the mysterious fate of a ten-yearold girl, Amy Patterson, a passenger on 189, whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his. Jenny begins to ask questions the official investigation doesn’t want answered.

How could such a high-tech plane fail? What linked the high-powered passengers who found themselves on this ill-fated flight? And how did Amy survive the crash, only to perish hours later? This intelligent, intricate whodunnit is totally unputdownable.

(Tony Booth - Programming).

The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales

by Edgar Allan Poe Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerising stories of a young French eccentric detective named Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy Sayers

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William Ryan is an Irish writer living in London, and we are thrilled that he is also coming to Guernsey in September! His debut novel, The Holy Thief, was the first in a series of cases and adventures for Alexei Korolev, a detective working for the Moscow Criminal Investigation Division in 1930s Russia. The Bloody Meadow is the second in the series: Korolev is sent to a film set in the bleak, battle-scarred the Ukraine to dig into the supposed suicide of a young, pretty ‘model citizen’ with powerful connections - he soon discovers that there is more to her death than meets the eye. Ryan creates an atmosphere of oppression and terror in a dreadful place during a terrible period of history; it’s very neatly plotted and engagingly well written.

(Tony Booth - Programming)

Tell No One

by Harlan Coben Harlan Coben is a guilty pleasure of mine and I could have chosen almost any of his books, although I prefer the stand-alone thrillers to the Myron Bolitar series. I discovered Coben by chance in 2002 when I was in Boston and ran out of books to read – I was instantly hooked. Tell No One begins when David Beck receives an email from his wife Elizabeth, eight years after she was murdered. We expect thrillers to have a twist or two but Coben keeps them coming. The book was adapted into a French film, No Le Dis a Personne.

(Caroline Mauger – PR/Marketing)

You’d expect the Literary Festival to feature authors, but music is also an important part of the festivities. Here’s a taste of the amazing talent performing at a very special event at the Fermain Tavern on Saturday 15th September.

Jamaican-born Linton Kwesi Johnson is known as the world’s first reggae poet; his poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell. In 2002 Linton became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to have his work published in the Penguin Modern Classics series.

Performance poet and songwriter Attila the Stockbroker was inspired by punk, and especially The Clash. He’s performed at the Glastonbury Festival (every year since 1983) and countless other festivals worldwide. Attila has released six books of poems and over 20 albums. He’s loud, radical and will make you roar with laughter as well as seethe with anger.

Championed by Radio 1 DJ John Peel, the Ruts were the best of the original punks who dubbed it up. When the band split it wasn’t long before Dave Ruffy and John ‘Segs’ Jennings came forward with The Ruts DC (DC from the Latin De Capo meaning’ from the beginning’), their strong early roots reggae and dub influences coming to the fore. Ruffy and Segs have played with, and produced for, a multitude of artists including Madness, Iggy Pop, Paul Weller, Chemical Brothers, Morrissey and Supergrass.

Sponsorship Director Rebecca Booth says, ‘Working with the Vale Earth Fair Collective, the Festival has been very lucky to attract to the island these legendary subversive poets and musicians who will add real spice to the Festival.’ She added, ‘We‘ve already received fantastic support from our main sponsor Barclays Wealth, together with Mourant Ozannes, Rothschilds, Deloittes, CISX and Specsavers, however we still have a number of sponsorship packages left, this music and poetry night included. It’s really important to sponsor the arts: events like this play an instrumental role in providing variety and culture to island life.’

To keep up to date with all announcements about the Guernsey Literary Festival go to www.arts.gg and click on Guernsey Literary Festival or sign up for the Guernsey Arts Commission’s monthly newsletter.

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the Balkans and Russia mark steps of an in-depth study in deep blacks and backlit silhouettes. We will be exhibiting Balkans Transits, which he published with François Maspero and which was awarded the RFI (International French Radio) prize.

It’s full steam ahead for the third Guernsey Photography Festival, which will be taking place from 24th May – 22nd June, with the team getting ready for an exciting programme of events, exhibitions and workshops.

We are thrilled to announce that these talented photographers will be featured this year:

Ricardo Cases (Spain)

Ricardo Cases’ Paloma al Aire deals with an unusual subject: the practice of pigeon racing in the Spanish regions of Valencia and Murcia, a game consisting of releasing one female pigeon and dozens of brightly painted male pigeons that chase her trying to get her attention. His book emphasizes the kitsch, featuring full-bleed images broken in two by crude metal ring binding.

If you like Martin Parr, you’ll delight in Ricardo’s quirky, offbeat work.

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British photojournalist Anastasia TaylorLind’s work looks at communities of women living and working together independently of men. She has won numerous awards and is a full member of the international VII Photo Agency, which specialises in conflict photography. Siberian Supermodels is a very different project: we seldom know anything of the lives behind the faces that pout at us from magazines and billboards.

Some of the most beautiful women in the world come from Siberia, and international model scouts go there every year to search for the next new face and multi-million dollar brand. Anastasia met some of the girls who aspire to travel as models, many of whom have been in training since the age of five.

Bruno Boudjelal (Algeria/France)

As a Frenchman of Algerian origins, photography for Bruno Boudjelal is a lifestyle in which he endlessly questions his own identity and confronts us with our own. When his father decided to return to Algeria, Bruno went with him and began to uncover a world scarred by violence and individuals whose conversations forced him to question his sense of self. Creating both a diary and testimony, Bruno travelled throughout Algeria for ten years, using both black and white and colour, and became increasingly aware of his subjective point of view.

Ivor Prickett (Ireland)

Irish documentary photographer Ivor Prickett dedicates his time to making longterm personal projects while also carrying out editorial assignments for a wide range of international clients, including The Sunday Times magazine, The Telegraph magazine, The Guardian, and Save the Children. With a particular interest in postwar situations Ivor has worked on a number projects throughout the Balkans and more recently the Caucasus. He is currently based in the Middle East from where he has been documenting the revolutions in Egypt and Libya.

The Guernsey Photography Festival is becoming renowned internationally – and it’s on our doorstep. That’s something worth celebrating!

Klavdij Sluban (Slovenia)

Winner of the Niépce Prize (2000) and of the Leica Prize (2004), Klavdij Sluban is a French photographer of Slovenian origin based in Paris, who learnt the subtleties of black and white printing under the guidance of Georges Fèvre. Klavdij has run photography workshops with young offenders in prison, in France and in the disciplinary camps and prisons of Eastern Europe. The Black Sea, the Caribbean,

country in hope of a better future. You’ll be able to see this exhibition as well as the Journey project Kiana was commissioned to undertake.

Anastasia Taylor-Lind (UK)

Mark Power (UK)

A major figure in contemporary British photography, Mark Power joined Magnum Photos in 2002 and is Professor of Photography at the University of Brighton.

We’ll be presenting two exhibitions by Mark: The Shipping Forecast challenges our assumptions of the far-flung places which we hear broadcast on Radio 4 but which remain enigmatic. The Sound of Two Songs relates to Magnum Photos’ project to document countries joining the European Union in 2004. Despite having no ties to the country, Mark became fascinated by Poland. Over the next five years he made a further 20 visits, creating a subjective, poetic response to the country he grew to love.

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Kiana Hayeri (Iran)

Kiana Hayeri is the winner of the 2011 Festival Competition. Her winning entry, May God be with you, my daughter, explores the emotional journeys of Iranian teenage girls as they leave their home

Visit www.guernseyphotographyfestival.com for the latest updates.

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DAVID GILLIVER

David Gilliver Hijacks the Night

‘Finance Worker by day, light painter by night’ Full name: David Paul Gilliver Age: 32 Job title: Vice President Control and Review Company: FRM Investment Management Limited Where you’re from: Born in Aberdeen, lived in Glasgow for 20 years, and have been living on the beautiful Island of Guernsey for the past 10½ years.

How many nights do you go out to photograph?

I would say that on average I try to venture out 2 or 3 nights a week.

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How did you become interested in photography?

My Mum is probably responsible for me taking an early interest in photography, as she has always been very keen on documenting family events and holidays as well as anything else that gave her an excuse to click away on her camera!

I took a serious interest in Photography at school (The Glasgow Academy, 97-01) when I was around 16 years old; I started with Black and White photography but really started to develop a love for colour photography.

My sister lives in Guernsey and after spending a few weeks on holiday here I decided to move over. My sister and brother in law bought me my first digital SLR camera in 2009 and I finally began clicking away again.

What’s the longest period you expose your shots for?

30 minutes, although most of my images are created using exposure lengths between 3-10 minutes. It all depends on what light is available on any given night.

Once I had grown in confidence and had become more familiar with making long exposure photographs at night, I started searching for a way to help my photographs stand out and for something that would inspire me to push the boundaries that little bit further, and that is when I came across the concept of painting surreal images with lights, or ‘Light Painting’ as it is more popularly known.

Do you need any special equipment for this type of photography?

The essential pieces of equipment are: camera, a tripod, and a cable release and different light sources I feel I need to in order to pull off the light painting that I am trying to capture.

What is Light Painting?

Light Painting, light drawing or light graffiti, is a photographic technique that relies on using long exposure times coupled with a hand-held light source that is used to ‘paint’ within the photograph while it is being taken, usually outdoors

and at night. Once the exposure has started, the photographer can then use a variety of light sources to literally ‘paint’ within the picture frame by walking around the landscape. The nature of the long exposure means that the photographer remains invisible whilst creating the most surreal effects, and when coupled with the striking natural backdrops of Guernsey, the most extra-ordinary light images can result.

Where do you take most of your photos, do you have any favouirte locations?

All of my Light Paintings to date have been created in Guernsey and I spend many hours each week walking around the Island scouting for new locations in order to familiarize myself with the location. Certain locations are on the edge of a cliff, so it is pretty handy to know the location well before setting up in the dark!

My favourite locations are dotted around the coastal areas of the Island, as these tend to offer the most dramatic backdrops for my work. I especially like the unique features of the many fortifications dotted around the coast of Guernsey from when it was occupied by Nazi Germany and use these as much as possible in my work.

Can you explain the technique of light paintings?

There is a lot of kit required to create light paintings that can cost anything from a couple of hundred to thousands depending on how much you want to spend. I normally try to dress in black or very dark clothing to help minimise the chances of being made visible to the camera during the shoot. The shots are very dramatic GUERNSEY’S STYLE MAGAZINE

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How do they make you feel when you look at them?

I am still amazed by the whole process of light painting every time I venture out to make new work. Even though I have been making light paintings for approximately 2 years now, I still feel a real sense of excitement every time I walk back to my camera to view the finished photograph. I find the Orbs particularly mesmerising and very calming to look at.

What kind of reaction do you get from people when you show them your work?

Reactions always vary, but thankfully most people who are not already familiar with light painting are quite amazed by the whole process when I explain it to them and they see the finished product. I am still amazed by the actual process myself every time I venture out on a shoot – there is something quite magical about it.

Some of my work has also been met with a certain level of scepticism, as I think some people are not convinced that I do not use Photoshop to add the lights to my images.

I guess I should take that as a compliment though, and I can whole heartedly confirm that I create all of the lights you see in my photographs on location, and no trickery is ever used to add or subtract any lights from my photographs.

My favourite locations are dotted around the coastal areas of the Island, as these tend to offer the most dramatic backdrops for my work.

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RISE OF THE POP-UP SHOP

Rise of the pop-up shop It’s a positive; force promoting our creative talent and ideas, keeping areas fresh and interesting and smartening up those unoccupied shops that make SPP look like a slightly quainter 1980s pit town. So what’s not to like? By Mimi Bishop Back in the late 90s, LA based company Vacant ‘pioneered’ the concept of the pop-up shop, whereby a space is used to sell or promote a brand but only, for say, a few days. Today they’re pretty common and all sorts of big companies are getting involved, from Marmite and ebay to Acne and Chanel. There’s inherent opportunistic creativity in setting up shop so it’s no wonder that smaller artists, designers and makers have started doing a similar thing.

Over Christmas, Readerswives Collective took over a shop in The Arcade for a couple of days. It proved a great success and there

were lots of people interested in the shop, the buzz and the artwork. Readerswives consists of artists, musicians, illustrators and designers working together and separately on creative projects and have inspired up and coming artists in Guernsey; encouraging them to continue working and developing ideas. They’re a community of idea supporters who do their own thing and create their own opportunities. ‘Art’ means a lot of different things to different people (that’s a whole ‘nother article) but for them it’s about involving the makers we see all around us.

“We wanted to start at a grass roots level.

That’s always been our philosophy: to create a scene for students to come back to.” They used to run a gallery in Trinity Square, but when this closed they found themselves with no space to promote their work. Using a temporary space was useful to keep up contact with the public. Plus “it was a really good way of reaching a new audience that wouldn’t normally come up to our end of town”.

One person who stumbled across the shop was Deputy Jack Honeybill, who was very positive. “Trialling any potential small business has to be positive news, as many people may be considering setting

Pah! Life’s not about taking chances, it’s about security. Son.

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up but need a trial before they take the risk with all the costs of starting up”. He also vouched support from The Town Centre Partnership who is “committed to facilitating any action which is necessary to see empty shops filled”. Pop-ups need support because by far the hardest thing is getting the spaces in the first place.

Readerswives persevered for a long time and “after many attempts to negotiate with various different owners finally this one paid off”. They ended up going through the letting agency. The landlord agreed as long as they left it as they found it. He was also keen for them to give a

donation to Les Bourgs Hospice. It was a win win...win situation; an empty property revived, Readerswives were promoted and a charity benefitted. A positive circle that would be great to make an easier and more accepted process. “It’s just trying to convince them to let you do it. People aren’t willing to take that chance. I’m sure there are lots of landlords who, if they were shown that this was a positive thing, would take the chance”. And Guernsey actually has distinct advantages for establishing pop-ups: a small and easily contactable community, high creative activity, a rich educated population. Plus it’s tiny so

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travelling isn’t really an issue or costly.

If you take anything away from this, at it’s roots, the success of the Readerswives shop is an example that, even when it feels like you’re getting nowhere and your idea may be bereft of any sense, sustained focus and hassling can actually payoff.

As they say so succinctly themselves, ‘It’s about putting yourself out there and using initiative. If a gallery isn’t going to show you then start your own.” readerswivescollective.com Illustration by Helina Mathews helinamathews.carbonmade.com

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ew people realise that lying beneath L’Ancresse Common is a small, but perfectly hidden underground dwelling. This is the home of a reclusive gentleman whose anonymity belies some remarkable accomplishments. Often found wandering the beach at sunrise and sunset, Sidney Le Lacheur (82) cuts a lonely figure, nodding shyly to his fellow dog walkers who are unaware that the white-bearded old man they see before them was once leading a very different life in Florida, USA. Le Lacheur, has chosen a hermit lifestyle in retirement with only his pet Labrador, Scotty, for company and he seems perfectly happy with this decision, preferring solitude over conversation any day.

The German-built former storage shelter where he now lives is completely covered by grassland and accessible only via steps down into a narrow concrete tunnel, almost completely obscured by foliage. His only visitor is a kindly woman - who wishes to remain anonymous - who drops off his groceries, takes in his laundry and occasionally cuts his hair.

When I was granted rare permission to visit him, I was surprised to see that Sidney had rigged up some rather geeky, technological gadgets in the single room that he has made his home for the past few years. He explains that this equipment enables him to communicate with some of his former colleagues still based in and around south eastern USA. Because of the thickness of the concrete, he is only able to hook up to the Internet via a short aerial, blending ever so discretely with its surroundings on the surface and not at all obvious to casual passersby. With no electricity, how he is able to power such equipment?

He says he was able to salvage some microchip-sized “power cells” which NASA developed for use in their space station and which are unavailable for use by those outside of the industry.

This is a rare clue to his previous career as an astronaut because he remains extremely humble about his accomplishments. When I dig a little deeper, it is obvious that Sidney has harboured deep secrets for many decades. Rivalry and politics appear to have played a major role leading to his quest for a quiet retirement away from the limelight compared with that shared by his better-known colleagues, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Command Module pilot, Michael Collins who, coincidentally, were ALL born in the same year as Sidney, 1930. Sidney jokes about his contemporary “celebrities” constantly in demand on the lecture circuit and through their bestselling books.

“Eddy’s even got Facebook and Twitter and all that nonsense”, scoffs Sidney, (referring to Buzz whose real name is Edwin), “but I’m darned if I’m going that route”. “It’s as bloody competitive as ever”, he adds, “I mean, Neil’s got 14,000 Facebook Likes but Eddy (Buzz) only has 9,000”

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Sidney Le Lacheur claims that it was he himself who had said that phrase first but television footage had omitted showing him stepping off the Apollo 11 in front of Armstrong.

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“And they’re still arguing about whether to go to Mars or if they should return to the Moon”. Sidney, in fact, turned down an invitation three years ago to meet President Obama at the White House to commemorate 40 years since the original Moon landing. As a result, he is conspicuous by his absence in the official photographs of the event.

While Neil Armstrong is credited with uttering the most famous quote of all time “That’s a small step for (a) man, a giant leap for mankind”, Sidney Le Lacheur claims it was he himself who had said that phrase first but television footage had omitted showing him stepping off the Apollo 11 in front of Armstrong. In a nod to his Guernsey roots, Sidney had allegedly spoken the famous words in his native Guernésiais; the language his parents had spoken at home on their farm where he grew up in Torteval. This had completely confused the earth-based crew, and the transcript had been deleted.

Obviously, Sidney realised his mistake in not speaking English at such a significant occasion, but now shrugs it off in good humour.

He remarks, “Mind you, I’d never have left out the “a”, eh?”. He did, however, manage to name a small section of the moon after his father, Snowdon Le Lacheur. Nestling by the famous Sea of Tranquility, lies “Snow’s Ridge”, Sidney’s first view from where the spacecraft landed.

To this day, he jokes about the everlasting presence of “Snow on the moon”.

While Sidney is reluctant to discuss the competition and rivalry in the testosterone-dominated sphere in the early days of space exploration, he did hint to me about a particular incident that never reached the international news which was deemed too sensitive for broadcast at the time. A mere handful of people are aware that the NASA International Space Station was subject to an attempted hijacking…

“Obviously the press would love to get their hands on this piece of news” admits Sidney “so I am loath to reveal too much information other than to say that the Chinese were planning to manufacture a duplicate copy of the space station, accurate down to the very last rivet, and attempted to take over the original craft - very nearly getting away with it”. But he refused to say any more than that, and so the attempted cloning of the space station will forever remain an enigma.

Does he ever travel these days? “Not much”, he concedes. “Once you’ve been to the Moon, there’s not much that can live up to that!”

He acknowledges that Mars would definitely spark his interest and avidly follows “the boy Cox (Prof Brian Cox) - who brought astronomy into our sitting room”.

On rare occasions Sidney says he pops up to the Aero Club for breakfast and sits in the corner. No doubt he gazes into the beyond as he remembers obtaining his pilot’s license there long before his driver’s license many decades ago. We get onto the subject of flying and then he pauses, looking at his watch, and whistles to his dog.

“Come on, Scotty” he says, “time for lift off”….

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Mr & Mrs Smith

La Grande Mare Hotel, Golf & Country Club

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ocated on Guernsey’s west coast, alongside the sweeping sands of Vazon Bay, La Grande Mare Hotel is set in over 120 acres of tranquil private grounds with lakes, woodland, an 18-hole golf course and gardens.

The Hotel boasts excellent amenities including a health suite, an all-weather tennis court, both indoor and outdoor bathing pools, a superb restaurant and conservatory café and extensive business facilities and gym and golf instruction; Mr Smith and I just couldn’t wait for our weekend stay!

Perhaps it’s the location and sea breeze that makes you feel so relaxed as soon as you arrive at La Grande Mare, as soon as Mr Smith and I arrived in the reception area we immediately felt at ease. We were showed to our room and dropped off our overnight bag, the spacious room and balcony looked very inviting and the views across the golf course were stunning.

The room was decorated in calming shades of amber, reds and cream and came with a kitchenette, dining area and a large clean cut bathroom. Mr Smith was keen to go on to the driving range and hit some balls, so I spent some time soaking in the beautiful bath using some of the lovely complimentary products.

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the last of the days game before heading down into the bar to enjoy a relaxing drink.

The bar has a cool, relaxed vibe and the staff are very welcoming. We took our place at the bar and Mr Smith ordered us both a drink to wash away the day’s stresses, dinner menus arrived with the pre-dinner drinks making the whole ordering process very relaxed.

The brasserie has its own particular style to the rest of the dining areas, and has a modern stylish finish having just been refurbished during the early months of 2010. It was busy but not crowded and the carefully arranged seating meant you could enjoy the atmospheric vibe but also enjoy one another’s company with an element of privacy. Mr Smith and I opted for the special set menu and there was a vast choice of food, we chose the Cajun chicken to start which was absolutely delicious followed by the fillet Steak and sticky toffee pudding to finish.

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and presentation of the food was excellent. Mr Smith thought dinner was divine and I had to agree!

We retreated back to the bar to enjoy some more drinks, the comfortable sofas and arrangement meant Mr Smith and I could enjoy some intimate chatter and enjoy our drinks in comfort. Following the gentle background music, beautiful meal and a couple of drinks later we decided to retreat to our room for the evening.

After a beautifully relaxing snooze in our luxurious bedroom and waking up the sunlight streaming in through our balcony Mr Smith and I were feeling in rather a good mood! We skipped breakfast and headed straight to the health suite; I had been eyeing this up since my arrival and simply couldn’t wait to go in!!

Mr Smith and I tested out the gym but quickly retired to the health suite for some gentle laps of the pool, and some relaxing time in the sauna and Jacuzzi but eventually it was time for us to leave. Mr Smith and I had a fantastic time, all helped along by friendly staff, fine dining, a lovely room and beautiful weather. It was definitely a weekend to remember.

La Grande Mare offers the ultimate in fine dining, calm atmosphere, and plentiful facilities and leaves you feeling relaxed and rested after your luxury weekend. Whether you live in Guernsey or are visiting from abroad I would definitely recommend a short stay here, after all do short breaks get any better than this?

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La Grande Mare is perfect for an overnight stay, weekend away, golfing breaks, business and much more!

Some holiday homes are available for people requiring longer or more frequent stays, please contact the hotel for more information.

La Grande Mare is also able to cater for a variety of occasions and private functions including wedding packages, private and corporate events.

Enjoy a luxurious stay at La Grande Mare and indulge in the following facilities: • Brasserie Restaurant featuring our ‘Tennerfest’ menu • Price is on a bed & breakfast basis • 18 hole golf course with half price green fees • Restaurant with a range of menus • Superb gymnasium, indoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room and outdoor tennis court - FREE of charge • Club café/bar

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BIG VALUE MENU @ £12.50 Fritto Misto (scallops, salmon, king prawn, cod) with garlic mayonnaise and spring leaves.

Trio of cantaloupe melon wedges with cassis sorbet and raspberry coulis.

Roasted cumin and yoghurt marinated skewered tiger prawns, mango chutney.

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Lemon and basil marinated chicken satay with chilli peanut dip.

Serrano ham wrapped in British asparagus with sage and lime hollandaise, micro herb salad.

Pan fried scallops with roasted aubergine and tamarind ragout, lemon butter sauce.

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Cream of broccoli soup with creamed soft goat’s cheese quenelle. ******* Slow braised lamb shoulder with celeriac and mustard mash, mint sauce.

Crab and Guernsey lobster linguini with chilli garlic and parsley.

(Supplement £1.95) Nutmeg and fennel flavoured salmon set on pomme olive ecrasse and sauce vierge.

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Chicken jalfrezi with steamed basmati rice and poppadom.

Beer battered haddock with fat chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce.

Roasted red pepper and feta cheese Wellington with cherry tomato extract and balsamic glaze.

Wild mushroom and baby spinach risotto with white truffle oil. ******* Pecan nut pie with vanilla Madagascar ice cream.

Cappuccino cheesecake with stewed fruits compote.

Ginger and treacle tart with whipped chantilly cream.

Bramley apple and sultana crumble with warm vanilla custard.

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Banana and Baileys crème brulee with fresh spring fruit salsa.

Ice cream coupe (selection of Le Hechet Farm ice creams topped with hot chocolate sauce, flake almonds and wafer fan).

Meadow Court Farm cheese platter with cheese crackers, celery, grapes and apricots.

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Jordan ...isn’t the most well known holiday destination, in fact conversations before our departure tended to go along the lines of ‘Oh lovely....but where’s that again?’ Initially I wasn’t all that sure myself, but after a visit to Google maps I found that it was somewhat precariously positioned in between Syria, Iraq, Palestine (aka the axis of doom), Israel and Saudi Arabia. I was feeling a little nervous! In fact, most of my knowledge of Jordan came from the TV show ‘An Idiot Abroad’, so with a bit of last minute lonely planet research and some considerable trepidation myself and 2 travel companions - brother Jack and pal Ben, headed off into the sunset like three budding Karl Pilkington’s.

The plan was a simple one. Rent a car and drive the length of the country (I say we, my friend Ben was the designated, and rather nervous driver after seeing downtown Amman, the capital, during rush hour). I was the self appointed back seat driver. My brother, or 007 (licence to kill) as I like to call him, was not allowed anywhere near the wheel. We’d take in the sights starting with the bustling souks and cafes in Amman, head to the Dead Sea for some r&r, see the desert sites at Wadi Rum and Petra and round it off with a day in the sun, at Jordan’s southernmost town and only port, Aqaba, on the Red Sea. We arrived on a rather fresh autumn evening in Amman and checked in to our small guesthouse somewhere in Amman’s sprawling and increasingly westernised suburbs. Amman is a large, cosmopolitan city of 2.5 million people with Roman origins, and after a brief wander, we felt it had a fairly bustling and friendly vibe. Our host, a Belgian chap by the name of Jean-Jacques provided us with 2 simple bits of advice as young boisterous western travellers. ‘Women in Jordan are very beautiful....but don’t look at them’ he said as I began to get an inkling into why he himself might have relocated, and secondly, don’t get into a fight because ‘what might begin as a problem with one person may quickly become a problem with 20 people’. So with a little apprehension we headed out for dinner trying not to look at anyone! We stumbled into a very posh but reasonably priced restaurant that appeared to house most of Amman’s underworld leaders - puffing cigars and shish-a. We had prepared ourselves for travelling in a strictly Muslim country and knew that this wasn’t going to be a typical ‘lads’ holiday, and it was quite amusing waiting for the end of the silence when our waiter asked for the drinks order! He then proceeded to rattle off a vast list of alcoholic beverages that were on offer. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Ben more content than fag in hand (you can smoke anywhere), corona in another after munching down an ‘Iraqi’ Kebab. The trip was off to a good start.

We headed out to Jebel Al Qala, the highest point in the city, and Roman settlement to get our bearings and feel for Amman. It’s a huge city, massively sprawling over 7 hills and about BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

as alien a place I’ve ever been, especially when the prayers sound out from the cities Mosques.

After wandering around the downtown area of the city, seeing the impressive Roman Theatre and the cities colourful Souks (markets) one thing became very apparent; how safe you feel.

People are very inquisitive and welcoming, in fact ‘welcome’ is a word that must be taught to Jordanian children at a young age as it appears to be their default catchphrase when a conversation grinds to a halt! English is fairly widely spoken and tourism is a key industry in Jordan, as it does not rely on the wealth of natural resources that are abundant amongst its Middle Eastern neighbours. Amman also acts as a headquarters for many international businesses that are seeking a stable, safe haven to conduct business in neighbouring countries, such as Iraq. We picked up our hire car and headed to one of Jordan’s biggest tourist destinations, the Dead Sea. Our hotel, a multi-purpose 4 star had its own private beach which enabled us to bob away to our hearts content in what was quite a choppy dead sea on the day we arrived. Aside from a few luxury hotels, the area itself was a bit of a let down. The Dead Sea, although impressive, is not a particularly beautiful site and is in fact shrinking due to a reduced flow from the Jordan River that feeds it.

We decided to head down the Dead Sea Highway and into the mountains to Jordan’s biggest tourist pull, Petra. It’s a breathtaking place, and a must see, an entire ancient city carved into stone by the Nabateans, a nomadic tribe from Western Arabia, some 6 centuries before Jesus was even kicking around. We discovered it initially by night, paying 12 Jordanian Dinars (JD’s) to walk by candlelight through the ‘Siq’ to the ‘Treasury’ the infamous entrance to Petra carved into a rock face.

Unfortunately when we arrived we had to listen to some old codger play the flute for what seemed like an eternity! Further exploration was needed the next morning. Our hotel, booked conveniently by my brother some 12k’s away from the actual tourist site, turned out to be a delightful little place, with views over the mountains and rock clusters that housed the Petra site, so we let him off. We rocked up to the entrance to Petra the next morning only to realise it was a bit steep, at 50 JD’s (1:1) to get in... Lonely Planet screwed up a bit there! For a moment we actually debated not going in and even tossed a coin, but decided we couldn’t come this far and only see a minority of the site at night. So we parted with our precious JD’s (or John Dorrian’s as my brother liked to call them) and were instantly glad we made the investment.

We only saw a fraction of the site, but what we did see was very impressive. The highlight was not the ancient carvings, but the various modes of transport we took during the day. A horse ride in, a chariot here and there, and Ben and Jack decided to ride a donkey on the way back. ‘Clive’, as Ben had christened his donkey, was apparently one day from retirement but made some rather worrying sounds under the strain of my travelling companion. I hope he made it through the rest of the day.

The highlight of the trip came in the form of a night spent in the desert with a Bedouin guide in the impressive region of Wadi Rum. This is the area of desert made famous by T.E. Lawrence, or ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ who in fact lived in the area and notably assisted in the Arab Revolt against the then dominant Ottoman Empire during WWI. The British have had a bit of a hand in Jordanian history (surprise, surprise) and in fact the current head of state, King Abdullah II’s mother is British, a Toni Gardiner, now a Muslim convert going by the name Muna Al-Hussein. We met up with Mohammad Hammad, our guide who, by all accounts is a bit of a local celebrity and champion climber. He featured in the EasyJet Magazine, which led us to book with him and judging by his flat screen TV and nice little place I would say he’s doing alright for himself despite the hit to tourism due to political tensions in neighbouring countries (we passed up the opportunity of a day trip to Damascus!). Mohammad’s brother Mahmud took us on a drive around the desert sites, including sand dunes, canyons, desert springs and T.E. Lawrence’s old house. We went for short hikes and retired to watch sun set and spend the night in Bedouin tents. My word does it get cold in the desert!

To round off the trip we headed to Aqaba for some sunshine and we weren’t let down with a pleasant 25 degrees, prompting some quality ‘jumpin’, notably by Ben, into the delightfully warm Red Sea. Aqaba itself is a major port, tourist destination and tax free zone at the crossroads of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan. It’s somewhat more liberal than other areas of the country; we even managed to spot an Irish bar and a couple of off-licence equivalents, unthought-of in a Muslim country! After a day wandering around and a cracking dinner at a Syrian restaurant for a pittance, we decided to head to the only Irish bar I’ve ever been to that didn’t serve Guinness. We even tried out a couple of the local ‘nightclubs’...not the liveliest of places. In fact we were only allowed in because we managed to convince the bouncer we weren’t British Soldiers, who had obviously stirred things up around there recently! Brits abroad eh...

The next morning we loaded up on what was definitely fake designer clothing; I bought a ‘Fake Sheikh’ outfit, and took the King’s highway back to Amman for our flight back. We passed through some interesting places, and even saw a sign directing tanks to the Iraqi border!

That was it, Jordan done swiftly in a whirlwind few days. One of the highlights for me was the cuisine, which is very Mediterranean, including lots of olives, hummus, pitas, and of course the ubiquitous kebab. I’m still having serious kebab withdrawal! If I could recommend one thing, it would be spending time in the desert. Wadi Rum in particular is spectacular and is part of a vast desert that stretches into neighbouring countries.

Possibly the greatest thing about travelling to Jordan is the cost. Cheap flights are available from London Gatwick with EasyJet and once you are there everything is very reasonably priced (apart from alcohol!), especially in Aqaba. I would thoroughly recommend a visit, as Jordan has it all - a remarkable history, a stunning natural landscape and warm and welcoming people.

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What's on - A guide to Sark Monday 16th January – Saturday 12th May ‘Wildflowers’ exhibition at the Visitor Centre Come to find out more about the profusion of Spring wildflowers you are enjoying on the cliffs, by the road side and in the valleys.

Free Admission.

Friday 6th April Good Friday at the Beauregard duckpond Come and sail your boat on the pond, all ages welcome. Hot chocolate and hot cross buns will be for sale.

Saturday 28th April – Saturday 12th May Wildflower Fortnight See the best of Sark’s wildflowers by joining a guided walk lead by wildflower enthusiasts every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. For further details or to book please contact The Visitor Centre telephone 01481 832345 or contact us via email Tickets cost £4 per adult, £1.50 per child. Numbers limited to 12, so please book early.

Saturday 28th April Wildflower walk, starts 2pm at the Sark Visitor Centre. Exploring the area around the Pilcher Monument.

Easter Special Offers Feel like getting away this Easter? Take advantage of the many special offers Sark has to offer and kick back and relax on this beautiful Island!

You can enjoy a range of facilities and activities such as Sark shipping transport to and from Sark, horse and carriage transfers to your chosen Hotel, a complimentary trip to visit the private island of Brecqhou, use of facilities at your chosen Hotel and much more.

Please note package details vary dependent on chosen deal.

Easter and Spring Breaks at Dixcart Bay Hotel Packages available from 1st May until 31st May 2012, two nights half-board. Mid-Week Breaks from £228 per person Easter and Spring Breaks at Hotel Petit Champ Packages available up until 31st May 2012 Two nights half-board.

Mid-Week breaks from £174 per person Easter and Spring Breaks at La Moinerie Hotel Packages available up until 31st May 2012 Two nights half-board.

Mid-Week breaks from £188 per person

Sunday 29th April Wildflower walk. Little Sark. Starts 2pm at La Sablonnerie.

Monday 30th April Wildflower walk, starts 2pm at the Sark Visitor Centre.

Exploring the area around the Gouliot headland.

Check out next months Sark page for more of what’s to come on the beautiful isle of Sark!!

Wildflower Fortnight Walks 2012 Whether it is the sight of heavenly scented bluebells that grabs you or the living tapestry of colour on the cliffs and headlands - come and join us for some lovely walks to different parts of Sark!

Easter and Spring Breaks at the Aval du Creux Hotel Packages available up until 31st May 2012 Two nights half-board.

Mid-Week breaks from £188 per person Discover Sark with Stocks Hotel 3 night Stay Horse & Carriage on arrival 3 hour guided walk 3 hour boat trip around Sark Bicyle Hire Bed & Breakast Available from 15th April to 30th September, excluding Friday & Saturday night stays in July & August. Low season price £660 for two, £600 for one. July & August £720 for two or £660 for one For more information and full details of these offers, visit www.sark.co.uk or call the Official Sark Tourism Office on: 01481 832345

All routes start from the Visitor Centre, except for the Little Sark route on Sundays which will start from La Sablonnerie.

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Please note that routes may change.

Tickets are available only from the Sark Visitor Centre (adults £4, accompanied children £1.50) Telephone 01481 832345 E-mail office@sark.co.uk Numbers are limited so purchase your ticket early!

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StyleStalker words | Jodie Sheppard & Elka De Carteret

We’ve sent our Style Stalker onto the street to hunt down Guernsey’s very own fashionistas!

Robbie Le Messerier, 19, Student

Cheese, 21, Trainee Wine Specialist

Vanessa Garces, 21, Administrator

Style Stalker: Robbie is truely rocking the student look with the jacket, boots and satchel. Robbie admits he owes much of his look to his stylish friend Ben.

Style Stalker: The Gallery team adore this effortless trendy look, the flat peak hat and sunglasses add the ultimate summer feel, perfectly finished with a huge “cheesy” grin.

Style Stalker: Vanessa certainly brings style to the workplace by matching a tan scarf and cardigan with a stunning hand bag. The Gallery team love leopard print, definitely a must have in this season’s trends.

Kyle Gallie, 23, Administrator

Shaun, 28, Trust Relationship Manager

Sinjita, 23, Retail Assistant

Style Stalker: Kyle brings an quirky style to the office with this funky belt. We also love the matching shirt and tie, perfect for spring!

Style Stalker: The royal blue tie matches perfectly with the brown suit to create the ultimate retro look, finished nicely with must have sunglasses!

Style Stalker: We love the coloured M&S jeans, teamed with a detailed Freelove cardigan Sinjita creates a look straight off the catwalk.

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Maritime Hijack A privateer to one country may be a pirate to another.

By 1750, virtually the entire economy of Guernsey was built upon the transhipment and warehousing of goods destined for the holds of smuggling craft from the south of England.

“There is no doubt at all that smuggling and privateering together brought the island to a previously unknown level of prosperity” Peter Girard’s Guernsey’ With privateering running through our Island’s historical veins maybe we could spend our loot on some pieces for our spring wardrobes...

WOMEN For us mere mortals who do not have Haute Couture buying Black American Express cards the idea of owning designer wear may seem unattainable. But beware the counterfeit! There’s a fine line between a designer style being used as inspiration for a high street piece and being ripped off and pirated.

Thankfully some fashion houses have made their brand more accessible to the wider market by partnering with high street stores. These designers occasionally lend their style to high street stores to create capsule collections. The ensuing creations mean we can then indulge in a designer piece at a decent price.

With past collaborations including Giles for New Look, Versace and Matthew Williamson for H&M, Stella McCartney for Adidas and Jil Sander for Uniqlo (the list goes on) the mash-ups and their resulting lovechilds are unique and timeless.

Mary Portas can currently be found gracing Clarks shoe designs with snakeskin peep toe boots and black sueded numbers, perfect foot attire for those spring weddings.

Monsoon has formed a partnership with the skincare range Burt’s Bees and created the fusion line ‘Bee Mine’.

With a range of garments, from honeycomb print dresses to sheer feminine tops, they are hoping to help raise awareness of the plight of the honey bee and the work of the British Beekeepers Association.

With collections from Marni for H&M and Kate Kantranzou for Topshop we are spoilt for choice. But we may want to simply take inspiration from the designers and can look back to the Spring Summer 2012 catwalk shows.

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Print Works Print seems to be plundering through the seasons and Dolce & Gabbana and Emilio Pucci both played the print card.

Floral, fauna and abstract patterns are now reflected and lie asymmetrically over blouses and dresses. Erdem epitomises this on his porcelain blue highnecked shirts, capri pants and stunning off the shoulder dresses.

Warehouse and Marks and Spencers Autograph has this print style down to a tea with reflected botanical prints on white blouses and coral dresses.

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Yellow was the splash of colour throughout the shows in varying tones from lemon hues to canary shades. A yellow cardi could be worn over your jeans and tee combo or you could mix a Vanessa Bruno pretty yellow skirt with a navy pullover.

A pastel palette also reigned supreme with sugary coated almond shades, duck egg blues and perfect peaches. Fitting colours for blouses, capris and maxi skirts for your Easter events attire.

If peppermint greens are not your cup of tea you could dare to wear a crisp white on white outfit, as seen on Givenchy.

Team simple white Mango jeans with a loose fitting wide knit cream jumper or an androgynous white blazer over an embroiderie anglaise cotton dress.

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MEN The current Menswear spring trends are island appropriate and pay homage to the 80s grunge surfer. Without taking tie-dye hippy style too literally, dip dye fabrics are a more sophisticated approach this time round.

The contemporary designer Hussein Chalayan has hijacked the ASOS team and created a capsule collection of sporty staples. Mix the blue dip dye t-shirt with your jeans and Suede chukka boots by Puma Urban Mobility. Alternatively Urban Outfitters cater for the trend with a gradient jumper for a subtle trend approach. Match with a preppy pair of beige cut offs and you’re good to go.

Colour palettes are fresh and include shades of yellows and pinks. Think of shirts in faded pastels, grey sweatshirts and well-worn white keds.

Faded Not Jaded

Wipe out in washed out Aztec prints or take inspiration from Topman’s cloudy blue blazer for a more formal outfit. Stripes are shaded down to greying blues and off whites and trainers have an urban kick. Check out Alexander McQueen’s range for Puma in greys, navy, black prints and an orange pop.

The Alexander McQueen show encompassed several trends for this season with dip dyed hems, ombre gradients, sheer luxe fabrics and ethereal mermaid tail silhouettes. Louis Vuitton had also jumped on the ombre bandwagon with floaty white dresses soaking up blues, yellows and pinks through the hems.

Dip dyes have descended to the high street through skirt and dress hems, t-shirts and jeans. Zara do a beautiful blue and grey ombre dress whilst New Look provides a pop version of dip dyed denim.

French Connection have produced beautiful sunset orange ombre maxi skirts and dresses. Belt a loose fitting dress tightly round the waist or wear the full-length skirt with a ¾ sleeve jumper for outfit balance.

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Amelia’s Wardrobe Vintage Jacket £49.99 This jacket will ensure you’ll be the Queen of the night. Perfect companion for the LDB or skinny jeans, or why not add a raw edge with a pair of denim shorts.

HS2 G star blazer, £182 Ben Sherman T shirt £21 The blazer is essential for the modern man and perfect for all seasons. Why not team the blazer and t-shirt with a pair of chino's for the ultimate summer look.

JOY Flower print maxi dress, £65

Nautlius pink Jeans Left French Connection £69 Right Pepe Jeans £85

Floral print is perfect for this time of year, match this with a denim jacket and sandals for the perfect summer evening look.

Coloured jeans are back in full force this year, grab these pink jeans and create a quirky and edgy look.

Miss Selfridge Tank top £20 leopard leggings £20 Leopard Print is this seasons must have pattern, teamed with this printed tank top creating the perfect festival look.

Burton Shorts £30 Shirt £25

Land of Green Ginger Mish Mash chinos £57

These shorts are ideal for everyday wear, team them up with this checkered shirt and you have yourself a trendy evening outfit.

Chino’s are a key staple of lad’s fashion perfect for creating a chilled out look or a preppy outfit. Chino’s are the anchor of the male wardrobe this summer.

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April showers Splurge Vs. Save...

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Spring Nails There is no easier way to get on board with the new season’s trends than by updating your nail colour.

Pretty pastels, barely there nudes and neutral taupe make up the palette for the coming months; it’s time for a spring nail update.

1. Banish ragged cuticles.

Nothing beats a professional manicure but between salon visits nourish nails and cuticles with sweet almond oil. Burts Bees Lemon Cuticle Cream smells delicious and with regular use will strengthen brittle nails too.

2. Apply a smoothing base coat to even out ridges and create the perfect canvas for pale shades.

Mavala Ridge Filler Treatment gives a great finish.

3. Pick up some new polishes; we love the new Chanel Spring collection with the aptly named April, May and June shades.

Ren’s Radiance range really does live up to its name.

With natural fruit acids and papain from the papaya fruit, the Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask tingles as it gets to work sloughing away dull dead skin cells. It works for congested skins but also brings a glow to aged complexions. [£30.00. Plaisirs] Alternatively, try the new Champneys Spa Facial Skin Resurfacing Mask which combines fruit acids with vitamin E and shea butter and jojoba oil to revitalize skin. [£11.00. Boots.]

Five a day…

Say Yes to Carrots, Yes to Cucumbers and Yes to Tomatoes … this guilt-free range of natural skin and body products has landed in Waitrose. With organic ingredients, skin-friendly formulas and no parabens, the Yes To...products are worth a try. The Yes to Cucumbers Soothing Eye Gel contains green tea and chamomile to instantly cool and soothe tired, puffy eyes. [£12.99] Dry skins will love the shea butter in Yes To Carrots Super Rich Body Butter. The rich formula is packed with beta carotene which protects and repairs the skin whilst the Dead Sea minerals naturally exfoliate, detoxify and rejuvenate. [£9.25] Yes To Tomatoes Purifying Shower Gel is brilliant for combination skin as the watermelon extract contains natural fruit acids to gently exfoliate and cleanse. [£8.20]

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Now the weather is warming up, swap your shower gel for something fresh and invigorating.

We love the new Blend Collective Enlivening Body Wash with Sicilian Lemon, May Chang, Myrtle and Lime (£14.95 Gwyneth and Grey). Or try Korres Citrus Shower Gel for a zesty start to the day. (£7.50 Plaisirs). Anyone wanting a paraben and sulphate-free shower gel should definitely try the new Earth Lovers range from the Body Shop. Earth Lovers Lemon & Thyme Shower Gel is a bargain, contains fair trade aloe vera and is biodegradable - perfect for green beauty queens. [£5.00 Body Shop]

If you only buy one thing this month…

The new Benefit Hello Flawless foundations give skin a light coverage with the added benefits of SPF25, skin-protecting antioxidants and peptides. There are nine shades and the formula promises to transform your skin from bleurgh to beautiful. [£24.50. Creaseys]

If you only try one thing this month...

Home waxing. OK, so there’s nothing glamorous about hair removal but who doesn’t want silky smooth legs at a fraction of the price of a salon wax? The new Veet EasyWax™ Electrical Roll-On Kit is worth trying. There’s no need to warm the wax in a microwave or hot water, so it’s already easier to use than other kits on the market. The roller leaves an even film of wax over the skin. A-list beauty therapist, Arezoo Kaviani explains: ‘This is the key to achieving perfectly smooth results because too much wax can be painful to remove, too little and it won’t grab the hairs and can mean patchy results.’ We say give it go. [£29.99. Boots]

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Damage control There is a rarely a month that goes by without a new anti-ageing product arriving in store. Each one promises youth in a bottle but recently the focus has switched from smoothing lines and wrinkles to evening out skin tone and reducing pigmentation. Clearly the battle against ageing has a new enemy.

‘Cosmetic doctors were originally focused on taking the wrinkles away,’ explains Dr John Curran of Guernsey’s Aesthetic Skin Clinic, ‘but now we are looking at creating better skin at every level. Pigmentation is an outward sign that skin is unhealthy so it’s wise to treat the cause, not just the symptoms.’

The problem…

Visible patches of pigmentation or hyper-pigmentation are deposits of too much melanin – the pigment cells in skin - and are a warning sign that skin is not functioning at its best. Age spots or liver spots, melasma and postinflammatory hyper-pigmentation are the most common complaints and the first step towards a more even-toned complexion is to get the right diagnosis.

‘Pigmentation problems can be solved but each case needs to be looked at to ensure the right diagnosis is made and the correct treatment prescribed.

‘The wrong approach can make matters worse’ warns Dr Curran.

Sun worshippers will find themselves with darker patches, often on the cheeks or forehead, at the end of the summer and pregnant women can also be affected. Known as ‘the mask of pregnancy’, melasma can be made worse through hormones, and the contraceptive pill can also trigger this pigmentation disorder, whatever your age. Once treated, lifelong management is required to keep the pigmentation at bay, starting with a year-round sun protection cream.

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Spa. ‘Liver spots or lentigos are caused by sun exposure and sunburn and are entirely preventable. They contribute to our aged appearance just as much as lines and wrinkles.’ Liver spots tend to appear in our 40s and beyond but they are a symptom of chronic, longterm sun exposure and could signal other problems in the skin. This kind of pigmentation is a visible indication that the skin is not healthy, so it’s advisable to have a cosmetic doctor or dermatologist look at your skin to check there is nothing more serious to be found.

The third type of pigmentation, postinflammatory hyper-pigmentation, is another reason to call in the experts, because if mistreated it will become more pronounced and even harder to treat. This term refers to the discoloration of the skin following an inflammatory wound. This could include marks on the skin from waxing, after acne or deep laser treatments; darker skin types are more prone and sun exposure can cause the area to darken further. Some treatments such as IPL can also make things worse, so research treatments carefully before jumping in.

Prevention…

‘Putting sun protection into make-up was the biggest favour the cosmetic manufacturers have done for women’s skin.’ states Curran. Year-round sun protection is a must to prevent pigmentation and skin ageing in general.

Try different formulations until you find one your skin likes, that way you’ll wear it every day.

Nurture daily face protector SPF30 contains moisturising ingredients and leaves no trace of white on the skin. [£7.45. www.nurtureskincare.co.uk] No7 Anti-Dark Spot Facial Sun Protection SPF 30 is £11.00 and has a five star UVA rating which means it helps to block the sun’s ageing rays. [£11.00 Boots.]

Treatments The first step towards a treatment for hyper-pigmentation has to be correct diagnosis. Gentle IPL, peels such as the Obagi Blue Peel Radiance or even the new ‘lite’ lasers can help, but only in the right hands. A cosmetic doctor can also prescribe more potent, topical treatments such as a hydroquinone cream which can be used to reduce pigmentation and then maintain an even skin tone. Hydroquinone is considered to be the gold standard ingredient for treating pigmentation; it blocks the enzyme tyrosinase which is essential to melanin production.

You’ll have to visit a cosmetic doctor who can prescribe specialist products containing Hydroquinone but experts agree it’s highly effective. [www.askinclinic.co.uk]

Try at home…

Other ingredients to look out for include vitamin C, retinol, kojic acid, idebenone and arbutin.

New, Jan Marini Age Intervention Enlighten contains retinol, antioxidants, kojic acid and alphaarbutin – all proven to deliver results. [£90.00 Bella Spa.] SkinCeuticals Pigment Regulator with kojic acid to break down melanin deposits and prevent excessive pigment formation. [£79.00. www.skinceuticals.co.uk] Obagi Nu-Derm Blend Fx (5) with arbutin, antioxidants and an exfoliating action to correct hyperpigmentation and clarify skin. [£48.96. www.skinstation.co.uk]

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Obagi Nu-Derm Healthy Skin Protection SPF35 is part of the Nu-Derm system which is highly recommended for anyone who wants to get serious about anti-ageing skincare. [£38.18. www.skinstation.co.uk] GUERNSEY’S STYLE MAGAZINE

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Amelias Wardrobe ARTISTIC MANICURE REVIEW I am a self confessed shopping addict and when Amelia’s wardrobe invited me for a free trail of their artistic manicure I just couldn’t resist! What better than being pampered whilst surrounded by gorgeous vintage clothes, accessories and furniture?

Artistic colour gloss is the professional soak off gel polish treatment that lasts up to 3 times longer than nail varnish and makes your nails look quite frankly lush! If your stuck somewhere between the nail biting phase and wanting to beautify your hands this is the perfect treatment for you.

Price: £30.00 Staying power: Lasts up to 3 weeks Verdict: Love the colour and the finish, thumbs up from me!

Contact Amelias Wardrobe today or nip in for your very own artistic manicure 1 Mill Street, St. Peter Port Tel: 01481 729024 haylie.ameliaswardrobe@hotmail.co.uk www.ameliaswardrobe.bigcartel.com

The White Room welcomes Tammi Ozanne to the team The White Room is pleased to announce Tammi Ozanne has joined the stylist team.

With over 12 years hairdressing experience and extensive Vidal Sassoon training Tammi’s professional approach and creative flair is a strong addition to the salon, recently rebranded The White Room under the new ownership of Tania Trustum.

‘Tammi has a natural talent for hairdressing and we are very excited she has joined the new team at The White Room.

Not only is Tammi an experienced stylist she also has a strong reputation for her own style and over time has built up a strong customer base in Guernsey who we look forward to welcoming to the salon,’ said Tania.

Get in touch: phone us: 711718, find us online at: www. thewhiteroom.gg, follow us on twitter: @whiteroomhair, and on facebook, or pop up and see us we are above Fat Face.

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Consulting Chef with Umar Ali at the Sitar

PROFILE: Name: Umar Ali Born and Bred: I was born in Bangladesh and brought up in London Moved to the Island: I moved to the Island in 1993 When I was younger I thought I’d grow up to be: I wanted to be a pilot, but that didn’t materialise!

Guilty pleasure: Trifle! I can’t resist it...

I don’t eat: Beef or pork Sweet or Savory: Sweet Meat or Fish: Fish

Where did the inspiration come from to become a chef?

I have always enjoyed food and the creativity involved – being able to create different dishes and also to experiment with food. Food is my passion, I entered the catering trade in 1991 and couldn’t imagine doing anything else!

What’s your signature dish?

My favourite one has to be the Rarha Gosht, which is tender pieces of lamb and minced lamb cooked together with spices in a hot aromatic curry with a hint of fresh mint leaves.

Or Chicken Tikka Tarka marinated chicken tikka tossed with ginger, garlic, butter beans, baby corn and sliced mixed peppers.

I also enjoy cooking the more well known Masala, its a common favourite and also one of my favourites to prepare.

What’s the one ingredient you couldn’t work without?

It would have to be turmeric, without turmeric we wouldn’t be able to make many of the dishes on the menu. We would be lost without it!

At home we actually cook traditional curries, we also cook fish with bones, like proper Indian fish but we can’t cook these certain types of things in the restaurant as they have a lot of bones so I do enjoy heating them at home.

Do you have any tips for anyone wanting to recreate an Indian dish at home?

Come to the Sitar instead! If you can find a good Indian cook book and you follow the instructions in there you should be able to make a good quality dish. The most important thing in Indian cooking is garlic, ginger, turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander and a little bit of paprika to bring out the colour. Make sure you have the right quantities and this will make your curries even better.

The best way is if you can find a willing Indian chef to show you how to do it.

Even by watching and someone talking you through the process you would be surprised how easy you find it!

Who would be your perfect dinner date?

How would you describe your kitchen in 3 words?

I would like to have dinner with Gordon Ramsay and cook him some of my dishes so I could get his feedback on them, I think that would be a great evening!

Hmmm, first it’s calm, then it’s hectic, then it’s calm again!

What would you have for your last supper?

How many people can you cater for at the restaurant?

It would have to be the Garlic Chilli Chicken from our Chef’s Recommendations section of the menu.

Its a beautiful curry made with chicken tikka stir fried with garlic, onions and fresh green chillies with herbs and coriander.

The restaurant has a capacity of 100 people and is available for private functions. There is also a smaller private party room for more intimate groups.

We also offer outside catering for any outdoor or offsite events and have recently started doing some corporate events. Only recently we have been asked to do a ‘Cook Off’ event, its great to be considered for these types of events and to have a varied cliental.

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What do you like to cook at home that you never cook at the restaurant?

What are your future plans for Sitar restaurant?

The future plan is to carry on as we are going and try and expand what we do here.

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Indian Restaurant & Take Away 2-4 Victoria Road, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1HU

For reservation or take away call: 01481 730559 or order online at www.thesitar.co.uk

I have always enjoyed food and the creativity involved – being able to create different dishes and also to experiment with food.

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Rugs from a selection Designers Guild

Display book £19.99 Fabric available to order Designers Guild

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In the market for a new Kitchen, Bedroom or Bathroom?

Innovate is managed personally by the owners with day to day responsibility falling to Max Mahy, assisting him in the showroom is Jake Long.

Pedini - an Italian range of contemporary kitchens is brand new to the Island and as you would expect takes the word style to new heights. A wide range of options are available and can fit within most budgets.

Alno from Germany is one of the If the answer is yes - then largest kitchen manufacturer’s offering make your way up to the an extensive selection of styles across top of Mill Street, to the all price bands. showroom of INNOVATE Charles Rennie Mackintosh is an and see for yourself the established quality UK kitchen very best of contemporary manufacturer known for it's design lead styling. and traditional styling and craftsmanship Innovate are also an approved Siemens appliance agent. from Italy, Germany and the UK - all exclusive If you are at all interested in TDN1845-Innovate Gsy Gallery Advert (March)v2_Layout 1 29/03/2012 13:48 Page 1 bathroom style then you will have to Guernsey.

heard of Kohler - a name that helps to set the standard.

A free design and project management service is provided by the skilled team at Innovate using the latest 3D technology - a one stop shop that avoids the need to involve any third party complication - that said, we have a good track record working with the local building trades and architects.

Innovate operate on a traditional retail basis or act on a wholesale level with recognised tradesmen.

They are happy to discuss your project with you - be it a single unit or the fitting out of a hotel refurbishment or new built block of apartments.

So, if you’re looking for something that’s somewhat 'out of the ordinary', stylish and sensibly priced then you need to make your way to the showrooms of Innovate at the top of Mill Street.

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Business continuity and disaster recovery planning enable organisations to continue operating under adverse conditions which severely impact operations or premises.

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Making a Profit from Resilience?

In California, last year, on-line giants eBay acknowledged crisis management as a discipline needed by senior executives to execute their business strategy.

Constantly adapting to changes in the market, competition and pace are part of the daily landscape for most business leaders – some thrive on these dynamics and it is certainly the ground on which opportunities are born.

Keeping operations lean and ensuring that there are sufficient resources to deliver products and services whilst protecting margins can be a real challenge. The phrase ‘doing more with less’ has become the byword of our millennium.

But what happens when it becomes a short path from business as usual to crisis management?

There are many different definitions of the term crisis management, consensus seems to fall on the strategic nature of the concept, and the important role that leadership and decision making play in this context.

For companies like eBay, Boeing and Pfizer taking extreme management skills into the boardroom has driven their collective response to resilience, attitudes to risk and defined their resource requirements. Customers, regulators, actuaries and stakeholders can touch on good management of the business, rather than assume.

The effects, in all these cases, have been dramatic.

In every case there is a measured rise in the value as markets react to the comfort they can see – either in stock value or corporate valuation.

We have seen this behavior shift give rise to a resilience attitude with ‘business as usual’ becoming ‘here today, here tomorrow’.

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This type of C level sponsorship is a must to produce effective resilience. Much evidence has been gathered today that points to the failure of these types of initiatives if they are not grasped firmly at the highest level of management and sponsored seriously.1 With so much on the boardroom agenda already this is sometimes a difficult ask.

So what are the benefits for the cautious sponsor?

In short - the ability to make clear decisions and provide a strategic road map, based on evidence rather than assumption. This in itself leads to the definition of exact resource needs of the business. It affects areas such as; operations, human resources, information technology, public relations, sales and marketing and facilities management, to name just a few. It is enough to say it touches most.

Chris Oliver is managing partner of local business continuity & resilience specialists, Oliver & Company. His team provides strategic solutions to worldwide businesses, both large and small, from their offices in London, Guernsey and Andorra. Chris previously co-owned one of the world’s largest specialist resilience software vendors operating in Europe, North America and Asia.

He has served as Vice Chairman, Director and Head of the Membership Council of The Business Continuity Institute - writing and contributing to many practices that are accepted today as best of breed. He remains one of only 154 Fellows of the Institute. Today, he still helps students to become newly qualified practitioners.

Chris is probably best known in Guernsey as the co-founder and Chairman of the Itex Walk over its first ten years.

What has changed in the ownership of resilience, crisis management and corporate continuity? It’s birthplace was the primeval swaps of disaster recovery technology. It grew up in a lean kindergarten of expensive 1970’s inflexible template plans, that owe more to planning itself, than an effective response.

Experienced directors know this was the wrong end of the corporate ladder and what was really needed was focus on how to get the dog wagging the tail.

Today this seed change sees ownership firmly in the hands of business leaders who are able to challenge individual departments tactics and ask for budget, manage effective change, drive down costs – and - importantly protect an erosion of hard won margin.

The message is clear. Grasping resilience and crisis management as an attitude embedded throughout the business adds value, saves unnecessary expenditure, reduces cost and defends margin – the great thing is you don’t have to be eBay to make it reality.

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NatWest announces mobile App developments and winner of iPhone competition

Ten Carey Olsen lawyers recognised on 2012 Citywealth Leaders’ List Carey Olsen has more lawyers recommended in Guernsey and Jersey than any other offshore law firm, according to the Citywealth Leaders’ List 2012.

Ten Carey Olsen lawyers, including seven in Guernsey and three in Jersey, have been named in the 7th annual leaders’ list which is compiled by Citywealth magazine and profiles noted professionals from across the private wealth management sector.

In Guernsey, deputy managing partner, Russell Clark, and fiduciary partner, Konrad Friedlaender, were named in the main honours list. Property partner, Davey Le Marquand, and fiduciary group consultant, Mike Eades, were recognised as prominent figures. Managing partner, John Greenfield, and partner, Karen Le Cras, were named as prominent figures in contentious trusts and senior associate, Alison MacKrill, made the main honours list as a leading trustee.

The list is compiled annually after extensive research and consultation with global peers and private client recommendations including references and testimonials.

Carey Olsen chairman John Kelleher said: “To have 10 lawyers recognised in this prestigious list clearly demonstrates our expertise and ability to provide the best quality advice for private client work across the Channel Islands.

“It is particularly noteworthy that we have more named individuals in the Channel Islands than any other firm.”

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The NatWest banking App, which was launched in July 2011 for the iPhone, has been upgraded and is now also available for customers with Android handsets.

NatWest customers with Android phones will now be able to download the App which will allow them to view balances, transfer money between their accounts and locate the nearest NatWest cash point and branch. Customers will also be able to view mini-statements and set limit alerts to prevent overspending.

Over 9,000 customers have downloaded the iPhone App since its launch, and following a recent upgrade they will also now be able to process payments from their phone using their online banking.

Jerry Whitsey, Head of Products and Marketing at NatWest, commented: “The NatWest banking App has proved to be an extremely valuable tool for customers, as we can see from the take-up numbers, and we are pleased that Android users can now benefit from the technology. We are committed to investing in and upgrading the App and have planned further developments later in the year.”

As part of the mobile banking developments, NatWest launched a competition in January 2012 for entrants to win an iPhone 4s. Out of more than 1,500 entrants, Miss Heidi White was the winner and she is pictured collecting her new iPhone from Jo Pike, Deputy Branch Manager, at NatWest in St Peter Port.

Customers wishing to download the App can do so by going to the iTunes App Store on their phone and keying in the words NatWest Offshore.

Travel Solutions opens London office Travel Solutions, the only owner-managed Guernsey travel agency, has opened a new office in London. Managing Director, Fred Eulenkamp predicts that the new initiative in Bromley will be a tremendous addition to the group’s portfolio.

‘We now have a comprehensive offering in the UK, especially for the corporate market, with offices in Oxford and Bristol as well as London and Guernsey. We have extensive experience in this area and recognise that, to be successful in the business travel market, it is important to have an office in London.

‘In the current economic climate a great deal of flight and accommodation bookings are made at a business’ head office and we believe that our Bromley branch will offer a tremendous service. It means that companies with staff in both the UK and Channel Islands will be able to use one supplier for all their travel requirements and take advantage of the benefits that this joined up approach will bring.’

Fred and his wife and fellow director, Mandy, used to trade as Uniglobe Travel but changed the company’s name to Travel Solutions two years ago and moved their head office into fresh premises at South Esplanade in St Peter Port in the new year.

‘We are tremendously optimistic about the travel industry,’ says Mandy. ‘Some people believe that the rise of the internet has spelt the end for travel agents. Our experience says otherwise and volcanic ash clouds, the political unrest in the Middle East, mistrust of Tripadvisor and the Costa Concordia disaster have meant that travellers want and need expert advice. Our bespoke service is proving to be extremely popular and we really enjoy visiting our clients homes to discuss their holiday requirements with the whole family.’

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s there another option for an investment portfolio than to be at the mercy of every headline that crosses the screen? Shouldn’t there be something tangible that forms the basis for investing in today’s volatile investment arena?

A few years ago, one may have sought the sanctuary of cash in the bank, perhaps generating 5%, or the surety of sovereign debt such as government-backed gilts. The ‘risk-free rate’, as we called the return from cash or near-cash, has quickly become the ‘rate-free risk’ as governments seem shaky, banks are still not in good shape and the continuing speculation of what the future holds for the Euro seems to run and run as the issues it faces are difficult to quantify.

So what do we know? What can we be confident that we do not know?

Guernsey awaits ground breaking image rights legislation Guernsey is poised to release a world first - ‘robust and extremely innovative’ new legislation that will create a registerable image right.

A month-long consultation on the draft law has just ended (on 7th March 2012). The final legislation is expected to be approved by the Channel Island’s parliament during the second quarter of this year. Image rights are generally recognised as the right to control the commercial use of a person’s identity and images associated with that person including distinctive expressions, characteristics or attributes.

The importance and value of those rights is an increasingly high profile topic. Public figures have sought, and been challenged, over seeking to exercise significant control over the use of their image by using super injunctions and – just this week – The Times has reported a dispute among the family of the late and legendary golfer Seve Ballesteros over his image rights.

Intellectual property specialist Jason Romer, a partner at law firm Collas Crill, said: “Guernsey’s Image Rights legislation is robust and extremely innovative. It balances the protection of such images against the freedoms necessary for the press and to ensure that the image right is used in a balanced way.

The legislation draws upon both trademark and copyright principles and provides a strong framework within which to work.”

“We have seen genuine enthusiasm for the legislation and its potential, reflected in requests coming through to intermediaries from their own clients. People in the industry are interested in practical issues such as how long rights should last and the ability for image rights to be searchable. It is clear that there is a large appetite for image rights generally but we recommend that they should be considered as part of an overall IP strategy.”

When enacted, the legislation will see Guernsey take a world lead on the issue and provide a clear legal code for image rights, enabling effective management while also protecting the public interest. Guernsey will be the first jurisdiction to have a registerable image right when the legislation is passed.

This legislation will allow celebrities, sports professionals and teams and other media personalities to structure their image rights in Guernsey, safe in the knowledge that there is a clear legislative framework.

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We know that there is a low level of certainty and therefore a high level of uncertainty. That is often the case despite the scenarios outlined above.

A sound basis for portfolio construction is one that can be believed in. That comes from either controlling what can be controlled, or by being alert to every headline and acting immediately. In reality, the latter is not feasible, even if it were possible to dodge bullets by reacting with speed, the costs associated with the high frequency of trading would have an impact upon the performance.

Prevention is also better than cure.

Most professional investors think that diversification is vital (we certainly do), but this cannot be just by diversifying the portfolio across different managers or different equities. If you chose to diversify, make sure that you are not just diversifying the risk across sectors but across different drivers of returns.

We know that some assets move in line with each other and some move in opposite directions. Given a scenario, be it Euro collapse, oil at $150 a barrel or a sudden rise or fall in inflation, in which direction and by how much will your portfolio react?

There are still big issues to resolve, including several legacies from last year, whilst new and interesting issues surface.

Are you being compensated for the amount of risk that you are taking in the portfolio? Equity markets had a very positive start to the year whilst gold lost its shine. Some assets can generate spectacular returns but never forget that long term investing is about meeting your goals and providing a little comfort during turbulent times. Do not let your nest-egg be hijacked by the unknown.

Oculus Ltd are licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and offer discretionary asset management services to trusts and private clients. Send your investment portfolio queries to info@oculusci.com.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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India

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Marital Status: In love ABOUT THE BUSINESS: Wink specialises in recycling platinum gold and silver jewellery. We are the only jewellers designing and making with the aid of computers and rapid protyping machines in the Channel Islands. We offer a shop full of jewellery from around the world and hope to offer our customers everything they could ever want.

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So, tell us who inspired you to start your business?

My late sister Gay who always encouraged me, my partner Lizzie and her kids and all those amazing jewellery designers and makers around the world.

What’s the toughest lesson you’ve learnt since starting out in business?

You have to take the lead and that as the owner you are the face of your business.

Keep costs under control, delegate and use the 80/20 rule.

What did you do prior to starting the business?

I have previously set up 2 local jewellery companies with my brother Paul Martin (K Design 1999 and Martin & Martin jewellers 1993). I also travelled a lot buying jewellery from all over the world and worked designing and making with different nationalities.

Do you have any funny stories from your experiences at Wink?

Everyday is funny especially with our customers, in fact not so much funny more crazy! It’s great to laugh!

Did that teach you any lessons that helped you succeed?

Wink is the fourth jewellery business that I’ve set up so it does become easier each time. It is also essential to trust and train your staff, and to never underestimate customer’s word of mouth and their tastes.

What are your plans for the future?

To endeavour and to be happy, healthy and live my life to its truest potential; Oh yeah and to design, make and sell our new collections.

What advice would you give to would be entrepreneurs?

Go for it! Plan, plan, plan and reassess regularly. Ask for advice and help if you need it, use your gut feeling and believe in yourself 100%

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VAN HUYSSTEEN TAX ADMINISTRATOR INTERTRUST

AGE: 25 UNI ATTENDED: Bournemouth University WHEN I WAS 8 I WANTED TO BE : A doctor but I can’t stand the sight of blood FAVOURITE WAY TO RELAX: With a book FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT IN GUERNSEY: Anywhere with good company FAVOURITE NOISE: Match of the Day theme tune

What made you choose Intertrust?

What do you do on an average day?

When I finished University I wanted to work somewhere where I could start building a career. I wanted to work somewhere where I could progress in an organisation that supported my learning and development. I felt that Intertrust provided the opportunities I was looking for. One of the main reasons for choosing Intertrust was that it is a global organisation which I felt I could be a valuable part of. Most of all I wanted to have interaction with clients and colleagues and work in a friendly team.

What sort of professional training do you take?

I am currently studying for a qualification from the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT).

This allows me to understand tax principles for individuals, companies and trusts which is directly relevant to my job. For me the most important thing is to keep learning and being able to confidently deal with tax related queries from clients and colleagues. Tax is a broad area which is constantly changing and it is important to keep up to date with changes in legislation.

Each of our clients have a unique history and set of circumstances and therefore each day brings with it new challenges. A typical day may involve some routine tax compliance for a high net worth individual, considering the tax implications of a complex structure, estate planning or administering offshore reporting funds. On the whole our business revolves around people and their circumstances. One of the most rewarding parts of my day is interacting with clients and being able to help with technical tax issues.

What is your next step?

My next step is to get my ATT qualification. From there I will most likely start studying towards the Certified Tax Advisor (CTA) qualification. I try not to think too far ahead but rather take things as they come. This being said, I would like to keep learning from my colleagues and developing myself as a person. I hope that this will provide me with valuable experience that will stand me in good stead not matter what the future brings.

What advise would you give to yourself as a 2011/12 graduate considering the experiences you now have?

I guess the advice I would give myself is to not worry too much and to focus on choosing an employer that is willing to invest in your future. Coming out of University I was concerned that I was still uncertain as to what I wanted to do and whether I would even enjoy working in a structured environment. I have learned that it is important to trust in the skills you have acquired as a graduate and use these to secure a job that compliments your skill set.

Employer info: Intertrust

Intertrust has been setting the standard in trust and corporate services since 1952. Thanks to our focus on quality, we’ve not only survived, but thrived.

And we help our clients – whether they’re wealthy individuals, families or big businesses – do the same.

With over 1,000 experts in over 20 countries worldwide, we have the local knowledge and on-theground presence you need to succeed.

Our service is always built around each client’s personal needs and priorities. Whatever we do for you, you can trust us to always act with uncompromising integrity.

Quality, personal service and attention to detail.

That’s what the Intertrust mark stands for.

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AGE: 29 UNI ATTENDED: Northumbria University WHEN I WAS 8 I WANTED TO BE : In New Kids on the Block FAVOURITE WAY TO RELAX: A beer with friends at Cobo Bay FAVOURITE PLACE TO EAT IN GUERNSEY: Petit Bistro FAVOURITE NOISE: Elland Road cheering on Leeds United to victory

What made you choose Ogier?

What do you do on an average day?

Ogier offered me a great opportunity to work for a highly reputable organisation with an international profile that would enable me to take the next step up in my career. I had spent 4 1/2 years in audit and was ready to move in to an industry where I would not only get further accounting experience but also be exposed to other areas such as compliance and team management.

What professional training are you undertaking?

I am not currently doing any professional qualifications but am taking full advantage of the training and development on offer at Ogier via the mycareer@ ogier plan.

I have been a qualified Chartered Accountant for the last 5 years.

The exams were tough but I would recommend the ACA route to anyone.

I will wake up at around 6.30 am on a work day and either walk the dog or go to the gym. I will then head off to work and aim to get in for about 8.15-8.30 so that I can catch up on my emails before I get stuck in to the day. I am in charge of the accounts team so as well as preparing financial statements and reporting for my client base, I also review accounts and reports prepared by other members of the accounts team. Evenings are usually about participating in or watching sport.

What’s the next step?

Ogier offers a lot of opportunities for career progression in Guernsey and at its other offices around the globe. Being part of such a large organisation means I am constantly learning and developing in my role at Ogier. It is good to know that should I wish to broaden my experience further there could be a chance to move to other locations but stay within the Ogier Group.

What advice would you give yourself as a school leaver considering the experience you have now?

If you’re able to go to University I would strongly recommend it, especially to islanders. There is obviously an academic benefit to be obtained by doing so but I also think that University is a fantastic experience. You learn some important life lessons and really grow up. I would also say you get to enjoy 3-4 years living with some of the best friends you will ever make, an opportunity you’re unlikely to ever get again.

Employer info: Ogier

Ogier is one of the world’s leading providers of offshore legal and fiduciary services. It provides advice on all aspects of BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey law and associated fiduciary services through a global network of offices that cover all time zones and key financial markets.

“We aim to recruit, retain and develop the best people across our legal, fiduciary and support services to ensure we offer a high calibre service to our clients across the globe. ”

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Rugby: Jemma Crouse words | Shambles Rambles

According to legend, Rugby was invented on a field at Rugby School in 1823 where a chap called William Webb Ellis broke the rules of football by running with the ball in his hands. There are two main variations of the game – Rugby League and Rugby Union. Both differ in rules and tactics and are played across the world.

The ball is egg-shaped and the concept in its simplest form is to touch it down past your opponents try line.

Sounds simple but when lots of people are trying to tackle you and you throw in scrums and lineouts then the job becomes more difficult.

It is pretty easy to pick the rules up but also physically, technically and tactically demanding.

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Right then, onto my next sport, Guernsey Women’s Rugby.

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t is fantastic to see that the women’s game in Guernsey is growing and it is my pleasure to introduce Jemma Crouse, captain of the Guernsey Women’s Rugby Team.

Jemma formerly represented Guernsey at Football for nine years and has won one Muratti in that time. She plays her Football at St Martins as a defender and at the time of writing this they head the league table.

Jemma has represented Guernsey at Touch Rugby in the 2011 World Cup and was on the winning team in the Mixed Bowl Final against the USA. In the traditional game, there are over 30 female players registered on the Island and the side is competing in a number of friendly matches this season with the view to taking part in the Hampshire League next season.

The big Siam Cup match against Jersey is on home soil this year on Saturday 5 May with the day starting at 10.30am and women’s game kicking off at 5.30pm. Get down there and support the greens.

In today’s challenge I don’t really want to try and catch Jemma as she looks a bit light on her feet but a conversion competition sounds good.

Five kicks each from the 22-yard line winner takes all, what have I got to lose? I can always say that I am a prop and I don’t practice kicking!

After two kicks each I found myself 2-0 up with Jemma missing her first two by inches. She eventually pulled it back slotting the last three through the centre of the posts but incredible as it may seem I managed to get a perfect five from five and won the challenge 5-3.

Memo to Andy Bailey, I am available on a Saturday afternoon at short notice, usual match fees apply!

Now then Jemma, it’s time for today’s thought provoking shenanigans.

Did you ever notice that if you blow in a dogs face it goes mad, yet when you take him on a car ride he sticks his head straight out the window?

Not until now!

Why does Donald Duck wear a towel when he comes out of the shower, when he doesn’t usually wear any pants?

I don’t know but I have always wondered.

I went to the doctor the other day and said: “I’ve just been playing Rugby and when I got back I found that when I touched my legs, my arms, my head, my tummy and everywhere else, it really hurt.” The doctor said, “You’ve broken your finger”. Rugby is obviously a very physical sport, playing in the Hampshire leagues is going to put a strain on injuries. How are the women going to prepare physically for that level of competition?

It’s difficult to know how it will take its toll but having played five games this season we have been fortunate not to pick up any serious injuries On the way up here I said to the taxi driver, ‘King Arthur’s Close’. He said, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll lose him at the next set of lights’. How much travelling will you need to do if you participate in the Hampshire leagues?

As far as we know to date, we will have to travel between seven and fourteen times to the UK with opposition also coming to Guernsey I met this bloke with a didgeridoo and he was playing Dancing Queen on it. I thought, ‘That’s Aboriginal’.

In cricket the Southern Hemisphere players bring something different to the local game. Are there any women from off-Island playing in the Guernsey side and what do they bring to local Rugby?

We have a number of different nationalities playing for us, Kiwi’s, Aussies, Irish, Welsh and Scots. The Southern Hemisphere players

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seem to have more knowledge of the game due to it being one of their main sports.

Before I got married I went out with a girl from the Dutch rugby team who used to wear inflatable shoes, I phoned her up to arrange a date but unfortunately she’d popped her clogs. Playing against off Island opposition is obviously essential to improving the standard locally.

How many matches do you manage to play against those teams each season and how do we compare?

We have played eight games against off-Island teams and the results vary, we have won three of those games. It really depends on how long the teams have been playing.

A lot of people talk about the Jersey Rugby set up and I was over there a few months back and was amazed at the sheer number of youth players attending sessions over the weekend.

Guernsey Rugby is doing really well at the moment in the London and South East Division One and Geraint Cooper continues to bring the youth section through. You mentioned to me before the interview that women’s Rugby in Guernsey is five years behind Jersey, what are you doing to close that gap?

At this stage we are looking to recruit more players as participation and competition for places is key to improving the standard. We need to improve the quality of our training sessions and also recruit more youngsters into the game for the future.

Is it easy to learn the rules of Rugby?

It’s easy to pick up the basics but the more complex rules are a little harder. You learn by playing really.

What is it about Rugby that has got you hookered? (I will not apologise for any of my jokes but that one I have to!)

Both of my brothers played when we were young and I was always around the game. I just ended up playing with them. When the opportunity came along to play I just jumped at it and now enjoy it more than football.

The Siam Cup is the second oldest Rugby Cup in the World, behind only the Calcutta Cup. How does it feel to represent the Island in that game and how do you keep the nerves at bay?

I feel very proud to represent the Island especially as my brother Andy Bailey has captained the side to victory in a Siam Cup. Nerves affect everyone but the adrenalin sets in and you just end up concentrating on your game.

I make no apologies for listing the main sponsors of the Guernsey women’s team, Vazon Energy Group, The Swan Inn, Tim Pond Property Maintenance and Concept 360 Guernsey Limited. How important is it for local sport in general that sponsors are attracted to local competition?

It is vital to improving the playing standard and opportunities within Island sport. Without us playing decent Rugby we wouldn’t improve, have the level of fixtures we have and have the aspirations we have going forward.

A question from Darts Ace, Phil Dodd, “How do you cope with all the bumps and bruises?”

It’s all tied into a visit to the bar after the game and just having to deal with it!

A question from you please for next months interviewee “Nets” Netball player, James Robert.

How have you dealt with the transition from Basketball to Netball?

There are fantastic opportunities in Guernsey Women’s Rugby for players of all abilities.

If you don’t want to take things too seriously or if you have ambitions of playing for Guernsey, email Jemma at jbailey_14@hotmail.com and she will point you in the right direction.

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Training morning and charity event words | Lizzi Snoddon

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id you know that in the UK, one child in every hundred suffers from a lifelong disability that will profoundly affect his or her ability to lead a full and happy life? More than 3.8 million children grow up in low income households or live in an environment where they are subjected to poverty of aspiration? Over 1 million young people aged between 16-19 are not in full time employment, education or training?

This may be the case but it is charities such as Wooden Spoon that believe that all children and young people deserve the chance to live happy fulfilled lives regardless of the challenges they may face.

The charity, affectionately referred to as ‘Spoon’, harnesses the spirit and values of rugby to give disadvantaged children and young people a chance to achieve their full potential in life.

The Wooden Spoon (Guernsey Branch) held a fundraising lunch at The Farmhouse on Saturday 25th February, this year’s even held a theme of the 6 Nations Rugby and 150 guests enjoyed lunch whilst watching 2 of the weekends 6 Nations matches, Ireland v Italy followed by England v Wales.

This year’s event was sponsored by Ogier’s and included the attendance of four former and current professional rugby players; Paul Rendall - Former Wasp and England International (played in the 1987 & 1991 World Cups) and is still involved with England coaching.

Tim Payne - Current Wasp prop and retired from International duty with England in 2009. Tim is actually playing for Wasps in their Premiership game Friday night before flying over on Saturday morning!

Peter Scrivener - Former Wasp legend and England A player. Now is very much at the centre of most Wasp social functions!

Jonny Ufton - Former Wasp full back and fly-half. Career cut short with injury and ended up attending Cambridge where he was still able to lead them to a famous Varsity Blues victory in the rugby at Twickenham in 2005.

This was to be a particularly special year as for the first time the rugby Stars where going to aid with a training session with the Guernsey Rugby Academy prior to their lunch. Unfortunately, thanks to the typical Guernsey weather, this was not meant to be as the Stars were stuck UK side due to fog. This however did not stop the Guernsey Rugby Academy from putting on their boots and getting muddy.

The afternoon meal and fundraising also still took place around the international games at which Ogier filled two tables of guests and staff. Managing director Bob Banfield of Ogier Fiduciary Services Guernsey addressed the lunch on behalf of Ogier. He thanked the Spoon for the work they have done and highlighted in particular some projects that have benefited disadvantaged children within the Island. He was pleased Ogier could support the local community in undertaking such fund-raising activities in support of such local charitable causes.

But what we were more interested in were the Academy Stars.

These young boys and girls truly are the rugby stars of tomorrow and we went down to talk to both them and Steve De Jersey, the Under 10’s Coach and asked them what they liked best about rugby and what the Academy was all about.

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Name: Steve De Jersey Role: Head Coach for Under 10s Rugby Academy Current Team: Guernsey Veterans and St Jacques 1st How long have you been coaching at the academy I started at Under 8s and carried them through to Under 10s and am hoping to carry the players right the way through.

What are they like as rugby players?

Nice mix, big strong lads that are learning to get stuck in the middle of the pitch and the smaller lads are realising the middle of the pitch isn’t where they want to be and are spanning out to the wings. James Kennedy is better on the wing, Reece De Jersey and Conner Bennett get stuck in. It’s nice to see them develop and having different shape, size and ability for all the different positions realising their own ability and developing it.

So they are starting to find their place on the pitch?

We are working with the pilot scheme rules which mean they are not given positions yet but they are naturally finding whereabouts they belong on the pitch so when they do go into positions it will be a natural transition for the players.

I noticed and spoke to a few of your girls...

That is right we have girls currently playing with our Under 9s, Milly Hynes and Molly Farrell. They both seem to be really enjoying it and are really good players. Both the girls are fantastic runners, especially Molly. She went through a lot of the boys like they weren’t even there. It’s great to have the Guernsey Women’s Rugby Team on the island, inspiring young girls to take up the game and hopefully we will get more and more start to play.

How often do your players train?

They train every Sunday morning and extra sessions if they are have a tournament.

They all seem like they love it...

You get a wet, muddy day and tell them they can slide in it and they love it.

What is one of the highlights of your job?

Highlights for the Under 8’s is playing tag rugby and for the Under 9’s is contact. You see some of the boys wrestle each other to the ground and look up and you have to say it’s Ok you’re allowed to do that.

Do you play yourself?

Yes. I am currently playing for St Jacques 1st and Guernsey Vets.

How are they doing?

Guernsey Vets have been the winners of the Nash cup 5yrs in a row at the Siam and St Jacques have their ups and downs but the latest was a 58-0 win over Beaches.

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Under 9’s Kneeling left to right: Callum Sek, Robert Naftel, Thomas Creber, Alex Webb, Harvey Lihou, Casper Bailey, Milllie Hynes, Molly Farrell, Joshua Bell, Leighton Woodhead, Noah Evans, Jay Pattimore, Zavier Pike, Joseph Dowinton, Rory Sullivan, Luke Ouseley and Owen Waddingham.

Under 10’s Standing left to right: George Carr, Matthew Medhurst, Ethan Woodhead, Harry de Mouiliped, Seth Hollingsworth, Conor Bennett, James Boucher, Harry Phillips, Charlie Spicer, Sebastian Hazzan, Harry Henderson, Matthew Philp, Reece de Jersey, William Studdard and James Kennedy.

Adults standing from left to right: Bob Gallagher (U10’s Coach), Nick Ouseley (U9’s Manager), Steven de Jersey (U10’s Lead Coach) and Adrian Dowington (U8’s Coach)

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Interviews with some of the players.

Milly Hynes age 9, been playing for 1 year, favourite bit is tackling, likes getting muddy.

Mollie Farrell age 9, favourite bit is tackling and chasing after the tackle, been playing for 2 years and wants to play for the ladies team one day.

Luke Ouseley age 8, been playing since under 7’s, favourite bit is tackling and wants to be a rugby player playing for New Zealand when he’s older.

Jay Pattimore age 8, played since under 7’s, loves to get the ball, wants to be a forward and in the scrums.

Conor Bennett age 10, loves to tackle, wants to be a rugby player and to play for England.

Harry Phillips age 9, been playing for a year and trains once or twice a week, wants to play for Guernsey.

James Kennedy age 9, been playing for 3 years and loves to score tries, wants to play for Ireland or England Vs Wales would be a tough match.

Reece De Jersey, age 10, been playing for 3-4 years, favourite bit is tackling and getting the ball, wants to play for the British Lions.

Matthew Philp age 10, been playing for 3-4 years, likes sprinting with the ball and scoring tries, wants to play for Leicester Tigers.

Joseph Dowinton age 9, favourite bit is scoring tries, I have scored at least 50!!! Would like to play for an English team. Toby Flood is my favourite Guernsey 1st player.

Leighton Woodhead 8 2yrs in the game, likes to sprint up the lines, wants to play for Ireland, favourite Guernsey 1st players is Luke Jones.

Look out Guernsey these boys and girls are fighting strong and ready to represent the island!!

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Hijack Your Intentions words | Gary Hooks

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ast December some 130 people requested my free 7 day detox plan in anticipation of the dreaded month of January. Like no other month on the calender do good intentions prevail as they do in December, after all, everybody wants to feel fantastic at the start of a fresh new year. There was one condition attached to this free plan which was the provision of feedback at the end of the 7 days, fair swap right?

Number of free detox plans requested = 130 Number of people who provided feedback on completion = 0 From the lack of responses, one can only assume that not one single person completed a simple to follow 7 day detox plan yet only a few weeks previous, every single one of those had intentions. Again it’s a bit like the influx of good intentions you find in most gyms all over the island on a miserable January evening – come February and all those people have settled back into their daily lifestyle routines which mostly involves very little exercise. Yet I can guarantee the reason for all these good “intentions” is the same: To feel better!

So lets take a look at some of the reasons why people are giving up so easily:

1. Lack of motivation that goes beyond the fact it’s January 2. Lack of a clear goal or target 3. Not following a properly constructed program 4. Lack of know how or knowledge 5. Fallen back to normal and forgetting December’s intentions 6. Not realising the psychological benefits of keeping fit This list goes on and you can make excuses for not following what you know is most beneficial to your body. There is no need to wait until December to rediscover your motivation. Should you want a copy of the detox plan to try yourself contact me at getfit@gallery.gg

Find some inspiration from a family member or a close friend, do a worthwhile charity event that demands you bring your fitness levels up or find a training partner you can rely on.

Don’t be the “let’s see what’s available” person when you enter a gym, get on a program and give it 100% effort, know exactly what you’re doing and why your doing it.

Train yourself towards something as this will keep your intensity high and your mental drive focused. But it is important not to beat yourself up if you miss a training session or life gets in the way, just pick up from where you left off and learn pit falls that may occur. It is important to realise that no one can be 100% committed 100% of the time, understand that keeping in good shape has so many cross over positives to life itself.

A good friend of mine recently asked me if she could give my detox plan a go, same conditions of course that she stuck to it and completed the 7 days. I suggested she also undertook some high intensity interval training for about 20 minutes 3 times weekly. Her results: she lost a stone in just a week but more importantly it made her realise the benefits of simple changes and that with the right mindset and application, there are no limits to what you achieve.

So lets get back in the game and make 2012 your fittest year yet! Not only can we look ahead to the sporting calender with the usual Wimbledon, Formula One, Tour de France etc we also have the European Football Championships and even more so the London Olympics! 2012 is shaping up to be an incredible year, so make it incredible on a personal level, step up people!

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Training Techniques Chest Workout

Technique: Incline dumbell press, dumbell bench press.

Technique, Technique, Technique!

When it comes down to exercising in the morning, the main thing you should never compromise for plenty reasons - including safety and optimal results - is your technique and form.

I’m going to begin this month with one of the most popular exercises people are doing the gyms up and down the island; here is what a chest workout would look like if you’re looking to develop your chest muscles:

8 reps] 1. Bench Press [4 sets x bell Presspo 2. Inclinxe8 Dreupsm 10 Tem 40 ] [4 sets 3. Dumbell Bench Press

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ute between sets [4 sets x 8 reps] 1 min bell Pressbetween exercises 4. Inclinxe8 Dreupsm ] 3 minutes [4 sets

Technique: Bench Press Take the bar just outside shoulder width with arms extended, now whilst you have a grip on the bar, lift the weight and whilst doing so drive your hands together which means you have to make sure your arms are incline close together when you lift.

You will notice your chest (pectoral) muscles tighten up which means that the tension is now on the muscle you are trying to develop, now lower the bar for the count of 4 seconds, don’t touch your chest at the bottom as you want to keep constant tension, lift the bar back up to the top but don’t pause, then repeat. Driving your hands together will take the stress away from the shoulder joint, the bicep tendon, the triceps and even the back! Make sure you use a much lighter weight than you would normally use: remember the lighter the resistance used, the more tension you can apply. It’s not an easy technique to master but persevere and only add weight when form is perfect!

For the following exercises, the principles are the same as previously explained and work to control the tension on the muscle being targeted which in this case is the pectorals. When I see people doing these exercises I rarely see them performing them optimally; make sure not to finish any of these exercises at the top of the repetition directly above the shoulder line. At the top of a rep your arms should be straight out above you making a v shape, this again takes the tension off the shoulder joint, a dumbell only knows how to exert force in one direction; straight down, so keep the tension by finishing outside shoulder line. I’ve seen on occasions when people are doing these exercises whilst at the top of the repetition, they internally rotate their wrists and touch dumbells as they meet, don’t do it as again this will only take away tension from the muscle your trying to develop.

I’ve chosen this series of exercises because both male and females perform them regulary. Keep your weights light enough to ensure maximum safety and remember technique is the most important factor you need to master. Strength gains, endurance gains and performance gains will all come afterwards, follow this series of exercises exactly twice a week and feel the difference, pushing weights from A to B is not the result you are trying to achieve, you are attempting to fatigue the targeted muscle and there is no better way to do this than tension and time under tension through a full range of motion.

Next Month: LEGS! This is just an example workout to illustrate the difference on popular exercises, every single thing you do in the gym deserves as much attention as I’ve showed you in the above sequence of exercises. There is a proven safe way of lifting weights which limits the risk of injuring your tendons, ligaments and joints, who doesn’t want to train in the safest manner possible? It’s a no brainer, nothing curtails your progress quite like an injury.

Look out for!

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be chosen to beta test a new program from “Storm Force” fitness along with ten other males and females, I actually began one week later than the rest of the guys due to work commitments. So I’m at the start of the second week and thus far the signs are looking good and feedback from the other participants is very positive. Over the course of a well laid out 28 day easy to follow nutrition and exercise schedule, you can look forward to serious strength gain and muscle development, as well as increased fitness in actual sporting practice.

Any questions please don’t hesitate to email me getfit@gallery.gg or find me on Facebook, so until next time:

Train Hard, Train Safe, Train Smart.

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Organic Anabolic Recipes.

If you’re training hard for your chosen sport and want to remain well-fueled in preparation for your next training session then give yourself the best chance for peak performance by supplying your system with the required nutrients. Even if you’re not working out, this is a delicious recipe for anyone to try. If you can only afford organic ingredients once a week then use them on this occasion.

3 Bean Salad

Ingredients: Black beans, kidney beans, chick peas, diced tomatoes, grated onion, 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp chilli powder, handful of parsley, fresh crushed garlic, season.

Preperation: Coat pan with oil (preferably coconut), mix and simmer on a medium heat, stir in onion, cook to room temperature & serve Calories 178 Carb 32g

Protein 8g Fat 2g (Per serving)

Hijack Meatballs Ingredients: 11b extra lean ground minced beef, ½ cup grated onion, 2 egg whites, 1 egg, ½ cup oats (gluten free), oregano fresh to taste, parsley, 2 tbsp skim milk, season.

Preperation: Mix everything together, roll balls, bake for 25 minutes 375 F Calories 315 Carbs 8g

Protein 48g Fat 10g (Per 5 balls)

Blueberry Cheesecake (6 servings)

Crust: 1 cup digestive crumbs, ¼ cup ground flakes seeds, ¼ cup raw oat bran, 1oz fat free cream cheese (warmed), 1/3 cup water.

Cheese: 2 cups fat free cottage cheese, 3oz fat free cream cheese, 3 scoops whey protein powder (choice flavour), 1 cup frozen blueberrys.

Preperation: Mix crust ingredients, press into buttered round tray evenly. Put cheesecake ingredients into blender on high until smooth & creamy.

Resist temptation to add water!

Pour onto crust, refrigerate for at least one hour.

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Practical gadgetry to aid your untoward hijacking needs...

Look the part

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Every self-respecting bad guy needs a badass watch to complete their menacing look and they don’t really come much more badass than one from Bell & Ross’ ‘Aviation’ range, especially the now ultra-rare ‘Death From Above’ versions featuring a skull based on the US Airborne Marine unit logo and with the option of adding around 700 diamonds to its face.

Failing that, or if you haven’t ascended the ranks to become quite that calibre of bad-guy just yet, Bell & Ross have recently released this, the BR 01 Red Radar. Inspired by aircraft cockpits, its ‘hands’ sweep the screen just like a radar display. But most of all, how evil does the red glass look? Now, whereabouts in my secret hideout did I leave that spare few thousand pounds...?

A double-barrelled pistol, you say? That’d look tip-top next to my pocketwatch, coin collection and first edition copy of the old testament.

Whoever said that accessorising was for girls?

Double the trouble Friendly fire If you’re planning a slightly more sedate hijacking and don’t require a serious amount of firepower (for serious firepower, see the double barrelled pistol to the right) maybe turning to one of the other elements might be more your scene - water.

The Super Soaker Flash Flood keeps cropping up on the water pistol radar as the undisputed boss of projectile water-based fun.

With the ability to soak, quite literally, as the name suggests, either from a long distance or close-up by switching to ‘dump’ mode it’s pretty versatile, and the backpack water storage device will ensure you’ve got plenty of ammunition.

My nostalgic inner child wants one. Needs one, even. Badly.

Put simply, nobody is going to f**k with somebody toting a double-barrelled handgun. I’m fairly confident that very few people even know that they exist, so just imagine the shock and awe you could unleash on the unwitting with one of these? Even when you finally run out of ammunition the pistol-whip you administer from that double magazine will undoubtedly leave a mark. POW, that’ll teach them.

When trying to find out the answer to the question that is almost certainly about to quiver its way from your lips (that’ll be ‘why?’) I had expected to uncover the answer ‘just because we bloody well can’, but I was wrong.

Apparently, the introduction of both double-barrelled weapons and semi-automatic ones was with an eye to increase accuracy, and so there has never been a necessity to combine the two. After further investigation I learnt that combining the two also wouldn’t work as Sir Isaac Newton would stand in its way. Not literally, he’s dead, but the physics of it all is just really, really complicated.

Nonetheless, Arsenal Firearms decided to spend over six months taking care of ‘intense and round-the-clock 3D designing, stereolithographic modeling and parts machining’ to make it work. So, well, er, why?

One of these puppies can bring down a bull with ease, which is pretty impressive. Especially if you prefer shooting humans. Its eight double rounds provide 4,000 grains (if that’s not a unit of measure you’re familiar with, there’s nothing shameful about looking it up) of payload in around 5 seconds. To put this into a little bit of perspective, your average 9mm handgun would have to unload two magazines (30 rounds in total) to pack a similar amount of heat. Oh, and that would take closer to 30 seconds. The single trigger action of the AF2011-AF technically makes it a machine gun in the US, which is pretty special too.

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Escape plan Ever found yourself in the boot of a car, careering around mountain roads as you involuntarily ascend to your intended final destination high up in the thin air of their lair? No? Well it pays to play it safe, so download this app.

A more practical use of your iTunes

iPad3 gadget Well, we had to feature at least one new toy for the iPad 3 now, didn’t we?

If you’re hell-bent on making your brand new iPad 3 look like a mid-nineties IBM laptop (or ‘notebook’, as they used to call them back then) instead of the sleek, beautifully crafted item that it is, then the Zaggfolio is perfect for you.

It’s an iPad case that also includes a keyboard, so on a more serious note if you’re not keen on using the touch-screen keypad and feel more productive using a full sized keyboard, or want to make better use of the compact screen size by not having the keyboard take up half of it then it’s a handy gadget.

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pennies would be to use iTarilMap 3D when you’re skiing to show where you are, where you’ve been and work out where to go next - all on a three-dimensional rendering of the mountain you’re on.

They also produce resort-specific apps for over 650 resorts worldwide, RSS feeding in what’s happening whilst you’re there and the latest snow reports.

As it’s also a case it’ll keep your new toy safe too, and not only triples-up as a stand but connects via bluetooth so there’s no need for cables.

The stand function allows you to use the screen in both portrait and landscape orientations.

The keyboard can be used both inside the case and out and features third generation iPad specific buttons to control your music, volume and home button as well as search, copy and paste functions.

Getting things wrapped up Strictly to provide ease of packing all of your recently eBayed former goods up in double quick time and definitely not as a suggestion to help you restrain a living person as part of a hijacking or kidnapping operation, this Duck branded tape gun features ‘blade safe’ technology, so nobody has to get hurt. Packaging things you’ve sold on eBay. Not people.

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We discovered just how tricky it is to tape people up in the name of scientific research during our duck tape test this month, and can assure you it’s pretty tricky. If only we’d had one of these...

Salvation army (knife) No doubt owing to their neutrality, the Swiss army are renowned for their multi-purpose knives rather than guns, which are proportionately about as knifey as a two-wheeled wheelchair.

This one, the Victorinox Swisschamp has a staggering 33 tools concealed within its 3.5 inch body, two of which can be classed as knives. If you’ve ever found yourself without a fish scaler, chisel, nail file or sewing eye then this will be a must-have.

In all seriousness though, it does feature a ballpoint pen which could prove its use daily as well as a range of screwdrivers, hooks, saws, pliers and a toothpick. Could you possibly be more manly picking meat from your pearly whites with anything else? With the exception of a sword, obviously.

I think not.

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Euromarque

is a family owned business originally set up in 2000. They began with just 3 members of staff and 12 years on there are now 9 people at the establishment. We went down to visit Euromarque to learn a bit more about their secret to success and just what their customers can expect from them.

What would you say is the fundamental key to a successful service?

Providing an excellent service is not just about fixing the main problem, it’s about doing a complete service and taking care of the small details as well. For example with the recent clock change, if a car comes in and its clock hasn’t been changed, when we service it we ensure this is done also. We want our customers to come in and feel pleased and recognize that we are taking care of every little detail on their vehicle. Our philosophy is that if we pick-up on the small things,

Tell us about your clientele, do you get a lot of loyal returning customers?

We have a lot of customers that are still with us from when we originally opened, it even goes to point where they go and buy a new car from somewhere else and bring it to us for the first service, so I’d like to think our customer retention rate is pretty high.

We rarely take part in advertising campaigns because the majority of our business is through word of mouth, people telling other people really is the most powerful method of getting the message across. They

then we can be trusted to notice any other problems no matter how small or large that may arise with their vehicles.

might not be the original customers, but their families and friends that may come and use us now which is good.

Have there been significant changes or investment into the business?

Yes we have introduced a few new diagnostics machines. We operate various brand of diagnostics and have specialist ones for Peugeot, Citroen, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, plus a generic diagnostic platform for all of these brands.

What are the alternatives that you can offer to a franchise dealer?

I suppose the main one is the personal service we can provide. We’ve got more time to speak to the customers, a lot of the customers don’t just come in to service their car, they want to be dealt with like a friend.

The lads use their laptops to run these diagnostics and access technical information, we do use search engine searches and forums from time to time to investigate different faults further. We are limited with the number of cars in Guernsey and no one will ever know everything about a fault. We encourage our staff to research and discuss problems so they can get a better understanding and ultimately I think this gives the client a better service. We also have authority to access forums via manufacturer’s websites which permits access to direct technical information for Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Audi and many others.

I have also taken on two apprentices to work within the company and am on the apprenticeship committee and also on the adjudication panel for apprentice of the year. I think it is a great scheme and enables businesses to train their employees to their standards, I would love to take on more people but unfortunately we are limited for space.

Have you increased the portfolio of cars that you work on?

Yes, when we started up the guys who worked for me were all from St Martins Garage so we worked on Volkswagen, Audi, Volvo and some French cars such as Peugeot. Since then we’ve grown and taken on a lot more; BMW and Mercedes now make up for about 40% of our clients, but Volkswagen and Audi are still our main brands.

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We now have a trained Porsche mechanic Paul McKane; we have also invested in Porsche diagnostics and now operate on PIWI diagnostics as well.

By knowing a customer when they come through the door, we are also likely to have a knowledge of the history behind the car and what happened and when, that’s the difference between us and a dealer. I think that’s what most of our customers appreciate with us, that we can deal with them on a more friendly and personal basis.

Secondly we can source our parts and service resources independently, whereas a franchise holder or a dealer will have to get things at cost, they’re governed by the manufacturer who tells them how much they have to charge.

What’s the most random car that you’ve ever worked on?

I’ve worked on a Vintage Rolls-Royce belonging to Roger Allsop; the oldest man to have ever swum the channel.

We’ve also done a yellow Lambougini Diablo SV. To be honest we get everything through the door and we do a lot of exotic cars.

What’s your all time favourite vehicle?

It is so hard to say as there has been so many!!

I am an Audi man and if I had to choose any car it would definitely be an Audi as I have been working on them for 26/27 years now they have become my favourite. I would probably choose an Audi R8 or and A10, but I would love one of the old Audi Quattro’s.

We have been thinking about getting one to restore and maybe putting it in the charity sprint, but they have become so hard to come by these days.

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EUROMARQUE German and French car specialists

Established in 2000, Euromarque has become the leading German and French service repair specialist in Guernsey. With franchise trained staff and a customer focused approach, Euromarque has developed a reputation both with its customers and in the trade that is second to none.

Service, maintain and repair without affecting manufacturers warranty

Euromarque, Dyson House, Southside, St Sampsons, Guernsey, GY2 4QJ Telephone: 01481 243333 Email: admin@euromarque.gg

Facsimile: 01481 243443 Website: www.euromarque.gg

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HIT THE ROAD! YOUR GUIDE TO BEST AVOIDING THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING CARJACKED WORDS & ILLUSTRATION: RUSS ATKINSON

EYE-PROTECTION MUST BE WORN As this is a decidedly budget guide to not being killed by badguys whilst out in your car, mentioning actual bullet-proof glass would be fruitless. However, a quick search on Google (other search engines are available, but don’t tell Google I said that or they’ll claim my house as per their one-tick-covers-all license agreement) will find you blast and fire resistant window films that will up your chances of living immeasurably compared to glass alone. Nobody likes being impaled in the eyes.

WEAPON OF CHOICE Attack is the best form of defence, so on the off-chance that you’ll be needing to ram your way out of a sticky situation it pays to be driving a tank. Not literally, but a big old barge like a W124 Mercedes-Benz will do the trick. Another advantage is having plenty of steel surrounding you, and rumour has it the W124s are made out of recycled Panzer tanks that became surplus following WW2. Apparently. Top tip: choose the V8!

DOOR HANDLES Disconnect these. Not only will it make casual and unexpected door opening much, much harder but will also take your hijacker by surprise, giving you time to both notice they’re there and get your foot on the throttle. Hard on the throttle.

Oh, and keep your head down they might be packing heat and taking all of these precautions would all be for nothing if you end up with a bullet in your face.

WHEELS & TYRES Run-flats are a good start, but if you take enough Nurofen Plus (other ibuprofen-based painkillers are available) you might just about be able to tolerate solid tyres. Manufacturers have been developing airless tyres for a few years now, but if you can’t get hold of a set that suits you’re going to have to think out of the box if you don’t fancy being thwarted by jacks in the road or errant bullets penetrating your sidewalls and bringing your life preservation attempts to an abrupt halt.

Steel wheels are best, sure they’ll buckle if you hit them hard, but they’re more resilient than alloys as well as drawing less attention to you.

NEED TO GO FURTHER? Why not consider relocating the radiator so it doesn’t get torn up by a shower of bullets, or adding a flame-thrower under the sills (they actually do that in South Africa, no half measures down there) or tinkering with the engine to compensate for the extra weight of all of that steel plate? Now, keep breathing.

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HELi-NO you DON’T! Depending on the calibre of bad-guy you’ve managed to get mixed up with (Yakuza rather than Mexican street gang, for instance) you should consider taking appropriate action when it comes to reinforcing the skin of your chosen steed to maximise your chances of survival when inside the danger zone.

If helicopters are involved, or the likelihood of snipers being holed up in tall buildings is high, a good three-quarter inch steel plate attached to the roof probably wouldn’t go amiss just in case the weathergirl forecasts it to rain death from above. No, not the band or James Murphy’s record label. Actual death. From above. With large calibre bullets and fire.

Just make sure it’s on the inside, being incognito is key - lest we not forget, this isn’t a remake of Mad Max.

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Shoot your way out. Ease of use and reliability are key, which is why I’ve included an AK-47 here.

Solid, simple and abundant, the child armies of Africa have been successfully slaying other African child armies with them for years, making them quite literally child’s play to operate.

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SUSPENSION You’ll be carrying a fair bit of extra weight once the steel reinforcement panels have been added so it’ll be an idea fit stiffer springs and better shock absorbers if you’d like to avoid scraping your rear-view mirrors on the floor whilst attempting to negotiate corners at speed when those nogood punks trying to get you have taken chase.

Not actual night-vision, this isn’t the A-team and Q from MI6 isn’t waiting around the corner with a laser-beam equipped wristwatch remote mine detonator for you - I’m talking about preserving your vehicle’s headlamps, after all, you never know how long you might be chased for. Those baddies can be relentless sometimes.

A generous helping of mesh might reduce their ability to illuminate the road ahead but will greatly increase the probability of the bulbs themselves surviving a pelting from stones, cricket bats or bullets.

Low is good too, it’ll probably help avoid unwanted gifts such as grenades getting underneath in a hurry. Luckily, they bounce quite well.

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LIGHTS! GETAWAY!- GETAWAY CARS ESCAPECAMARA! FROM HOLLYWOOD

LIGHTS! CAMERA! GETAWAY! As your intrepid local glossy’s motoring writer, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that I was in Geneva last month whilst the motor show was in full flow.

However, I was too busy skiing to attend, and in any case having looked at the post show reports I can gladly inform you that not a lot seemed to happen;BMW recycled an old concept in the form of the i8 as well as showing a tiny polar-bear heroine in the form of the i3 city car, Renault unveiled what looked like a fattened-up

BMW C1 and Ford revealed a brand new Fiesta ST which looks like an old ST that has rear-ended an ‘Aston Martin’ Cygnet (read: Toyota iQ). So nothing to write home about really.

Instead of a report on the 2012 Geneva International Motor Show then, I’ve come up with this - my top five getaway vehicles from big and small screens alike. Grab the biggest bottle of Coke you can find, stick some popcorn in a pan with a drop of oil, sit back, and enjoy.

FILM: BULLITT CAR: DODGE CHARGER Voted the most epic car chase ever in the history of broadcasted car chases by, er, someone, and after no less than around 27 up-changes performed by Steve McQueen in hot pursuit behind the wheel of a fastback Mustang if you look very closely, the bad guy’s Dodge Charger actually completely misses the ‘gas’ station as it explodes dramatically. Look out for the little grey Volkswagen Beetle pootling about San Francisco. Again. And again. And again.

FILM: RONIN CAR: AUDI S8 Woefully unreliable in real life thanks to being fitted with the German equivalent of the electrical systems from a Sinclair C5, the S8 in the film seemed a curious choice for a getaway vehicle to be used in France. Nobody buys German cars in France. Hardly an incognito choice, and an even worse choice when it comes to parallel parking. Nevertheless, if it’s good enough for DeNiro and pals then it’s good enough for me.

FILM: THE ITALIAN JOB CAR: MINI COOPER S Possibly the most widely known getaway scene in cinematic history, the sheer cheek of it is enough to raise a smile on the face of even the least patriotic Brit. The jump over the test track on the roof of the Fiat factory in Turin caused some crew members to leave the set in protest for fear of a fatality, and at the time of shooting Michael Caine hadn’t learnt to drive yet. Look out for the mysterious fourth spotlight in the sewer scene and the conveniently and suddenly spotlight-equipped Fiat police car in pursuit.

FILM: ESSEX BOYS CAR: ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW Who could ever forget the opening scene where what at first seems like the break a young lad has been waiting for in life soon turns into a bad day at the leather armchair-clad office.

A body on the bonnet and a test of his driving skills, could the Roller used during shooting possibly be the only six-and-three-quarter litre V8 to have ever stretched its legs properly?

The end of the chase still never fails to tickle me, as they hide on the used car forecourt.

FILM: GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS CAR: SHELBY MUSTANG GT500 Affectionately and famously known as ‘Eleanor’, this is surely the most famous livery chosen for replicas of Carrol Shelby’s hottest Mustang conversion. Outrageously unrealistic and with an unholy collection of memorable lines for all of the cheesiest reasons, I’m curious as to how many people have added ‘go baby go’ gearstick knobs onto their bangers since the film first screened. Is Eleanor worthy? Maybe I should ‘go, before I change my mind...’

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This month we have been mostly listening to...

Speakeasy

Tom’s rating

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here are generally two reasons why reviewing anything becomes a challenge, the first (and most usual) is that whatever is to be reviewed is so dull that there’s nothing to say about it, the second is that it’s just so good to listen to, the only real way to impart a sense of what it’s like is to play it to other people.

Mod-rock supergroup, Speakeasy’s, self titled debut certainly (and thankfully) falls into the latter category, so before I go on, I’d just like to say go and listen to the record, it’s a stormer!

Formed in 2006 the band feature members of several mod revival bands of the late 70s and 80s and is lead by Purple Hearts’ Simon Stebbing, but just to make it obvious why we are reviewing this in a Guernsey magazine, the second man to join the band (according to drummer Buddy Ascot) was Guernseyman Mark Le Gallez, who made his name in 80s mod revival band The Risk and has since gone on to form The Sacred Hearts, The Redbones and Thee Jenerators amongst others.

When Speakeasy first convened they recorded a 3 track EP, The Toe-Rag Sessions, which promised a lot but, at only three tracks, was over very quickly.

Now though, six years later, the fulllength album has arrived.

From beginning to end listening to Speakeasy is like falling through a time warp to the late 1960s with a mix of mod, rock ‘n’ roll and psychedelia all coming together in around 40 minutes.

This mix of styles is the one place where I find anything even vaguely negative I can comment on and that is that it leaves it feeling like a tribute to a time of great music, while not giving Speakeasy their own sound. However, this is a small criticism as the delivery of the music and the songs are wall to wall very good.

Focusing on Mr. Le Gallez’s contribution to the record for a moment, Speakeasy contains one of the best vocal performances I’ve heard from Mark in a while and it has made me even more excited about Thee Jenerators upcoming new album. Also, having contributed five of the thirteen songs on the album its clear he can still churn out great tunes like the rock ‘n’ roll machine he comes across as on stage.

Before you all get sick from my positivity

about this record I will wrap things up.

Sounding reminiscent of The Who and their ilk from the 1960s with a bit of The 13th Floor Elevators and a hint of 1950s American rock ‘n’ roll thrown in for good measure this is an upbeat mix of sounds that just made me want to move.

I came away from the record wishing I could see Speakeasy live as if they are this energetic on record a live show must be a riot. But, as they are made up of members of so many other already established acts, their shows are few and far between (I understand so far there has only been one, in fact), so picking this album up is the nearest we are likely to get anytime soon, and pick it up I would advise any fans of rock ‘n’ roll, mod or psychedelic rock to do.

Tom Girard, BBC Introducing Guernsey and Guernsey Arts Commission Music Sub-Committee

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Tyler’s rating

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couldn’t agree more with Tom on why reviews can be so challenging, though I do think he missed out a vital third reason - when you are asked to review a genre that’s totally alien to you and you have to somehow make it sound like you know what you are talking about. Luckily this album isn’t one of those.

If you know your stuff you’ll be aware that ‘Speakeasy’ was a term used for an establishment that illegally sold alcohol during the prohibition (when it was banned in the US) and with songs such as ‘The Red Wine Song’ suits the group nicely. The album cover (which is remarkably reminiscent of the ‘Daz’ washing powder logo) I’m not so fond of.

What’s best about this album is the amount of variation. Every track has something special to offer with a huge array of instruments used and more than one vocalist holding the limelight. They manage to somehow keep all of these connected and though sounding great individually, this works even better as one whole album which is a rare and exceptional achievement.

As a huge fan of Quadrophenia, I can’t help but hear influences from it, especially on Mark’s fantastic vocal performance. But this isn’t a bad thing. It’s so evident to me I find myself feeling nostalgic of the days when I used to watch the film once a week. The album offers more that that though with a great soul vibe running through the core with

the Hammond organ remaining as resonant as ever.

It’s time like these when you realise just how prolific our very own Mark Le Gallez is. The Risk, Thee Jenerators and the Purple Hearts to name just a few of the bands that he has fronted. The man himself admitted to me years ago that he has written hundreds of songs and I’ve yet to hear a bad one. After the recent ‘retirement’ of Chris Dean and seeing him heralded as a Guernsey great we can only hope one day Mark Le Gallez gets the credit he deserves for being a true inspiration to young local songwriters. Though I fear he may have to start up a covers band for that.

But this is not just about Mark, it’s about Speakeasy. This self titled album is really worth getting your ears around and despite the dreadful front cover contains 13 uplifting and enlivening tunes. You won’t need to get the chord chart out for this one but it does what it came to do. You won’t be shocked for me to tell you they haven’t reinvented the wheel but they have achieved about as much as you can wish for in this day and age, they haven’t ruined it.

Tyler Edmonds, Singer, songwriter and guitarist - Last of the Light Brigade

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PETE TONG

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ith news spreading fast that the legendary Pete Tong will be performing at Fusion in Guernsey for the first time along with a full laser and visual show from Subzero, and support from Tammo, Mat Greening, Tom Shearer and BCM/Eden resident Scott Page, Gallery just had to get the low down on what all the fuss was about!!

It’s fair to say that Pete Tong’s history is intertwined with the history of acid house and electronic music itself. His career mirrors the story of dance music over the last 25 years. A true renaissance man, Pete has never been about one thing.

Pete has partied and played with an impressive list of names, including Riva Starr, Felix Da Housecat, Seal, Aloe Blacc, Dev, Yasmin, 2ManyDjs, Gui Boratto, Derrick Carter, Laurent Garnier (L.B.S), Guy Gerber, Calvin Harris, Paul Kalkbrenner, Steve Lawler, Laidback Luke, Paul Oakenfold, Stacey Pullen, and many more.

Pete can normally be heard ruling the airwaves at Radio 1 and he splits his time between UK, Ibiza and over the coming months he’ll split his time between UK and Ibiza and Vegas where a 6 month residency at Wynn is in full flow!

Pete was also chosen to close the East Dance stage at last year’s Glastonbury festival. On the Sunday night he rounded off proceedings with a set featuring special edits and more than a few surprises. Add to all this his constant touring, production work, remixes, music supervision, film scoring, and a weekly Radio 1 show, and he’s without question the busiest man in dance.

station, with a 12 hour special including live sets and guest spots from the biggest figures and hottest new stars in electronic music.

Tong also hosts and co-produces the legendary Essential Mix show, and as part of the 12 hour takeover, he delivered his first ever studio Essential Mix. Pete’s own music output is starting to become more frequent and free flowing – working alongside the likes of Paul Rogers, Dave Spoon and Steve Mac, Pete’s fast-becoming a production powerhouse.

“Sometimes I have to explain why I didn’t do more of it before,” says Pete, who has been in the studio with Rogers almost every day this year – it’s an important part of his career now. “Running a record company from 1983 – 2000, I didn’t have time to make music before and I come from an era where DJs didn’t always make music - which would be very unusual today. Back in the day, trying to make a record was more difficult and expensive”.

Recent remixes include; Gorillaz ‘Stylo’, Phoenix, Underworld and U2 with Paul Rogers, and Robyn, Madonna, Cheryl Cole, James Blunt and Razorlight with Dave Spoon.

Pete is also finding more time to combine his twin loves of music and film. Historically, he was the soundtrack supervisor for Human Traffic, Event Horizon, Shopping, The Beach and 24 Hour Party People and executive producer (with a cameo role) in the seminal It’s All Gone Pete Tong.

Recent work includes the music and score for Beyond The Rave for Hammer Films and supervision and score for the award winning Harry Brown which starred Sir Michael Caine.

More projects are currently in the pipeline.

It’s all gone rather well

At the heart of all of this, is Pete’s ability to push and nurture new talent. From Guti and Benoit to Maya Jane Coles and Deniz Kurtzel – there are few electronic artists who haven’t had the Pete Tong Push ™. “That’s a big remit of my Radio 1 show,” smiles Pete. “But I don’t turn water into wine - all I ever saw myself doing was fanning the flames of something that I thought was inevitable. I’d like to think that by backing the special ones that I can help it happen for these artists… a little bit quicker” It’s been a long, tumultuous ride for Pete. “I left school at the end of the 1970s and always wanted to be a DJ,” he starts, “To make a name for yourself back then you had to have the coolest and rarest records – if you managed to get hold of the hottest tune in the record shop, it could be months before any other DJ managed to track down a copy; your status and ability to call a tune in the underground record stores was very important, it’s hard to conceive that today with the instant access available online”.

Pete’s radio shows are revered around the world. Now the proud host of the 9pm-11pm Friday night slot on BBC Radio 1 - ‘The Pete Tong Show’ (or Essential Selection as it is still tagged internationally) regularly attracts over 2 million listeners via a combination of live feed and ‘listen again’ courtesy of BBC iPlayer and international syndication. On 8 April 2011, Pete celebrated two decades at the

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Get your tickets now!!! Saturday 28th April, 2200 until 0200 Fusion Nightclub are proud to present for the first time in Guernsey and for one night only, DJ Pete Tong will be DJing LIVE in Fusion Nightclub in Guernsey. You can find out more information about Pete Tong at: www.petetong.com or www. facebook.com/petetong This will surely be another sell-out event so it is vital you get your tickets in advance from www.fusion.gg prices at just £25.

“Fusion is so proud to be bringing a dance legend to Guernsey.

This is the first time Pete Tong has performed here and we could not be more excited. Pete is so well known for his Friday night slots on Radio 1 and his sets in Pacha nightclub in Ibiza. He’s worked with some amazing artists and, when he comes to Guernsey, he would have just returned from sets in Miami and LA. “He’s THE DJ for the dance music scene; still discovering new talent and playing banging tunes after more than 20 years in the business. I am sure the local crowd will welcome him with open arms and show him just how we party at Fusion! Guernsey club goers have always supported Fusion’s efforts to bring over true headline acts from the UK and Pete Tong is just that.”

Adam Burroughs

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GUERNSEY FESTIVAL UPDATE

The amazing Macy Gray to play Guernsey Festival

Having toured with Mumford & Sons, Charles’s unique folk sounding pop music, in addition to his unique Victorian like attire makes him an extremely compelling artist and a real crowd pleaser and an act not to be missed.

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ue to its huge success in 2011, the Guernsey festival is back in June with hopes of exceeding the crowd’s expectations and being even bigger and better than last year!

Elsewhere in the festival grounds, the Other Stage will see legendary 2-Tone

Festival organizer Paul Stephan talks of the anticipation for this year’s Guernsey Festival, “We are hugely excited about the strength of the line-up this year and feel we are really building on the success of last year’s event”.

An exciting new element of this year’s festival is its partnership deal with Radio one’s Live and Unsigned, a competition which attracts over 10,000 undiscovered musicians from across the UK to compete for the opportunity to perform at some of the year’s most exciting festivals.

Organizer Jon Stephan said he thinks “This is a great opportunity to add another unique aspect to this year’s scheduling and we’re looking forward to welcoming one of the grand finalists to the Guernsey Festival”.

The Guernsey Festival team will continue to make announcements until the end of May. Buy your tickets now!

Tickets are available online and from Joy, YAKWAX, Kendall Guitars and The Island Bowl in Guernsey as well as White Label Records in Jersey.

The festival, which began last year has named Grammy Awardwinning soul singer Macy Gray as one of the headliners to wow Guernsey crowds this summer.

American soul sister Gray will also be joined by two more headliners as well as acts which will continue to be announced until May. Gray’s sixth album “covered” released on the 26th March shows off Macy’s unique and soulful sound through a collection of covered songs by artists such as Radio Head and Metallica.

Group discounts are now also on offer until 30 April. You can get a 10% discount by buying tickets of ten or more.

Weekend Ticket Prices: Children - £25; junior - £65; adult - £85; VIP £185. Additional camping passes will cost £25.

Festival organiser Paul Stephen said: “Macy Gray is quite a coup and we’re over the moon to have her confirmed to be one of the three big headliners. We are hugely excited about the strength of the line-up this year and feel we are really building on the success of last year’s event. Many people don’t realise the level of work that needs to go into booking artists and we will be announcing other performers in the near future.”

Set to join Macy is up and coming London born singer songwriter King Charles.

Day Ticket Prices: Children - £15; junior - £40; adult - £55; VIP £110. ska revival band, The Selecter, alongside Nottingham power trio, Little Barrie (whose members include Primal Scream guitarist Barrie Cadogan) and the bizarre electro-swing outfit Kitten and the Hip. The Dance Stage will feature a live set from Dutch music production duo Mason, two times UK DMC Champion JFB and Sir Spyro, the official DJ for UK Grime artist Tinchy Stryder.

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Saturday nights Saturday 7th - Infectious Rhythm with Si Gasston (Jsy) Saturday 14th - Disco Schmisco with Pat & Oli Saturday 21st - DJ76 (His last set for 800 days!)

Saturday 28th - Manzur’s Townhouse return!

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SONS OF THE DESERT

Sons of the desert at the Fermain Tavern

A sell-out night of ska music on St. Patrick’s day, pics thanks to Tall Pictures.

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Fade to grey at the Fermain Tavern

Fade to grey sell out the Tav again, for those that were lucky enough to get tickets it can only be described as an 80’s electronic extravaganza.

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