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Guernsey’s Style Magazine | no. 17 | May 2013 | the

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elcome back dear readers to a very special edition of your favourite local magazine: the LIBERATION edition. It’s that time of year again, and Liberation day approaches. So, what better way to salute our finally sundrenched spring than with a celebration of perhaps THE most important local holiday we have: Liberation day!

Here at Gallery we love a good time. And we know our readership does too. We like to celebrate our freedom and have fun. So you could say that the Liberation edition was inevitable. As usual, inside you’ll find an intoxicating mix of Island specific topics, such as an 8 page special ‘what’s on’ for Liberation day, an interview with the men who fund the Underground Hospital and La Valette underground war museum, a look at artist Eric Snell and the Liberation monument, a ‘for and against’ piece on the recently departed Maggie Thatcher, and Liberation Ale recipes.

Among lots more.

It’s easy for the young amongst us to equate Liberation days with boozy excess and the thrill of an unavoidable fight at the fair. When I was a teenager, we rocked up in the morning and just sat on the road with crate upon crate of beer before vomiting at said fair, getting into a fight, and then moshing to the live bands.

But, of course, there’s far more to Liberation day than wanton excess.

We’re lucky enough to still have a few residents on the island who remember the German occupation - who, bravely and stoically, kept Guernsey’s culture alive. My great uncle Irwin (God rest his soul) told me on many occasions how a German soldier rammed a gun into his stomach and threatened to pull the trigger unless he let them into his house. He couldn’t, because he and my great aunty Madsy were involved with the underground press at the time. That story made a big impact on me as a kid, and I continue to carry a great respect for all the islanders that persevered through those dark years and passed on all their knowledge and experience to us. And for the extraordinary bravery it took to retain the culture and morals that Nazism jarred with on these shores.

So, liberate your minds by having a peak within this enchanting edition, perhaps our best yet, of Gallery magazine.

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CONTENTS

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HIGHLIGHTS

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La Valette Underground Museum

69 Carpets

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89 Local DJ’s

Shambles Rambles Pool

Liberation Fashion

CONTENTS Edito ............................................................................01 Highlights................................................................02 Contributors ...........................................................04 Event Listings ........................................................05 News in Numbers................................................07 Events... ........................................................ 08 Golden Wedding Anniversary ....................09 14 Days of Love Presentation .......................10 Stanley Gibbons...................................................11

Upfront .....................................................12

Liberation Freedom to wear..........................13 Hello God, It’s me -Louis ................................15 Festung Guernsey ...............................................17 POTM .........................................................................19

Give.... .......................................................20 British Red Cross Guernsey..........................21 Sir Isaac Brock.......................................................22 Scarecrow Festival ..............................................23 GSPCA .......................................................................25

Culture ..................................................... 26 Film Review ............................................................27 Book Corner............................................................28 Lek Loves Lino ......................................................29 Liberation Monument ......................................31 La Valette Underground Museum ............33 German Underground Hospital .................35 BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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Alessandro D’Aleo ..............................................37 Guernsey Arts Commission .........................39 The Iron Lady ........................................................41 My Name is .............................................................42 Scarecrow Festival ..............................................43

Travel ....................................................... 44 Flying the Flag in Finland .............................45

Fashion.....................................................48

Liberation Fashion............................................. 49 Style Stalker.. ..........................................................57

Beauty ...................................................... 58 Beauty News ...........................................................59 Tinnitus .....................................................................61 3 Levels of Beauty................................................62

Organising Liberation Day ...........................76 Business News ......................................................77 Odey Wealth...........................................................79

Sport ......................................................... 80 Shambles Rambles .............................................81

Hardware ................................................84 Handset Review....................................................85

Music ........................................................86

Internet Freedom Destroying Music? ....87 Local Guernsey DJ’s ..........................................89 Mt. Wolf .....................................................................92 Nightlife ....................................................................93 Boardom....................................................................96

Appetite ................................................... ....

Liberation Ale Recipes.....................................63 Passionfruit New Flavour ...............................64 A Rosé by any Other Name ..........................65

Home ........................................................ 66 25 Square Miles ....................................................67 Carpet Feature .......................................................69

Business ...................................................72 Business on the Sofa .........................................75

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EVENTS

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The Alvin Stardust of 70’s hits such as My Coo Ca Choo will be appearing live at The Doghouse so dust off those leather trousers and get your tickets in advance! Expect his rock and roll classics, jazz and swing standards, seventies anthems and music that has influenced him throughout his five decade career. A French style buffet will be served between 6pm and 8pm. Admission by ticket only.

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NEWS IN NUMBERS

NEWS IN NUMBERS 1

The only food coming into the island was the Red Cross parcels and otherwise food was scarse.

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More than 30 people died on a German bombing run of St Peter Port.

4 Alderney had four concentration camps built on the island.

1/2 Almost half of Guernsey’s population were evacuated.

5 On V.E day the German authorities in Guernsey allowed locals to fly their own flags for the first time in five years.

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14 DAYS OF LOVE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS - AVANT-GARDEN Winners spanned all business sectors as local companies had the opportunity to compete in their category nationally with Guernsey achieving nine first place winners including Most Loved Gift & Furniture shop - Avant Garden, Dance Classes - Debbie Duport Dancing, Balloon Specialists - Bonboniera, Patisserie - Boulangerie Victor Hugo, Loan Company - Close Finance, CCTV Specialist - Vision Networks, Lingerie - Body & Sole, Healthcare Services - Queens Road Medical Practice, Valeting Services - Pro Clean Mobile Valeting.

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by Stanley Gibbons Investment Director, Keith Heddle. The presentation was followed by a raffle offering a framed Penny Black and a bottle of champagne kindly donated by the hotel, which were won by Mr Harvey and Paul Matthews. As a reminder about all they had heard during the evening guests were presented with an extra-large Stanley Gibbons gold chocolate coin on their departure!

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UPFRONT

LIBERATION

LIBERATION The freedom to wear long shorts in French piscines!

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THE WORD “LIBERATION” HAS MANY CONNOTATIONS, AND HOLDS DIFFERENT MEANINGS TO DIFFERENT FOLK. IF YOU SAY THE WORD, IT CONJURES UP FREEDOM FROM BEING UNDER THE JACKBOOT FOR THE OLDER FOLK, AND FOR THE YOUNGER – IT IS MORE TO DO WITH A FAIR ON NORTH BEACH AND FIREWORKS AFTER TEN. OUR ISLAND LIBERATION IS STILL QUITE RIGHTLY CELEBRATED EVERY MAY 9TH. FROM MY RATHER SHALLOW PERSPECTIVE HOWEVER, NOT BEING QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON HERE DURING WORLD WAR II, LIBERATION IS MORE ABOUT A FREEING UP OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, IN WHATEVER FORM THIS MIGHT TAKE. Take men’s shorts for example. These days – you have the personal freedom to wear your leg coverings in whatever environment takes your fancy. The old school long-legged shorts, so beloved by enthusiastic hikers and boy scouts alike, have somehow morphed into boardshorts – where the long has now become acceptable. You may swim in these to your heart’s content – just so long as it is not in a Parisian Piscine. They do not like men’s shorts there. Something to do with Health and Safety – French style, I believe. Apparently this sort of mens attire is not hygienic and poses the risk of drowning as the deep pockets fill with water. (It does make me wonder, on the hygienic front however, if representatives from the French Public Pools Division have ever been swimming at Beau Sejour shortly after the Tods and Mums sessions? I am only joshing. Most of the mums are trained correctly…..!). To cut a long story short, (short?!?!) having paid a king’s ransom for a party of five of us to go swimming in a French public swimming pool some years ago, my husband was bellowed at, first in French, and then in bad English, through a megaphone, by a young squirt in a hi-vis tshirt and speedos. “You cannot come in ‘ere like zat” he informed him, pointing out the error of his ways, in the form of a pair of multi-coloured shorts which had become an old friend to my husband. Quite a bit of arguing the toss this way and that, the jobsworth then proceeded to produce a pair of the smallest budgie smugglers you will ever catch sight of in a public forum and suggested that my husband put them on. We collectively sneered at the man; gathered our dignity together along with our clothing and left. How dare the French try to tell us, the Great British Public, how to dress? Do they not understand our love of TOWIE? Do they not comprehend our need to wear leggings – even in Summer (which unfortunately suit nobody. Those of us who are

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big girls end up with legs looking like badly stuffed sausages, and those of you who are slim, end up with a bottom half rivalling some chocolate Matchmakers?) Have these people ever attended a good old fashioned Guernsey Wedding with some truly atrocious short frocks and ill-assorted fascinators on show? Having said all that, of course I would fight to the bitter end to allow someone their freedom to wear what they like, where and when they like!

Do you think that perhaps our personal liberation from conformity has gone too far? One hears about ladettes throwing up at the side of the road and behaving like their male counterparts and certainly having watched some programmes of young Brits abroad makes me fear for our youth. I have never considered myself any less than a man, either at work or outside – but even I would draw the line at this sort of behaviour. I think that we have shot ourselves in the foot somewhat. Can we not all be the same, equal but still maintain a ladylike demeanour? Perhaps they should instigate a series of lessons at secondary schools showing the girls an alternative lifestyle, with aspirations to be something more than a WAG, actually more like a lady. I suppose this would go against everything the women’s libbers fought against all those years ago, but I still feel you can have both – freedom from oppression and still not be a bit slack. Some of the more prestigious universities hold freshers weeks which leave me wondering where the girls left their morals! But then, personal freedom is just that, personal, just so long as we are able to pick up the pieces and take responsibility for our actions.

So may you enjoy whatever personal liberation and help celebrate with the wider community at this year’s Liberation Day spectacle.

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HELLO GOD, IT'S ME - LOUIS

Hello God, its me - Louis.

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ouis stared blankly at the computer screen. It was the result of his first google search, inspired by his grandson’s nonstop wittering about computer games. Luke liked ‘sandbox’ games – open world simulations. Grand Theft Auto, Skyrim, Infamous – Louis knew them all by name. In an effort to understand the obsession, he’d finally unpacked and set up his computer (an unasked for Christmas present from his daughter) and, a mere three days of perplexed computational assemblage later, typed ‘computer world simulations’ into the google.

This was what he found: "We can already create simulations of small universes. If it is possible to create an identical simulation of a universe the size of our own, we will eventually do it. Since we are probably not alone in this vast, unknowable universe, it's likely already been done. If so, it's probably being done all the time. If so, again, the number of simulations would necessarily be vastly bigger than the one true universe from which they all originate. Therefore, statistically we probably live in one of the simulations."

A single, dis-enchanted tear rolled down Louis’ cheek. This changed everything.

For sixty-three years, Louis had been a member of St Stephen’s church, but Louis had never considered whether God existed, as such. He was raised to think he did, and church had become a social and familial part of Louis’ life over the years. He had never thought about the theological or philosophical aspects of religion.

Until now.

He lived in a computer simulation. Someone had to have programmed the simulation. Some spotty little be-spectacled bastard tapping away on a keyboard in his mother’s basement wondering what real life boobs felt like. Clearly, this was what religion had been calling ‘God’ all this time.

“Bugger.” Louis whispered, aghast at the existential enormity of his situation.

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He didn’t trust computers or the people who used them. This did not bode well for Louis’ relationship with his newly discovered maker.

That little bugger had programmed Hitler. He’d programmed cancer, aids, and hemorrhoids. Every starving mouth, every violent death, every awkward moment, and every disappointment – the blame for all of it fell squarely at the feet of whatever alien nerd had dreamt up this twisted universe.

Louis gulped down a nervous thought – what if all this thinking was being stored in a hardened drive? He wished he’d never said bugger.

Then he thought about all of the other things he’d said, done, and thought when no one was around to check on him.

Louis turned a pale shade of green.

*** Louis decided to walk down to the Farmer’s Arms and have a refreshing pint of bitter.

Of course, it wasn’t real bitter, he thought. But even computersimulated bitter would do, given that Louis strongly suspected that he didn’t really exist. By the time he’d gotten to the pub he was in a bit of a muddle.

“A pint of Ravaged Ferret please, Alf.” He said.

“Alright Louis, on the tab?” The sturdily built barman replied.

“I reckon so, eh.” Louis said. Then, realising that none of this was real and he didn’t, technically, have anything to lose, he added kindly “And why not have one yourself matey.”

“Cor la!” Alf exclaimed “Come into money then, have we?”

Louis looked around nervously. The bar was empty save the two of them. If the omnipotent computer programmer had been listening, then Louis had been damned ever since he was a teenager. If not, why not share the truth?

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HELLO GOD, IT'S ME - LOUIS

“Well… see, I discovered something on the google. What’d you say if I told you this was all a computer game?”

“Well, I don’t know what I’m gonna tell them Tortevellians.” Louis said at last.

“I’d say you was talkin’ a load of old bollocks Lou.” Alf replied happily.

“Way’s I figure it, it doesn’t really matter what you say anyway.”

Alf opined “I mean, let’s say you’re wrong, and the universe exists because of just random chance, right? Then it doesn’t matter – there’s no bloney meaning to it and no one to hold you to account.

Right?” Louis pondered this for a moment.

“Well, I’m not.” Louis bristled “I read it myself. Basically, people can make little fake worlds and if they can make bigger ones then there’s probably an alien doing it and there must be loads so we probably live in one of them.”

There was an awkward and confused silence as Louis played back the sentence in his head. Somehow it had sounded more plausible when the google said it.

“So… this whole place is just in a computer?” Alf asked tentatively.

“Well, odds are.” Louis replied.

“Huh… bugger.” Said Alf.

*** In the three days since sharing his secret, things had gotten rather strange for Louis. Alf had mentioned the theory to a wondering Tortevellian who popped in for a brew and the man had been so struck with it that he decided to return to his parish and start sharing the news. One thing had lead to another, and this morning, Louis awoke to find his picture on the front of the Guernsey Press above the headline: “Retired farmer plants seeds of dissent.”

The article referred to him as a ‘cult leader’ three times, and there was a lengthy quote from the rector of St Saviours decrying him as a crank and a rabble rouser.

He’d missed seven phone calls from his daughter, and he sensed from the tone of the answer phone messages that he was wise to have missed them. Soon, he thought sadly, she would drive round to berate him in person.

What’s more, a small flock of Tortevellians had started camping outside his house. Every time he parted the curtains, an uncertain cheer went up. Although Louis had nothing against Tortevallians per se, he didn’t want to guess how his fellow natives of the Vale would respond to their continued presence. God forbid the interparish Cow-Wars of 1907 flare up again.

Louis paced nervously in his sitting room. What to do, what to do?

There was a knock on the back door. He approached cautiously and whispered “Who’s there?”

“It’s me, Alf!” Replied the barman. Louis sighed and unbolted the back door to let his friend in.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were starting a cult then, eh?” Alf asked reproachfully.

“Because I bloney well wasn’t you tit!” Louis replied “I only told you and then you’ve gone and told these bloney Tortevallians and now everybody thinks I’ve got a bloney message to share!” He paused for breath before continuing his rant “And I’ll tell you what – our Karen’s left some very shirty messages on the answer phone. Very shirty indeed.” He glowered at Alf, who had the good nature to look suitably reprimanded.

“Well, sorry about that.” He said at last. “It’s a good theory though, eh? Just felt I had to share it.” Alf got out a couple of bottles of real ale - Fingered Goat, one of Louis’ favourites, and the two men sat down for a lunch time pint.

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“And if you’re right, you’re just going to do whatever that programmer has programmed you to do, right? And all of them others will too. So, not your problem.”

“Huh. I reckon that’s nonsense.” Louis finally said.

“It’s not nonsense.” Alf replied, a hint of frustration beginning to show “If there’s a programmer, our actions HAVE to be predetermined! If everything isn’t random then, at least to some degree, existence is pre-determined. So, there!”

“How do you know, eh?” Louis asked, angered by Alf’s tone “How do you know that there isn’t some programming thing that allows for free action.”

Alf was turning redder than a Guernsey Tom. “Because. It. Doesn’t. Make. Sense! Even IF that was possible, it could only apply to bloney little things, not big things! AND it could only apply to a limited number of possible outcomes from which one had to BLONEY WELL CHOOSE! WHICH IS NOT UNCONDITIONAL FREEDOM!” “WHO BLOODY SAID UNCONDITIONAL THEN, EH?? EH???”

Without warning, the barman threw himself at the farmer and the two men stumbled through the house struggling with awkward headlocks. They broke out onto Louis’ front lawn, much to the surprise of the Tortevellian devotees, and rolled around on the grass, a mesmerising tangle of beer belly and septuagenarian flailing.

From time to time, strange insults floated up.

“You… don’t…. even… KNOW what pre-determined… means…”

“Maybe I’m… pre-determined… not… to, you bloody… son of a Jerseyman!”

As the two men scrabbled in the Guernsey sun, the sound of sirens was lost on them. The Tortevellians dispersed in terror as the police waded in to separate Louis and Alf.

*** The two men had been placed in cells next to one another, and as the hours passed their flaming row had simmered down into the burning embers of a silent fury. Eventually, that too had cooled and the silence had become amicable. And from there, had ceased to be silence.

“I’ll tell you what, Alf, all that thinking’s bloomin’ dangerous.” Louis said “When I read that philosophy stuff on the google, my spirits dropped quicker than a Jersey girl’s knick…” Alf cut him off.

“Oi! My gran was from Jersey. I reckon them Philosophers have got a lot to answer for. Fillin’ our heads with all that bloney existential dread.” Alf replied.

“Yup.” Louis agreed. Then he said “Well, I’ve had enough of it. I’m never going to bloney think again! That way all that bleeding dread will disappear once and for all!”

So he didn’t. And it did.

The end.

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estung Guernsey is an initiative instigated in 2005 by professional groups and individuals with an interest in WWII fortifications with support from various States of Guernsey Departments and private land owners. The aim is to make available to the public, visiting historic societies and academics examples of the most important fortifications built in Guernsey by the German occupying forces 1940-45. Some of the locations have been subject to extensive restoration while others will be secured in their original condition as they were when stripped soon after the end of the war.

A HISTORY OF FORTIFYING GUERNSEY By early November 1941 considerable amounts of stores and personnel had begun to arrive, and the fortification programme was soon to be underway. On 15 December 1941 Hitler issued the order for the construction of the Atlantic Wall. To oversee this, Generalmajor Schmetzer left the Channel Islands and was replaced

by Festungspionierkommadeur XIV under Oberst von Marnitz.

Elizabeth College was chosen as headquarters, shared with Festpistab 19 which had been there since the previous July. Subordinate units included - Abschnitt Gr.I/19, Abschnitt Gr.II/19, Festungsbaubtl.19, as well as rock-drilling, mining and compressor companies.

Despite the large amount of works initially planned for the island, not everything was achieved. Three of the four 15cm SK batteries

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that were requested never arrived; only Batterie Steinbruch was constructed. Of the seven proposed naval range-finding towers (Marinepeilstande), only four would be built. Likewise, of the six 8.8cm Flak batteries, only two were built to near fortress standard with the other four remaining in field emplacements.Of the many tunnels started on the island, most were left unfinished due to lack of labour and materials.

Construction work in the Channel Islands peaked in April 1943.

Italy’s withdrawal from the war in September 1943 resulted in thousands of workers being transferred from the Islands to build more fortifications on the Franco-Italian border. Nevertheless, a huge amount was achieved during 1941 to 1943.

Set back from the coast on the higher ground were three Naval Batteries, nine Army Coastal batteries (HKAR/1265) and five Army Divisional batteries (Artillery Regiment 379) with guns ranging from 10cm to 30.5cm. Observation posts were constructed inland and on the cliffs. The entire coastline was ringed with resistance nests and strong points, and 54,000 mines had been laid by the beginning of April 1944.

In addition substantial headquarters bunkers were built for the various arms of services. This was linked by a fortress telephone network running diagonally across the island from north to southwest. The cable was buried 2 metres deep, and passed through four Netzknotenpunkt (Network junction bunkers), 21 Kabelschaltstellen (Cable switching posts), and a repeater station.

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By the end of January 1944 the fortifications on the Channel Islands had consumed 484,000 (Festung Guernsey Table lists 613,000cubic metre by 1/9/44) cubic metres of concrete compared with 6,100,000 cubic metres for the rest of the Atlantic Wall. In addition, the amount of excavation work is even more interesting.

Station in the Bouet was demolished to make way for a housing estate.

The biggest losses were Naval Range-finding Tower MP 1 at Chouet, which collapsed into the quarry in 1991, and Batterie Steinbruch, which apart from a generator bunker, ammunition bunker and two surviving flak bunkers, was also destroyed by quarrying.

At the start of 1944 the construction of the Atlantic Wall had necessitated the removal of 255,000 cubic metres, while at the same time 244,000 cubic metres had been excavated in the Channel Islands. Taking into account these statistics alone, the Atlantic Wall could perhaps have been made much stronger had the effort and resources used on the Islands been utilised elsewhere.

Now more than sixty five years on, feelings have changed, and a growing interest in the occupation of the Islands has meant that there are groups dedicated to restoring the various sites. The Occupation Museum is responsible for the restoration of a 10.5cm J채ger casemate at Fort Hommet and the Naval Range-finding Tower MP 3 at Pleinmont; both are open regularly throughout the season.

After liberation, the massive clear-up operation began. British troops and German prisoners of war set about clearing the thousands of mines laid around the coast. Weapons of all calibers had to be assembled in various locations prior to being taken out to sea for dumping.

Guernsey Armouries have restored one of the 22cm emplacements of Batterie Dollmann together with trenches and ancillary bunkers.

An original 22cm barrel and replica carriage has been reinstalled.

The Occupation Society has also restored the Naval Signals Bunker at St Jacques.

Gradually most of the coastal fortifications were backfilled and landscaped over. Many field order gun-emplacements were situated on agricultural land, and these were gradually eradicated and the land returned to farming. However, only a small proportion of the structures have been demolished, mostly to make way for redevelopment.

For more information or to get in contact with Festung Guernsey please visit the website:

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Mandy Girard Breed: Human (Just) Age: 49

Likes: Family and farming, in that order.

Dislikes: English people that move to Guernsey and want to change it.

If you were an animal what would you be?: I would be a tiger because the're exotic and I like their coats. Also a tortoise because they hibernate through winter Most like to do in life?: Enjoying good food and wine. I would also like to see Golden Guernsey Goats be as famous as the Guernsey cow.

An interesting fact about you: I make and sell cheese locally at the farm, its also available in Forest Stores and the Tapenade Deli.

We also supply to a handful of local restaurants.

Arthur

Breed: Golden Guernsey Goat Age: 5 Days old Likes: Getting up to mischief, all goats do!

Dislikes: Goats dislike dogs or anything that makes them alarmed, they also hate the rain.

If you were a human what would you be?: Their massive hypochondriacs, always winging.

An interesting fact about Arthur: There are roughly 1000 Golden Guernsey Goats left in the world, we really encourage people to help us keep the breed alive.

If you would like to buy any cheese from Mandy give her a call on – 263053 she makes various cheeses including a garlic and herb soft cheese and a feta in olive oil.

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BRITISH RED CROSS GUERNSEY Gallery chatted with Jane Moorshead,British Red Cross Co-ordinator in Guernsey. We asked her to tell us a little about the Red Cross which played a major role during the occupation here in Guernsey and has continued to help both locally and worldwide.

The Red Cross played a key role during wartime in Guernsey after the occupation in 1940 by the Germans, Léonie Trouteaud, M.B.E set up the Red Cross Message Bureau in 1941.

Because the Red Cross has fundamental principles that are recognized internationally they were accepted as a neutral organisation and worked closely with the States of Guernsey and the German occupying forces.

The Red Cross Messaging Bureau was the only way you could get a message to your family who had been evacuated to Britain or in internment camps in Germany.

The SS Vega set sail from Lisbon in Portugal on 20th December 1944, organised by the Red Cross and bought relief for the people of Guernsey from starvation towards the end of the German occupation, with all sorts of goodies including food parcels, soap, salt, medical items including surgical items, cigarettes (believe it or not) and children’s clothes. One food parcel was distributed each month to every man woman and child. It didn’t get there in time for Christmas which is what was hoped but arrived safely on the 27th December 1944.

Every child during the war will remember with great fondness the food parcels from the Red Cross. Towards the end of the occupation things were getting very desperate, the Germans had eaten all the horses and crops were very low so the parcels were very welcome to locals.

The parcels were unloaded by the Germans into St George’s Hall and the Germans honored the fact they were for the Guernsey people and did not take any for themselves. Six visits were made from the SS Vega bringing goods to help the locals and was chartered by the International Red Cross during the war and under the Swedish flag.

We have many youth and school projects and the children love to make models of the SS Vega and the iconic red cross parcels.

The parcels have continued to this day when they are given out at Christmas to the needy. The medical officer of Health in Guernsey has estimated there are 10,000 people who are vulnerable or in crisis on our island, this doesn’t necessarily mean they are poor, it may mean they are going through a particularly tough time.

“We have a stall on the Albert Pier on the 9th May which amongst other things will sell Liberation memorabilia, toys at 50p each for the children.” Said Jane.

The Red Cross helps out in many ways, our motto is SAVING LIVES, CHANGING LIVES and we often launch appeals to help those affected by disasters.

Our administration costs are very low as we want the money to go direct to help those in need. On 11th May we will hold a Flag Day to raise funds for Red Cross Week.

You would be amazed at what the Red Cross does around the world as an emergency response organisation. Our website redcross.org. uk has a lot of information including useful apps you can download.

Currently our main appeal is Syria and we are encouraging people to shop and drop for Syria, if they drop something off and want to help Syria directly then please mark the bag with a label (we have labels instore) and then this money will go direct to Syria.

Left to right. Tina Grimwood - Shop Manager. Maren Shrigley - Assistant Shop Manager. Jane Moorshead - Co-ordinator

Last Christmas we also gave out Red Cross first aid booklets and first aid kits to families, purchased by the Healthcare Pharmacy and a volunteer Noi Monachan..

In order to do this each year we hold a summer fete at Government House - this year it’s on the 20th July, we have entertainment stalls and teas.

We are the only charity allowed to hold such an event at Government House which is an exclusive location usually closed to the public, it is always a very popular event with the public and volunteers.

We are always looking for people to help raise funds, for the work of the Red Cross world-wide. If you have an idea please come and speak to us.

So if anyone wants to get involved with any of our events please contact Jane Moorshead on: jmoorshead@redcross.org.uk or Tel: 07781 110804 Office: 721196 Shop: 723088.

The shop is in a large house which is owned by the Red Cross and was given as a legacy.

We have a very successful retail store open Mon - Sat 9 - 4pm where we sell all kinds of goods, books, cd’s, clothing etc which can be dropped off at the shop Monday to Friday between 9am to 4pm, we have a large car park at the rear.

Everything gets sorted out, clothes get washed, steamed and repaired if necessary and we also received money for goods we recycle. We pride ourselves with being the top Red Cross shop in the British Isles All of the money raised for the shop goes to the work of The international Red Cross Money raised to date?

In the shop £115,000 between 1st January and 22nd April excluding donations, appeals and legacies.

How many staff are involved?

6 - including only one full time staff member, our new shop manager who started this week.

Most expensive item sold?

Dandy comic books went to auction and sold for £800.00. Chocolate pots for £300 and a French doll for £500.00 Any interesting items found in pockets?

False leg, false teeth, jewellery and money (often found in handbag pockets after purchase and returned by honest customers Gallery thinks the Red Cross is a very worthwhile organisation who has helped the people of Guernsey for many years, so pop into the shop and buy something or take down some unwanted clothes or items, it will not only help people in Guernsey but worldwide.

The modern day Red Cross parcels contain grocery vouchers as well as seasonal gifts.

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SIR ISAAC BROCK Guernseyman, British Army officer and Canadian war hero words | Carolyn Patricia Grisold

In the early 19th century, the only European (non-native) territories were the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, part of what is now Ontario, Quebec and Labrador. Established in 1791 by the United Kingdom to accommodate Loyalist refugees after the American Revolution and to govern what was then British North America, these two provinces would later be amalgamated, in 1841. At the time of the War of 1812, Upper Canada was mainly English and Lower Canada mainly French, due to containing the former colony of New France, which was ceded to the U.K. after the Seven Years’ War. There were approximately 400,000 people living in the two provinces combined, with the majority in Lower Canada. Under constant threat of invasion by the Americans, the capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) to York (now Toronto), as its position away from the Niagara River was deemed safer.

Nine years after his arrival, Brock was made Major General in command of all troops in Upper Canada. And, after then Lieutenant-Governor Francis Gore returned to England, Brock became head of the province’s civil government as well.

With tensions rising over American sovereignty rights violations and trade restrictions by the British, as well as America’s desire to conquer The Canadas, Brock prepared for war.

IN 1812, AS THE NAPOLEONIC WARS RAGED EUROPE, AMERICANS INVADED CANADA. NOT YET A FORMAL NATION, ITS IDENTITY WAS BURGEONING, ITS LAND WILD AND ITS POSITION AS A MIDDLE-GROUND BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, TURBULENT. The War of 1812 would be the third and last time the U.S. invaded its northern neighbour, and despite massive human losses (and a disputed ending if you ask an American), the British-Canadians came out victorious, thanks to men like Sir Isaac Brock.

Born in St. Peter Port on 6 October 1769, Brock was the eighth son of John Brock, descendent of an established English family who lived on the island since the 1500s, and his wife Elizabeth de Lisle, daughter of the Lieutenant-Bailiff of Guernsey.

A curious and well-read young man, Brock joined the British Army when he was 15, reaching the rank of lieutenant five years later.

Through luck and skill, he rose quickly up the ranks from there, with posts in the Caribbean, Jersey, the Netherlands and Denmark – where he celebrated victory at the Battle of Copenhagen with Lord Nelson.

In 1802, as commanding officer of the 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot, Brock and his men were sent to Canada.

Needless to say, he was not amused.

With Napoleon wreaking havoc across Europe, Brock felt left out of the action and worried that his new post would not lead to promotion. He also had to face the desertion of many soldiers who fled the British-ruled native land to the recently-independent United States of America.

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His first military success took place in Michigan, thanks to forethought and negotiating First Nation allies. Fearing a massacre after a surprise attack on Fort Mackinac in July that found the Americans grossly outnumbered, American Lieutenant Porter Hanks surrendered to the British troops. With the further support of iconic Aboriginal folk hero Tecumseh, Brock played on Fort Detroit leader General William Hull’s fear of natives and, although this time his men were the ones outnumbered, through cunning military prowess Brock swiftly obtained Hull’s surrender.

However, on 13 October, American troops led by General Stephen Van Rensselaer and Captain John Wool crossed the Niagara River into Upper Canada and invaded Queenston Heights. Intended to be the second in a four-city attack (the siege of Detroit thwarting the first; the others, aimed at Kingston and Montreal, not even launched), the Battle at Queenston Heights would be Brock’s last.

Shot down by an unknown American soldier, striking him in the chest, he was killed almost instantly.

Despite this quick exit, Brock’s vigour, leadership and valour inspired his men to victory. It’s said that his last word to his men was “Surgite,” Latin for push on.

He is interred, along with his aide-de-camp Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonell, in the base of Brock’s Monument atop the Queenston Heights battlefield where both men fell. Constructed between 1853 and 1856, the monument is the second on the site after the first was bombed by an Irish-Canadian republican terrorist in 1840.

Although his monument does not garner the same attention as those of other notable War of 1812 heroes, falling into disrepair until 2008 when an extensive restoration began, Sir Isaac Brock continues to be celebrated alongside Canadian history icons like Tecumseh, Charles de Salaberry and Laura Secord. Made a Knight of the Order of Bath after his victory in Detroit, he died before hearing of the appointment.

Today his legacy lives on as namesake of nearby Brock University, opened in 1964. Surgite is its motto.

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SKYDIVE Sponsorship words | John-Ross Hainey AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND LOTS OF THOUGHT (OBVIOUSLY NOT) IVE DECIDED TO JUMP OUT OF A PLANE FOR CHARITY, ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE SO THERES NO TURNING BACK NOW. The Charity I’m supporting is Maison Saint Pierre (Shelter and Support for homeless women and their children) The target we have set is £500 and the jump date will be between the 24th and 26th of August 2013.

Not only will you be giving a donation to a great charity but you can also be in with a chance of getting something back from us to say thank you.

Donate £10 and be in with a chance of WINNING this gorgeous Landscape image on one of our brand new 24”x36” Canvas Gallery Wraps worth over £140.

Maison Saint Pierre is a local housing charity, founded in 1991 in order to provide accommodation to homeless women and their children. The charity has ten rooms available, each with its own en-suite bathroom. There are shared cooking facilities, a dining area, playroom and lounge, plus a large garden.

The house is nearly always full; there is often a demand for available rooms and sometimes there is a waiting list.

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Residents are often referred to Maison Saint Pierre by other agencies. Accommodation is needed for a variety of reasons, however around one quarter of the residents are there as a result of domestic abuse. Most women stay for between six to twelve months, often moving on into social housing.

The main aims are: • To provide safe and comfortable short to medium-term accommodation for homeless women and their children.

• To offer support and advice to enable residents to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. This includes, parenting skills, home management and budgeting.

With this in mind anyone wanting to make donation can do so from the website @ www.johnrossphotography.co.uk or visit www. justgiving.com/JRPhotography If you would like to make the donation via a different method please contact me on 07911725554 or drop me a e-mail john@ johnrossphotography.co.uk you can also find us on Facebook by JRPhotographyGSY to keep up to date on our donations just give us the thumbs up and remember you are already helping us just by sharing page.

Id like to thank you all in advance as I know the target can be hit, Guernsey has some of the best givers in the world and I know we can do it even in the hardest of times.

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GET READY FOR FOSTERING FUN DAY GUERNSEY STROKE ASSOCIATION RECEIVE NEW MINIBUS FOR STROKE PATIENTS THE GUERNSEY STROKE ASSOCIATION (GSA) IS DELIGHTED TO HAVE TAKEN DELIVERY OF A NEW MINIBUS WHICH WAS PURCHASED THANKS TO THE KIND DONATIONS AND TIRELESS FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF ITS SPONSORS. The new state-of-the-art bus, which is equipped to accommodate stroke patients of all abilities, will help to provide a vital lifeline for stroke patients throughout the island.

Anne Smith, President of the GSA said that it would not have been possible to purchase a new bus without the fundraising efforts and generosity of its sponsors which included Guernsey Post, Mourant Ozannes and a great number of dedicated Guernsey residents and local businesses.

“We were in desperate need of upgrading our bus but we simply didn’t have the funds to do so.

Fortunately thanks to our kind sponsors, word started to spread amongst islanders. I am quite overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity. Without our bus, many of our patients would simply never leave the house – it provides vital support to both stroke patients and their families. “ Guernsey Postmen Paul Wakeham and Steve O’Connor sponsored by Guernsey Post’s Supporting Together charity initiative, heard of the GSA’s plight and undertook a challenge to ride 2012 miles (each) in order to raise both money and awareness for the charity. Together they raised a fantastic £7,481 towards the purchasing of the mini bus.

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received was terrific. We also wanted to increase the community’s awareness of the invaluable service this local charity offers its patients and so we distributed collection boxes across the island” said Postman of Higher Grade, Paul Wakeham.

Guernsey resident Kevin Boscher recently celebrated a special birthday and he and his wife Cathy, kindly requested that their guests made a donation to the GSA instead of buying gifts. The couple were delighted with the generosity of the donations from their family and friends which raised £4,121 for the charity!

Even the icy waters of the English Channel didn’t put off a seven strong team from Mourant Ozannes from achieving their goal; they raised a brilliant £3,693, embarking on a relay swim from Guernsey to Jersey.

Mark Torode at Mourant Ozannes said “The swim was exhausting but very rewarding, knowing that we were contributing to the welfare of Guernsey Stroke patients, made it all worthwhile.”

Local Author Tina Guilbert very generously donated all of the proceeds from the first issue of her four books, Guern le Chancres Amazing Journey - magical children’s stories about a local crab and his friend the Ormer. Ms Guilbert raised over £1,000 for the GSA. “The GSA is a wonderful charity very close to my heart, I am so pleased that I was able to contribute towards this superb new bus which will help so many islanders” said Ms Guilbert.

Thanks also go to Andy Bodsworth who, supported by his employer HSBC, raised almost £1,000 running the Guernsey Marathon and to Waitrose for its very kind contribution.

The GSA would also like to mention the legacy that was left to the charity by Mr Don Edwards who was a long standing member of the GSA. He attended the charity for many years – long after his recovery from a stroke.

“He would have been extremely proud of the new mini-bus” said Mrs Anne Smith.

THE FAMILY PLACEMENT SERVICE’S BIG FOSTERING FUN DAY IS COMING BACK TO SWISSVILLE AFTER A BREAK OF FIVE YEARS This family focused summer fair, last held in 2008, takes place on Sunday 19 May in the gardens of Swissville and will be a fun packed afternoon of entertainment with lots of activities for children.

Helping to run the event is the Guernsey Foster Care and Adoption Association and any donations made on the day will go towards this charity.

The Ana Leaf Foundation, who funded the high profile Guernsey campaign to recruit more Foster Carers in 2011, has also provided funding for this Fun Day. The Fun Day will be officially opened by Deputy Michelle Le Clerc, who fostered teenage children for many years and found the experience very rewarding.

“I still have contact from some of my placements and now they are older they tell me how much they appreciated the home I gave to them,” said Deputy Le Clerc.

“There is a real need for foster carers on the island.

I would encourage all those who feel they can give some time to come along to the Fun Day and find out more about fostering, or just come along to give us a chance to say thank you to those who already give our Guernsey children a home.”

During the afternoon, visitors will be able to indulge in some delicious barbecue food and cakes, a variety of games, face painting, balloon model making, bouncy castles and slides, music, as well as a visit from the Fire Service and the Guernsey Cheerleaders.

The Fun Day falls within National Foster Care Fortnight (Monday 13 to Sunday 26 May 2013) and is an opportunity for the Guernsey Foster Care and Adoption team to raise awareness about the need for foster carers as well as an opportunity to say a big thank you to existing carers.

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LOOKING FOR THE ‘PAWFECT’ HOME GSPCA AND GALLERY MAGAZINE HAVE TEAMED UP TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE ADORABLE ANIMALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR HOMES HERE IN GUERNSEY. EVERY MONTH WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU 8 PROFILES OF ANIMALS THAT TOUCHED OUR HEARTS WHEN GALLERY WENT ON OUR MONTHLY VISIT. If you are interested in any of the featured animals and think you could offer them a safe and loving environment within your home please get in contact with the GSPCA on 01481 257261 to arrange a visitation. The team at Gallery Towers would love to know how successful our collaboration with the GSPCA is and which little blighters we have helped to re-home so please, please quote “Gallery” when phoning the shelter. If you are successful in your animal adoption please email us at info@gallery.gg with a pic and we will run a feature ;)

Name: Flanigan Animal: Rabbit Bio: Flanigan is a gorgeous friendly rabbit that would love to hop into a new home.

Flanigan

Name: Denzil Animal: Male Budgie Bio: Denzil and Poppy are male and female budgies needing a new home. They are very chatty and would love to live in an aviary.

Name: Lamar Animal: Male Cat Bio: Lamar is a male cat and is the longest stay feline at the GSPCA in need of a home. He likes his own space and has an independent nature.

Lamar

Name: Poppy Animal: Female Budgie Bio: Denzil and Poppy are male and female budgies needing a new home. They are very chatty and would love to live in an aviary.

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Name: Laurel Animal: Cockerels Bio: Laurel and Hardy are two cockerels in need of a home.

They came in as chicks and have grown up into stunning young men.

Name: Victor Animal: Male Ferret Bio: Sherlock and Victor are two male ferrets that are the best of friends and would love a home together.

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FILM REVIEW

FILM REVIEW UP&COMING words | Jonathon Holloway

12A Dir. J.J Abrams.

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg & Benedict Cumberbatch.

Dir. Joseph Kosinski. Starring: Tom Cruise & Morgan Freeman.

Director J.J Abrams returns for the sequel to the 2009 hit revival simply titled ‘Star Trek’, along with many of the cast. The U.S.S Enterprise returns to Earth after a force of terror has left Starfleet and the Earth itself in chaos. Captain Kirk and the Enterprise lead the deadly manhunt on a war-zone world in the far regions of space to capture the one-man weapon of mass destruction. Your humble reviewer was lucky enough to see 10 minutes of IMAX footage ahead of ‘The Hobbit’ in December and it didn’t disappoint, expect it to be one of the films of the summer.

Epic

TBC Dir. Chris Wedge.

Starring: Colin Farrell, Amanda Seyfried & Christoph Waltz.

The new animated outing from 20th Century Fox, who have produced the likes of ‘Ice Age’ & ‘Rio’, tells the fantastical story of a young teenage girl, Mary, who is transported into a secret world. In her search for her missing father, Mary is shrunken down to minute scale, and encounters a mystical race of tiny creatures that dwell in the forest. Locked in a battle of good vs. evil, Mary must rescue her father and help the forest creatures save their mythical home.

Schindler’s List

Life is Beautiful

Based upon the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist and war-profiteer ,who saved the lives of over a thousand Polish-Jews by employing them in his factories producing army supplies and ammunition. At the beginning of a film Oskar is an opportunistic and amoral member of the Nazi Party whose primary motivation is profit, initially only taking on Jewish workers for economic reasons. After he saves his Jewish partner from being sent to a concentration camp, he becomes enamoured by the plight of his Jewish workers and strives to save as many as can. Steven Spielberg’s multi-Oscar winning drama won a total of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

An Italian language film, titled La vita è bella in its native language, set in Italy during World War Two. The film tells the story of an Italian Jew named Guido who is taken along with his son to a Nazi concentration camp. To protect his son from the horrors and atrocities in the camp, Guido creates an imaginitive and whimsical story that they are actually in a complicated game where his son must hide from guards and stay quiet to earn points so they can win a tank. Based upon the director and leading actor Robert Benigni’s father’s own experiences in a concentration camp, this film won three Oscars including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor for Benigni.

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Director of the month

Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg is arguably the most famous film director in the world, legendary and iconic; he and his films have been household names for over forty years. In keeping with this month’s theme of ‘Liberation’, one of Spielberg’s most recurring themes is that of liberty and freedom. This may have been sowed into him at an early age, being born and raised in an Orthodox Jewish family, with his father being particularly devout. His Jewish heritage would have no doubt influenced this aspect, but Spielberg has also gone on record to state that in his early life he also suffered AntiSemitism from the “W.A.S.P” community he was brought up in. Even in his youth, when Spielberg made amateur films on his father’s Super8 camera, he often made films about World War Two, inspired by the war stories that his father, a World War Two veteran, would tell him. Spielberg began his professional career directing made-for-television movies of varying genres before he launched himself into the mainstream with ‘Jaws’ in 1975, at the time being the highest grossing film of all time, and into the critical elite with his follow up ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’.

Spielberg continued his fascination with World War Two and this theme of liberty in his later career, making critically acclaimed war films such as ‘Schindler’s List’ (1993) and ‘Saving Private Ryan’ (1998). Both explore the theme of liberty against the backdrop of Nazi Europe, ‘Schindler’s List’ with the story of Oskar Schindler saving Jewish workers, and ‘Saving Private Ryan’ by following a U.S Army mission during the liberation of France after the Normandy landings. While his work on World War Two draws the easiest examples, this theme recurs in much of his other work. More blatantly in films such as “Amistad”, the story of newly captured slaves who mutiny against their captors only to be caught on U.S shores and become ensued in a legal battle for their right to live. However we can also see this theme in his more family-orientated films, for example ‘E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial’ (1982), with E.T’s efforts to “go home” while faceless government agencies hunt for study.

Even ‘Indiana Jones’ films draw simple comparisons with his adventures against occultist Nazi’s or crazed tribal cults who enslave and sacrifice. The fight for liberty & freedom, even in its simplest form is apparent throughout Spielberg’s work and remains a mainstay to this day. His latest film ‘Lincoln’ (2012) telling the story of Abraham Lincoln’s battle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment.

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1997 Dir Robert Benigni

The Great Gatsby.

12A Dir. Baz Luhrmann.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire & Carey Mulligan.

Based upon the 1925 novel of the same name, dubbed “The Great American Novel”. The film follows the story of Midwestern war veteran Nick (Maguire), who recounts his experiences with his millionaire neighbour Jay Gatsby (Dicaprio) during the height of the roaring twenties. From Australian director Baz Luhrmann, who authored such films as ‘Romeo & Juliet’ and ‘Moulin Rouge’.

The Hangover: Part III

TBC Dir. Todd Phillips.

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong & Heather Graham.

The Wolfpack returns for the third and final instalment of the ‘Hangover Trilogy’. This time there’s no bachelor party or wedding, instead the boys are ‘on the road’ after Doug gets kidnapped.

‘The Hangover’ was the breakout film of 2009, and while its sequel ‘The Hangover: Part II’ may have lost some of the originality which made the first film so popular, it was an even bigger success at the box office. Expect gross-out humour and lad comedy. Chirpin’.

The Great Escape 1963 PG Dir John Sturges

John Sturges classic world war drama stars Steve McQueen in one of his most famous and iconic roles. The film follows a group of Allied prisoners of war who plot to and escape a German POW camp, based upon the real mass escape of Nazi camp Stalag Luft III in 1944. Amazingly, while a commercial success at the time, this iconic film was only nominated for one Academy Award, which it didn’t even win. That year ‘Tom Jones’ swept the Hollywood award season (and no it’s not about the singer). Regardless, the films legacy lives to this day and the theme tune remains one of the most recognisable pieces of film music in the history of music in cinema.

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SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON….

words | Caroline Mauger

An evening with

In keeping with this month’s Liberation theme, I’ve picked some books which feature a desire to escape one’s old life and start a new adventure.

Is it ever really possible to run away from your problems, however, or do you just take them with you to your destination? Or do you simply swap them for a new set of problems?

After the Fall

by Charity Norman Martha and her family emigrate to New Zealand in search of a new life – to the dismay of her sixteen-yearold daughter Sacha, who has no desire to leave the UK. As the book starts with the McNamaras’ young son Finn being rushed to hospital in a critical condition, having fallen from a balcony, we know from the outset that their dream has turned into a nightmare. Only Martha knows the truth about what happened that night, but will she tell? Some of the descriptions are a little cloying but a good insight into family dynamics and a gripping story.

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Hardy’s classic 1891 novel tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a poor villager who seeks to change her family’s fortunes when she discovers that she may be a descendant of the noble D’Urbervilles. Tess starts out as the picture of innocence but the world conspires against her: seduced by Alec D’Urberville, her virtue is destroyed when she bears his child. She believes she has found redemption when she meets Angel Clare, but will he offer the love and forgiveness Tess hardly dares hope for? Hardy’s sympathetic, heartbreaking portrayal of a victim of a morally hypocritical society is as compelling today as it was when it was first published.

The HundredYear-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson As the celebrations for his hundredth birthday are about to begin, Allan Karlsson climbs out of the window of the old people’s home in his ‘pee slippers’ and slowly escapes. The author describes his novel as ‘an intelligent, very stupid book’ and this is apt: it’s well written, funny and engaging but totally unrealistic.

As we root for Allan and his hangers-on, despite the thefts and murders along the way, we learn about the centenarian’s incredible life: an unassuming man, he nevertheless seems to have been a behindthe-scenes participant in many of the events which shaped the twentieth century.

An endearing tale about growing old disgracefully.

Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything

by Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth lies sobbing on the bathroom floor at 3am as she admits to herself that her life – husband, house, trying for a baby – isn’t what she wants.

A bitter divorce and turbulent love affair later, her editor generously offers to pay her to go off for a year, find herself and write about it. Lucky Elizabeth! So she puts on 23lbs eating pasta in Italy (she’s quick to point out she was underweight before so actually gets more attractive), stays in an ashram in India then finds love in Bali.

Apparently this book has been passed from woman to woman as a ‘must-read’, but I didn’t like the author very much at all; I found her self-obsessed and whiney. I very much enjoyed the descriptions of the food in Italy though!

Stars from Strictly Come Dancing

12th -13th June

Join Strictly stars Pasha Kovalev and Katya Virshilas for two nights of stunning dance.

Tickets: £20.00-£28.00

Al Murray is

The pub landlord 18th of July

Broken Britain may be staringinto the bottom of an empty pint glass, but don’t lose hope The Pub Landlord is back to fill it up again, with a brand new show of epic proportions.

Tickets: £25.50

AQUARIA

29th July-3rd August Spectacular aerial acrobatics, fire juggling, feats of strength and balance, plus brilliant water ballet make the sensational Aquaria a show like no other!

Tickets: £20.50-£32.50

JANE MCDONALD 14th - 15th August

One of the nation’s favourite entertainers, famed for herTV appearances on The Cruise and ITV’s Loose Women, will present an exciting and emotionally charged evening of music and laughter.

Tickets: £30-£37

New Jersey Nights

20th - 24th August

This international smash-hit show is a spectacular celebration of the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Tickets: £30-£37

For more details & tickets call (01534) 511 115 or visit www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk Sign up to our monthly e-newsletter so you always know what’s happening at Jersey Opera House

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Alexis Snell (Lek) is from Yorkshire and studied print-making in Cardiff. She moved to London in 2011 with her second-hand printing press to seek fame and fortune as an illustrator. She’s inprired by old matchbox covers, literature, explorers and the circus.

How do you find working in London?

Working in London is great, there’s always loads going on around you, the markets are amazing round here, so in a matter of seconds you can be looking at amazing African print fabric, and some kind of a fruit you have never seen before, and stalls with the oddest looking fish you can imagine. It kind of feels like you are on holiday every time you walk down the road.

I try to go to exhibitions from time to time but I must admit I kind of treat the area I live in like a little town and rarely venture into ‘Big Town’ !

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I really miss the countryside though and always look forward to seeing a proper hill and the horizon and walking the dog somewhere where there isn’t tons of people about. Also I miss the Northern chattiness of people, that doesn’t happen so much down here and it’s taken me ages to adjust to that.

Do you work in a studio or at home?

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actress at home, which is great for when you need someone else’s eye to look at something you are working on.

in London later in the year and a small exhibition of boozy prints in a bar in Leeds which starts in May.

What projects have you been involved in lately?

I did an exhibition in Wales which finished in January and along with a load of prints, I made some playing cards based on the circus (54 lino cuts, and handmade boxes, that took ages!) I have also had some fabric printed with one of my designs on.

At the moment I’m just getting some prints together for a joint exhibition

What clients do you work for?

I’ve worked for Picador on a book cover and have also made album covers, logos and prints of houses.

I’d really like to do some beer labels, fabric design, some more book covers or even better a film poster. I just love doing what I’m doing really!

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words | Eric Snell

T H E L I B E R AT I O N M O N U M E N T

A MARRIAGE OF SCIENCE AND ART

TILL NOW YOU DREAMED NOT WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH A BIT OF ROCK, AND A RAY OF SUN.

James Russell Lowell THE CONCEPT In the summer of 1994 the States of Guernsey commissioned the design of the Liberation Monument, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Guernsey from the German occupying forces in 1945. The result is the realisation of a scientific concept firmly contained within an artistic one, and which could only have been carried out by the close cooperation of practitioners of art and science - in effect, a partnership of artist and scientist.

The artist, invited to realise this commission was Eric Snell. Born in Guernsey in 1953, he moved to London in 1973 to study Fine Art at Hornsey College of Art. By the late 1970s he had an international reputation, and over the last 20 years he has exhibited his work in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including: New York, Tokyo and Paris. His work is in many public and private collections, and he has received several prestigious International Awards, including the DAAD Berlin Artist in Residence Stipendium in 1985, and, in 1992, the Cité des Arts Internationale award in Paris. In 1986 Snell returned to Guernsey. With his studio in the heart of St Peter Port, he continues to work and show internationally.

When he accepted the Liberation Monument commission, Snell knew that it was going to be steeped in controversy. The Liberation of the Island, and in particular the idea of building a monument to commemorate the 9th of May 1945, was a very sensitive subject, as every islander had their own idea how best to commemorate this important day in the Island’s history. Three artists had been commissioned to submit proposals the previous year, and all three had been rejected by the States for different reasons. This inauspicious background to the project did not deter Snell; although he had never before worked in such a public arena, he saw the commission as both a personal and professional challenge. His parents had lived through the five years of German occupation; he was a Guernseyman, and felt that the invitation was a great honour, and that it was a challenge he had to accept.

Following the rejection of the three previous proposals, and prior to Snell’s involvement in the project, the States of Guernsey had conducted a survey in the Island. The result of that survey was, in effect, Snell’s brief. He was asked to take into consideration, and to incorporate where possible, the following:-

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• A STANDING STONE/MENHIR • LOCAL GRANITE • PUBLIC SEATING • A LINK BETWEEN 1945 AND 1995 Snell wanted to avoid using any kind of figurative element, feeling that a figurative monument was loaded with too much nostalgia. In an interview at the time Snell stated:“I want to produce a piece of public sculpture/monument that obviously deals with issues from the past, but is also concerned with issues of today and the future. Something that hopefully has the possibility of being timeless. I want to create a place with a strong presence, evoking a sense of calm; an area for contemplation. I very much like the idea of using a standing stone. As a student I wrote my final year dissertation on the menhirs and dolmens in the Island, looking at the construction and the significance of these powerful and primeval monoliths. I like the idea that three thousand years ago Neolithic man erected stone monuments in Guernsey, placing them in very precise configurations, using the most sophisticated technology available to them at the time. I would like to push today’ s technology to the limits, and design a monument which captures some if not all these aspects.”

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met the liberating forces in 1945, Snell saw his own shadow stretched out before him. It was this simple observation that was the starting point for the monument that exists today.

“When I was taking photographs of the site, and it was a very sunny day in June, I was irritated by the fact that every shot I seemed to be taking included my shadow. I was taking photographs of the site just to immerse myself in the project. This is the way I often work. At first I was annoyed, thinking that these shots were not very professional, but then I started to think about the idea that maybe a shadow cast by an obelisk would have the same length and direction on 9 May in 1945, also 1995 and beyond. I liked the idea, but how was I going to realise this idea, and how was I going to verify that the shadow would indeed be consistent? . . . I contacted Dr Peter Andrews at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge. . . . He believed that the shadow would remain consistent from one year to the next, with the shadow length deviating by only a few millimetres each year.”

Snell was now confident that he could now develop this idea – but how? How was he going to use this simple observation? After many weeks of research Snell went to the States of Guernsey Liberation Monument Joint Working Party, which had been established to propose a design, with the idea that he would like to create a central obelisk designed and positioned in such a way so that, on the 9th May each year, the tip of its shadow, cast by this five-metre standing stone, would fall on the curved stone seating throughout the day.

He also proposed that inscribed on the back of the seating would be recorded major events that happened in Guernsey on that day in 1945. The idea was that the Monument would ‘come into its own’ on the 9th May each year. For one day in the year, and only on that day, one would be able to remember the activities of that eventful day in the Island’s history back in 1945, as the shadow moved silently over the inscriptions.

Snell also proposed re-landscaping the surrounding area. He was keen on planting Escallonia bushes, which bloom in early May, on the north side of the Monument. He also proposed the new walkway through to the North Beach car park, and wished large objects, such as lamp-posts, which were casting shadows onto the Monument site, BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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to be moved. Snell wanted the Liberation Monument to be used, not just on the 9th May, but for all 365 days of the year. For the other 364 days in the Monument would be a meeting place, a place to sit out and look at the view of the harbour.

The reaction from the Working Party was very positive, although at this stage Snell did not know how he was going to calculate exactly the shadow length. It was at this point that local astronomer David Le Conte was invited by the Working Party to assist Snell with the calculations.

Le Conte had also been affected by the Occupation, having been evacuated from the Island to England, and returning in 1945. He has had a lifelong interest in astronomy, especially in celestial mechanics working in the fields of space tracking and astronomy, at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory, both in the United States. It is clear that without his involvement, Snell would never have been able to realise what had at first appeared to be a very simple idea.

In September 1994 the States approved the project, proposed by the Liberation Day Committee.

For months Snell and Le Conte worked closely together - Snell in his studio drawing and revising plans, making models and visiting granite works in France, while Le Conte worked on the calculations, and both carried out lengthy and detailed experiments to translate the artistic and mathematical concepts into a physical reality.

This marriage of science and art is what makes this monument so unique. It needed the coming together of the skills required of these two disciplines to realise an idea which otherwise would have remained a dream.

EXTRACT From the Report and Transactions of La Société Guernesiaise, Vol XXIV, Part II, pp309-331.

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In our youth we had entered many tunnels liberating helmets and the like.What now houses the Aquarium was full of German items as was St. Saviours tunnel and Rouge Val tunnel.

BROTHERS, PAUL AND PETER BALSHAW

Armed with just a torch we were in paradise, stumbling over mountains of helmets, ammunition cans, and large searchlights.

1,000's of items were piled to the ceiling, we would have to climb over them to explore further.

Tell us about how you started this amazing collection and how it became housed at La Valette?

Our collecting habit for militaria began when we were aged 6-7 years old.We discovered some items in our Grandmothers shed.

These were left behind by the Germans who had been billeted in the house throughout the occupation years.Listed among the treasures we found were a German helmet, binoculars, lamps and much more.

These acquisitions ignited a passion to collect more items until our collection outgrew our bedroom.Thankfully our Dad built us a shed in the garden and this became our first museum.

During the early 1980's we purchased one of the Mirus gun emplacements.Permission in principle, for a museum, was granted by the then Island Development Committee but the lack of access and parking put paid to this venture.

By 1986 our collection had grown so large we had then to find a large building to house it. Bunkers were too small so the only other option was a tunnel.

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The underground fuel storage tunnel at La Valette was known to us and seemed a likely candidate for our planned museum.

Permission was granted by the Board of Administration for us to excavate and investigate this tunnel complex.A feasibility study was presented to the board and they voted on it.

One must remember at this time some of the board members had witnessed the occupation first hand. Perhaps bad memories gave some members mixed feelings and considered it was not the time to remember the the occupation. Fortunately the vote narrowly went in our favour largely through the efforts of the chairman at the time Roger Berry.

How difficult would you say it has been to build such a an enormous collection?

We have been fortunate in that all our life we have been antique dealers. In this capacity we visit local families and auctions in order to buy more items for the collection.We never stop acquiring new pieces of local militaria as well as occupation items.

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Our first museum when we were 8

To us it is of paramount importance to keep and preserve our heritage. We are merely temporary custodians of these pieces of history and hope our collection remains for future generations.

The fuel storage tank that is in the museum is a key part of the story . Did you have any problems keeping this in situ ?

Interestingly , yes we had a small headache with the residual light diesel fuel that remained in the tank. The Fire Dept. initially asked us to remove the diesel which we obliged by using a sludge pump.

The next hurdle was where do you dump 10 barrels of diesel? The answer was nowhere. The fuel was then tested and was found to be still good. It was then given to a grower who promptly used in his boiler.

The saga of the tank continued. Now empty of fuel it did still contain fuel vapour! To overcome this problem we filled the tank with water. in excess of 30,000 gallons was needed to fill it completely.

The saga continued. What would happen if the tank ruptured?

Fortunately the German engineers had found a solution to this eventuality. The tank has six drainage points in the concrete under the tank. The Fire Dept. tested these with a full tanker of water being pumped thru and it disappeared at such a speed to satisfy the Firemen.

I was surprised that the museum was not States funded and that you had put your own money into all the work that went into creating the museum.

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1988 we opened our doors after 18 months of preparation including building the entrance and exit, installing electricity,lighting, air conditioning, cabinets etc. at a total cost of in excess of ÂŁ250,000 funded entirely by ourselves.

Are there any ghost stories you can tell us especially as there were forced labour used here in the building of the tunnels?

To date we have seen nothing supernatural. The stories of workers being buried in the concrete are a little exaggerated. What is not in doubt is the fact these foreign workers were maltreated and were forced to work very hard.

What is the most valuable item you have in the museum?

Historically valuable it would the uniforms belonging to the late Brigadier Snow.He was the commander of Force 135, the army that liberated Guernsey.

Another nice item is the Citroen truck that was used in the film "Indiana Jones, The Last Crusade. Many such trucks were used here by the Germans but all local ones are no longer.So to find an original truck with a bonus of having been in an Indiana Jones film was a good acquisition.

La Valette is well worth a visit, open nine months of the year,10am to 5pm daily. When you pay your admission fee you can be proud that it is going to help keep this valuable historical collection available for the people of Guernsey to see.

Thanks to Peter and Paul for the use of some historic items for our fashion shoot.

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GERMAN MILITARY UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL BROTHERS NIGEL AND PHILIP BROWNING THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, HEWN OUT OF SOLID ROCK BY SLAVE WORKERS OF MANY NATIONALITIES FOR THE GERMAN FORCES 1940-1945.

Gallery visited the Underground hospital and talked to Nigel and Philip Browning about their inheriting the underground hospital once the war finished as it was build by the Germans on their families' land.

After the war they were abandoned, people had had enough of the war and just left everything, there was a case where someone took the States to court as the Germans had built some forced workers huts on his land and he wanted them removed so he could farm the land again. I think the States then realized they may be in a situation that could cause them trouble with other such buildings.

After this a law was then passed that any German buildings on private property was the responsibility of the land owner.

This is a serious underground construction and at the time your grandfather must have though what on earth he would do with it, how big is it?

75,000 square feet of floor space a mile and a quarter of tunnels, my grandfather left it for a number of years and then tried various uses including farming mushrooms but it was too cold - the tunnels stay at 7 degrees all year round.

How did they build it did they have special engineers at the time?

They would have had specialist engineers overseeing the work.

If you look at the pictures in the books available you can see drill holes where they put in the explosives to blow up the rock, I spoke once with a Welsh miner who said they would have three teams, one drilling, one with the explosives and one clearing up behind.

This would consist of up to 12 people working at any one time on one tunnel.

It opened in 1954 to the public with an admission charge of sixpence and a shilling. I remember my father saying he sneaked in with my uncle when the Germans were still here and once inside they heard some German voices and scampered away up one of the escape exits.

Is there any ghost stories or have you experienced anything, we heard it was haunted by a soldier who tapped people on the shoulder?

I have had people show me cameras with what looks like a bright light or light low down in the picture but this could be glare or reflections. Someone said once they actually spoke to a ghost which I think is peculiar as English was not their first language.

Annette Henry said that someone said to her once that they had recorded a voice but when she listened to it it was just hissing on the recording no voice.

I was working in there with a friend and he knew where I was but someone else came in and went up to him and tapped him on the back, that made him jump for sure as he thought there was only me and him in there.

When did you take over from your father?

I cant remember dates but I have been working here on and off

I have had an American and an Australian who were in the tunneling business suggest they would have 1,000 or more people working on the tunnels.

They started building it in 1941 and it was used as a hospital for 12 weeks although this cannot be confirmed, there was 800 people here for that time. Unfortunately the equipment did not survive as it was ultra modern at the time so got sold on. It was a fully functioning hospital with operating theatre, and even a cinema.

Some of the air-conditioning ducts and equipment was left but most items including ammunition was cleared out by the British troops. I do know that the wooden beds were cut up and left on the floor for firewood.

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We have also had the Rolling Stones visit when they came over to play at Candy Gardens I think, we got their signatures and Brian Jones had lovely hand writing.

Anything odd happened with visitors?

One girl got affected badly and had to leave but she had a bad experience in a hospital and the thought of it being a hospital was too much for her.

since the 60’s, my main job was farming but it got to a point where I needed to invest heavily in the farm and I didn’t see a point as I had no children, neither did my brother. We decided that it was better to rent out the farm out and this pays for for our food etc.

My brother mans the entrance and I man the exit.

How do you know if everyone is out of the tunnels when you lock up?

We have a system of tickets, each person is given one as they enter and we collect them when they leave, we know how many tickets have sold that day so if any are left over we know someone is inside so go and search for them.

If a single person goes missing it's serious as they may be epileptic for instance and stuck in an alcove, we have never locked anyone in so far so the public are safe.

Have you had any strange requested over the years relating to the tunnels?

We have had people request to stay overnight but we don’t allow it just in case something happened.

A film was shot here in 1973 with Peter Sellers and Charles Aznavour starring in it. It was called the Block House, its still available to download I think.

You have to remember when the lights are out its pitch black, you cant see your hand in front of your face. I had the lights go out on me before when I have been inside. I had the electricians in to replace a switch consul and the panel earthed out causing the lights to go off. Although they had tourches I didn’t and was deep inside, I had to feel my way out. It didn’t bother me as I know the tunnels so well.

I haven’t kept a record of how many visitors we have had over the years but the admission charge pays for the electric and for us to eat and live but not much else.

Do you have any plans for the future?

Not really they are left as they were and I think this is the interest for people. If someone said they knew where all the original hospital equipment was then I would be interested but other than that we just keep them safe for visitors. They are checked each year before we open for the season by the States and given approval for the public to enter.

What about when you're not here anymore?

That’s the 64 thousand dollar question as we don’t have any kids, but we do have lots of first cousins so I don’t think it will be a problem. I would like it to carry on as its important to Guernsey’s heritage.

How much do you think its worth?

I don’t know but know how much it would cost to rebuild it and that would be a lot, it’s a one off so I really don’t know.

Gallery recommends a visit to the Underground Hospital as it’s a strange one off experience, even if you’ve been before its definitely worth another look and its self funded by the brothers so the money goes towards the upkeep which is all good.

Admission: Children £1.00 Adults £3.50 Opening: Open Daily: April: 2pm - 4pm. May - October: 10am - 12pm and 2pm - 4pm. November & March: Limited opening Closed: December, January, February.

For further information please contact.

German Military Underground Hospital Telephone: +44 (0)1481 239100

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rom Sicily to France and ultimately Scotland, Alessandro’s passion has been the same for the past 35 year – ballet dancing and choreography. Alessandro’s career started in Italy when after graduating at the National Academy of Rome as a Ballet Master, he returned to his native Sicily to work at the prestigious Bellini Theatre in Catania as a professional dancer. While working, Alessandro continued with his postgraduate studies in classical ballet, contemporary dance and choreography in Italy, Paris and Moscow meeting professional dancers and artists including Rudolf Nureyev who invited him to join his Ballet Class organized by the Paris Opera in Catania. A few years later Alessandro founded his own ballet company with whom he worked as Artistic Director and Choreographer performing all over Italy. In the early ‘90s, due to a serious accident, Alessandro had to stop dancing and while recovering he focused on dance therapy leading several projects in this field and collaborating with various hospitals trying to help disabled people through dance. In 1995 Alessandro decided to move to Scotland with his family where he worked as a teacher in several schools and colleges. He became also the Consular correspondent of the Italian Republic in Inverness and was an active member of the Edinburgh Rotary Club and the Chair of its Artistic Commission organizing many musical and dancing events.

Tell us how you started dancing?

I started dancing by coincidence! During physiotherapy for a knee injury, a famous dance teacher, Antonio Cano, spotted me walking with a stick and suggested that I attend his ballet classes to enhance my rehabilitation. From there, I discover my great passion for ballet.

I was at the time 18 years of age, which is considered to be quite old to be starting ballet!

Was there a highlight of your professional career?

My highlight has been certainly learning with Rudolf Nureyev. I did only attend a brief course, but the value of these lessons has been paramount to my success.

Have you worked with in any famous locations and with any famous schools or dancers?

I spent some time in Moscow studying Russian Folk Dance at Berioska Theatre, but mostly in Paris where I attended the Superior School of Choreography directed by Guilbert Canova with whom I have collaborated for 5 years. My time studying Jazz and Modern with Rossella Hightower in Cannes has been also extremely interesting.

Why Guernsey, tell us why you have moved to our lovely island?

My fiancé was looking to change location with her profession (she is a nurse at the hospital) and we agreed to stay as close as we could to friends and family in the UK. We did a bit of research and agreed that Guernsey could give us both what we were looking for, beauty, quality of life and culture (especially an abundance of art, music & theatrical groups and perfomances). We have been in Guernsey for over one year and have fallen in love with Guernsey’s ambiance. No regrets!

What are your plans for the future, tell us about your plans for ballet in Guernsey?

My plans are ambitious but first of all I would like to organise a special event finding the support of local businesses and followers of ballet and performing arts.

I have spotted some fantastic talent here on the Island and I would love to help all students increasing their passion for ballet and prepare them to become professionals with real working opportunities in Guernsey and abroad.

If someone was interested in finding out more about sponsorship or getting involved, or if they wanted to start dancing, where could they get hold of more information?

We are still at an early stage but anyone who is interested in finding out more about our event and plans or indeed would like to attend our weekly master class which just started can contact us at balletdaleo@ gmail.com or by calling us at 07911 578453 or 07911 752398.

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ARTS SUNDAY ARTS SUNDAY, NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR, IS THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS ON THE ISLAND. HELD ON THE TOWN SEAFRONT, THIS YEAR ON THE 9TH JUNE, IT HAS BECOME A KEY DATE FOR GUERNSEY’S CREATIVE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO CREATE A DAY WHICH IS QUITE UNIQUE. This island is blessed with many talented artists, musicians and organisations that span across the breadth of the arts. Recognising this, the Guernsey Arts Commission (GAC) was keen to establish a platform where this vast and wide ranging talent could be brought together and celebrated. When first offered the opportunity of the Town seafront by Culture and Leisure in 2011 as part of the Seafront closure initiative, it was seen as the perfect environment to create a relaxed, inclusive day that would be fun and allow the people of Guernsey to enjoy, participate in and recognise the importance of the arts in Guernsey.

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9TH JUNE, 10.00AM - 5.00PM, ST PETER PORT The event is organised by the Guernsey Arts Commission, headed up by Russ Fossey (Music Sub-Committee) and Mary Carey (Performing Arts) and is now established as a flagship event within the GAC’s programme, made possible initially through the dedicated work of the volunteers and the local arts and music community who have embraced the event whole heartedly.

The GAC are looking for artists to take part in Arts Sunday 2013!

On Sunday 9th June from 10am until 5pm the town seafront will transform into the venue for the islands biggest celebration of the arts - and we want you to be involved.

Our assembly of local talent is already beginning to come together.

If you want a stall to sell or showcase your work, or if you want to organise your own workshop, contact russ@arts.gg or charlie@arts.gg. Alternatively, call 709747.

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ARTS IN HEALTH: LIVING POSITIVE While it is tough to establish a cause and effect relationship between culture and welbeing, recent studies are starting to reveal the potential benifits of the arts to our health - and although the science isn’t ironclad just yet, the benifits of Arts in Health are still solid and justifiable. Arts activities within health can be used to enhance wellbeing for patients, to releave stress, to communicate difficult feelings and emotions, to strengthen communities by raising awareness about health issues and they can increase social inclusion for those who feel isolated because of their illness.

Arts in Health is a broad area of work, and can be as simple as having pictures on the wall of a hospital to alliviate the stress of waiting for an operation. Another example of Arts in Health is where engagement occurs between patients and arts practitioners; an artist might hold workshops for people to relax and express their feelings through drawing, painting or sculpture.

LIVING POSITIVE The current exhibition at the greenhouse gallery is entitled ‘Living Positive’. The images come from an Arts in Health project originating in Manchester. Artist, Lottie Barnes, facilitated a series of photographic workshops where people living with or affected by HIV were given disposible cameras. Lottie helped the participents turn their thoughts and emotions into images over the course of three months. After a year of ongoing research, the images were displayed in over 70 venues around Manchester, from coffee shop windows to giant electronic billboards.

Now the exhibition has come to Guernsey and includes two stories of people living with HIV on the island. Not only does this exhibition demonstrate a high level of creative photography, but is also informative.

Walking through the greenhouse, you not only learn about the lives of those who took these photographs, but also about how this project impacted their life and the way they have reflected on their life because of it.

Living Positive is on now at the greenhouse gallery (located in the Guernsey Tourist Information Centre).

Opening hours are:

Free entry.

11th April - 24th May Mon-Fri: 9am - 5pm Sat-Sun: 9am-1pm

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Chloe Le Page Matt Ward Jack McGahy Rob Hunter Folk on Two James Le Huray

10am - 5pm Town Seafront Wet Lunch Phil Capper and Scots John Lydia Pugh The Ukeladeez A day before Thursday Autumn Le Lievre Electric String quartet

ELECTRIC STAGE Training jazz orchestra Clusta Funk + MORE TBC

DANCE STAGE

Group and Solo dances –Avril Earl Street dance & Freestyle – Brandi Dawson Salsa – Heidi Almonte Cheerleaders – Makela Harrison Ballroom – Jamie Le Tissier

DRAMA STAGE

GATE Avril Earl SWATS Puppetry workshop GCFE Drama students

Group & Sola Dancers – Rhianna King Scottish dancing – Jacqueline Bonner Zumba – Debbie Du Port

Les Beaucamps High School Hannah Beacom GYT singers SWATS workshop

POETRY AND LITERATURE CORNER

A quiet, dedicated area for literature and poetry in the square below the church

ARTS MARKET STALLS Guernsey creatives showcasing their work, including: Photography, Painting, Sculpture,

For your stall

Sewing, info contact Knitting, charlie@arts.gg Wood Turning, Fashion & Textiles, Jewelry, and many, many more!!

PUBLIC ART

From Esther Langford, Dan Broadbent, Chloe Whittaker and Emma Brown

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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, community run, throughout the day!

T.T.U.K.’s live, large scale, visual arts presentation!

CHALK DRAWING AREA on the crown pier!

ALFRESCO DINING so that you can make the most of the sun!

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF, giant fridge installation!

Art on the Beach > Vazon, Sunday 7th July

For more infomation about the Guernsey Arts Commission please contact us at www.arts.gg.

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THE IRON LADY

THE IRON LADY words | Nick Mollet

ISLANDERS AND A FORMER GUERNSEY RESIDENT HAD CONFLICTING VIEWS ABOUT THE THATCHER ERA AND HER LEGACY.

'She knackered the industrial north of England, causing out-of-work families on the breadline to commit suicide. No acknowledgement of the arts, make the rich richer and the poor poorer, not a sentimental bone in her rotten body,' claimed Jim Enticott.

Steve Collis served under Mrs T's government and met her in person in 1984 and believes she did wonders for the Forces.

'The Falklands conflict showed the world that we were not to be messed with. As for the other aspects the UK was being destroyed by militant left wingers aka trade unions and privatisation sorted a lot of the problems, whilst sadly causing lots of heartache and damaging entire communities. Labour in the 70s were the main cause of the country's problems that the Tory government had to resolve. No other Premier served in office as long as Mrs T so she must have been doing something right.'

'Regardless of her policies at the end of the day it's someone's mother that has died - at least show some respect. How would you feel if people gloated over one of your family's deaths? We are supposed to live in a civilised society,' argued Mr Collis.

Shaun Broughton asked: 'Did you know that Harold Wilson's Labour government shut down 260 mines? Margaret's only shut down 150.'

'People forget that the miners' strike was illegal as no ballot was held and that one third of miners worked through the strike. Heavy industry like the coal industry was already in steep decline due to labour costs. She wasn't perfect and she did do some damage but at least she went about it in an honest way. You knew what was coming when she got voted in three times.'

'I think we were very premature in going to war with the Argentinians over the Falklands. My husband's best mate was killed there. Also, I didn't appreciate the very high interest rates - 15%-plus in the 80s.

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Her policies killed the tomato and flower industries in the island, let alone what she did to Brits, with such high unemployment. However, I did agree with her stand against the unions,' said Alison Mauger.

Guernseyman Kirk Lanyon said: 'The country was in a complete mess - Margaret Thatcher did a good job in turning it around but was completely ignorant that she turned whole communities into virtual ghost towns. At the time the government was taking billions in North Sea oil revenue and some of this money should have been re-invested back into the towns that she completely destroyed.'

Cindy Lawson left Guernsey in 1988 to live in the UK. 'When Maggie introduced the poll tax I was living in a tiny bedsit which I paid £50 a week for. My annual salary (before tax) was £5,400 a year. I got a poll tax bill for £386 - a huge percentage of the money I was left with after tax. No wonder people were rioting in the streets.

Whilst I agree with some of what Maggie did, there was a 'get the rich richer and the poor poorer' mentality with little or no concern for those of us who would have starved. Thank God it got dropped quickly.'

Dorothy Woodward-Pynn said: 'Many of us would be a lot worse off if it wasn't for her resolve to see things through.'

Nigel T Massey said: 'She changed society to one of greed and the 'it's alright to be selfish' attitude - something we still see a lot of today.

All the privatisation has not benefited the consumers, Infrastructure is now crumbling because it was better to pay big dividends rather than invest in new roads, better railways etc...'

'Oh and we had no nuclear deterrent - a symbol of our 'special relationship' with the USA,' he added.

One thing is for sure - in decades time people will still be reflecting on the reign of Mrs T and their views will still remain divisive!

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SCARECROW FESTIVAL 2013

10TH TORTEVAL SCARECROW FESTIVAL 2013 LES BABOUINS DÉ TORTÉVA 2013

ON THE 3RD AND 4TH AUGUST 2013, THE LOVELY PARISH OF TORTEVAL, A WESTERN PARISH OF GUERNSEY, WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INHABITANTS LIVING IN ITS COUNTRY LANES.

families of scarecrows, scarecrows with animals and scarecrows in a variety of postures and fabric will all smile indulgently at onlookers. Typically there are over 50 scarecrow entries, which take approximately an hour’s stroll toview all.

Many local families and visitors to the Island will stroll the tranquil car-free lanes to wonder at these strange comical visitors with their arms outstretched and straw peeping out of their jackets and trousers.

The Scarecrow Trail is open from 10am to 5pm on both days and starts at the parish church of St Philippe de Torteval. There is plenty of free parking signed off the main Pleinmont road by the church. Alternatively a local bus can be taken from St Peter Port.

There will be a large refreshment tent selling homemade cakes and sandwiches, a licensed bar, a variety of stalls and entertainment, along with a variety of arts and crafts for all the family to enjoy, including a children’s hand-held scarecrow competition.

It will be Torteval’s 10th Scarecrow weekend and thousands people, young and old, are expected to marvel at the wonderful inventiveness of the scarecrow makers. Single scarecrows,

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FLYING THE FLAG IN FINLAND words | Viv Pallot

EVERY YEAR ON MAY THE NINTH, A RATHER UNUSUAL AND SOMEWHAT INCONGRUOUS SPECTACLE GREETS THE LOCALS IN THE COASTAL CITY OF PORI IN SOUTHERN FINLAND: A SOLITARY GUERNSEY FLAG FLUTTERS IN THE NORDIC BREEZE. ITS PATRIOTIC OWNER, MARK SEBIRE, PROUDLY HOISTS THE FLAG HIGH ON THE FLAGPOLE EACH YEAR TO COMMEMORATE THE CHANNEL ISLANDS’ LIBERATION DAY AND HE’S ALWAYS EAGER TO EXPLAIN HIS GUERNSEY HERITAGE TO HIS FINNISH NEIGHBOURS AND BEYOND.

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o how did the 41-year-old Guernseyman end up in Finland – a Nordic country bordered by Russia on the east and overlooking the Baltic Sea toward Sweden on the west? In short? For love.

Mark visited Finland for the first time as an exchange student in 1995, having graduated from the University of Hertfordshire. And it was here, at the University of Oulu close to the Swedish border in the north, that he met Finnish student, Christa, and fell in love. Mark couldn’t stay away and he returned to Finland the following year for his Master’s degree.

Four years after meeting, the couple exchanged their vows at Vale Church in Guernsey in front of friends and family, forging the union between themselves and their respective cultures. Then, after their son, Tomi, was born in 2005, the couple decided to move to Finland with the toddler so that he could benefit from greater exposure to the Finnish language during his formative years.

Another reason for moving was to take advantage of the superior pre-school and education system for which Finland is revered worldwide. Also, just an hour’s drive inland from Christa’s hometown of Pori lies Tampere airport, with low-cost flights direct to London - a vital link for Mark’s IT consulting projects in the UK and Channel Islands.

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With new technologies on tap, Mark’s office is conveniently based at his home. With no daily commute - often quite lengthy in Finland - he says his productivity time is maximised, leaving more quality time for his family.

His work is certainly diverse. It can range from liaising with Guernsey companies keen to expand into the Scandinavia markets, to IT project management and technical writing. Mainly though, his consultancy offers Business Continuity services for which he is highly accomplished. He has been a professional member of the Business Continuity Institute since 2004 and worked in this field in Guernsey for the States of Guernsey as well as for an offshore bank.

How has the Recession affected Finland? “Economically, Finland seems to have fared pretty well during the current downturn, “ Mark explains, “The Finns had their own banking crisis in the early 1990s and did a major review of the way their banks operated – something that other EC countries are only just doing now.”

Mark is also in demand as a speaker on the university circuit about life in Finland as a foreigner. And he writes freelance articles (in English) for the Helsinki Times – a national newspaper founded in the capital of the country.

Does he speak the Finnish language? Mark admits it’s not an easy one to learn. “It’s not related to any of the Scandinavian languages”, he explains, “it’s probably closest to Hungarian, although I tried speaking it once to a Hungarian friend with him speaking Hungarian back and neither of us understood a thing!” After six years in Finland, however, Mark can now get by reasonably well, but admits there’s always room for improvement. As for young Tomi, well Mark says he often comes in handy as a “pocket translator”!

How does Mark cope with the Finnish winters? “We ski and skate pretty much whenever we like,” he says. Southern Finland is snowbound from December to April but not as cold as Lapland

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in the far north where there is no daylight at all for two months of the year. Mark admits the highlight of his year is the summer, with its long, sunny, daylight hours. He says it never really gets dark in midsummer; just a couple of hours of dusky twilight … and then it’s daylight again!

“One of my great passions is fishing”, he says, “I try to get out in the boat as often as I can during the summer”. He is also fond of guitar music and Pori just happens to be the home town to one of the biggest jazz and blues festivals in Scandinavia. “We get to see some really great bands”, he enthuses. And one gets the feeling that there are many more strings to this man’s bow than at first is apparent.

With his near-perfect lifestyle in Finland, is there anything that Mark misses from Guernsey?

Well, yes, there is. With friends and family so distant it can sometimes feel a long way from home. And although he’s based on the coast, Mark says of the Baltic Sea: “It’s a bit boring compared the Atlantic breakers smashing into the sea wall at Cobo during a storm!” The intertidal zone off Finland ranges just 8 cm, rather paltry compared to our 10 metres in the Channel Islands.

“I miss the cliff path walks, day-trips to Herm and the west-coast sunset with a bag of fish and chips!” he adds nostalgically. Would Mark and his family ever return to Guernsey? Well, unless the housing prices drop dramatically, he admits it is unlikely. Unless he wins the lottery …

Meanwhile, he will always have a soft spot for his Island home, doing his best to promote it at every opportunity and admitting he’ll “always be a Donkey at heart”.

If you wish to contact Mark – please email mark.sebire@sebiretmi.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY / STYLING DANNY EVANS MAKEUP / HAIR SHANINE LEVRIER MODEL / EMILY PRIAULX Musket, tunic and flag special thanks to La Valette underground military museum JOY - SHIRT 18 EAST £35 - BETTULA SKIRT, LOUCHE £39

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JOY - JAFFA SHORTS £35 - NAUTILUS - MAXMARA WEEKEND JUMPER £109 - MISS SELFRIDGE - BAG £16.56

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STYLE STALKER

StyleStalker

The lovely people at Joy went out on the streets of St Peter Port camera in hand, to find some fashionable folk who are ahead of the trends and working their own style.

Enya Bissin, 15 Student

Georgia Pengelly, 18 Supervisor

Khiya Gillingham, 18 Supervisor

Style Stalker: "Enya has but together a very pretty outfit with neutral colours and soft lace, giving her outfit a subtle contrast with the lace top and quilted jacket"

Style Stalker: "Mint being officially in the spring colour pallete this year we are glad to see that Georgia is carrying it off so well! She looks trendy and smartly dressed all at once!"

Style Stalker: "Khiyas outfit reminds us of sunny fields, ice cream, flowers in our hair and awesome bands, even though festival season hasn't even started yet! we love the cut off shorts and boots, they really get us in the mood for the summer :) "

Siri Katram, 19 Hair dresser

Becca Johns, 21 Supervisor

Sophie Dawson, 27 Manager

Style Stalker: "Studded collars are making a reappearance in fashion lately and Becca definitely knows fashion like the back of her hand, as a lover of quirky fashion we strongly advise you go and find the brightest strangest accessories on offer and glam up your spring outfits"

Style Stalker: "Sophie has an eye for monochrome fashion! As a big factor in SS13 catwalk trends, bold prints in black and white are a must have! just remember to break it up with minimal accessories and you are good to go!"

Style Stalker: "We love a good chic outfit and Siri has managed to pull it off brilliantly, with an oversized bag and lumberjack shirt we all wish we could throw an outfit together like this and look that good!"

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Face the future smiling

Healthy smiles start here...

As well as offering general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry and implant dentistry, Rue Maze Dental Practice also provides B.Tox.A anti-wrinkle treatment and Dermal Fillers.

Call us on 01481 236236 to arrange a friendly confidential consultation or visit www.rmd.gg for more information.

Dr Nav Khaira Dr Keith Otty Dr Helen Khaira and associates

Practice hours: Monday 8am-8pm, Tuesday-Friday 8am-5pm and Saturdays and evenings by arrangement.

Lindfield, Rue Maze, St Martins, Guernsey GY4 6LJ

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HEALTH AND BEAUTY NEWS

BEAUTY NEWS words | Nichole Sweetsur

TONE UP FOR SUMMER IF THE DISMAL SPRING HAS LEFT YOU A LITTLE BEHIND WITH YOUR BEACH BODY PLAN THEN IT’S TIME TO KICK START A NEW EXERCISE PROGRAMME. NOT SURE WHERE TO START OR WHAT TO DO? GALLERY’S GOT ALL THE ANSWERS…

OUTDOOR FITNESS AT DELANCEY PARK THE NEW FRESH AIR FITNESS FACILITY AT DELANCEY PARK IS BRILLIANT FOR ANYONE ON A BUDGET. THANKS TO SPONSORSHIP FROM KINGS AND THE LONG PORT GROUP IT’S FREE FOR EVERYONE TO USE AND WITH EASY-TO-FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THERE’S NOTHING TO STOP YOU HAVING A GO. AIM TO WORK OUT THREE TIMES A WEEK AND AS YOU INCREASE YOUR FITNESS INCLUDE A RUN AROUND THE PARK TRAIL OR SPRINTS UP THE NEARBY HILL.

BEST FOR: ANYONE WITH A BUSY SCHEDULE ON TREND…NEON

Brights are big this season. Like any strong colour, choose one place to wear it and don’t go overboard. A smudge of bright eyeshadow or a flash on the nails is enough.

Crack two trends in one and opt for a megawatt pink lipstick like MAC’s Show Orchid [£14.00 www.maccosmetics.co.uk] or try the florescent yellow eyeliner from Models Own [£4.00. Boots]. For nails, The Artistic manicure in Owned is a bright coral neon that will last for weeks and looks incredible on hands or feet with a tan. [£30.00 Bella Spa.]

BEST FOR: FRESH AIR JUNKIES X THE FINISH LINE

If you have a weight-loss or fitness goal, signed up to a challenge or have a niggling injury that needs attention, then a personal trainer is a good idea. They don’t come much better than [Martin Yabsley] who will design a bespoke programme and get you in shape faster than you can say ‘bench press’.

BEST FOR: ANYONE WITH A GOAL FX FITNESS

Exercising at home is a great way to fit in a work out, whatever your schedule. But whom would you trust – a personal trainer or a celebrity showing off their weight-loss? Fx Fitness DVD’s are presented by elite personal trainers and combine motivational music with dynamic moves that you can do in your living room.

Try jump fx – which combines aerobic and interval training to accelerate fat loss and maximise your fitness gains. [www.fitness-fx.com]

60’S FLICKS

If you love the 60’s look but haven’t mastered the classic black eyeliner flick then we’ve got the perfect ‘beauty cheat’.

Try Rock Beauty’s adhesive instant eyeliner.

You get four different shapes in the pack, which when applied to clean skin, stay put for hours and look like you can apply liner like a pro. [£6.99. www.rockbeautylondon.com]

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SUMMER BEAUTY SOLUTIONS THERE’S A LOAD OF BRILLIANT BEAUTY BUYS HITTING THE SHOPS THIS MONTH…GALLERY’S DONE THE HARD WORK AND ROUNDEDUP THE MUST-BUYS!

THIS WORKS IN TRANSIT RANGE

This new collection from aromatherapy brand This Works was designed to solve all of your on-the-move beauty problems.

Whether you need to freshen up, look flawless, cover up or soothe a spot or cut, In Transit has the solution in small, but perfectly formed sizes. We love Camera Close Up which perks up skin and leaves it looking plump and glowing…just what you need after a long-haul flight or a day-long meeting. From [£16.00. Plaisirs]

BENEFIT STAY FLAWLESS

If your foundation slips at the first sign of sunshine try the new Benefit Stay Flawless primer. Sweep the stick over your skin and then apply your favourite foundation. It promises to keep foundation flawless for 15 hours. [£24.50]

CAUDALIE DIVINE LEGS

This instant solution for pale limbs promises to become a summer staple. The silky, hydrating lotion blends beautifully and dries quickly to give skin a bronzed glow in minutes. [£26.00. Active Beauty] And do ask in store about Caudalie’s new skincare formulations. They’ll be offering mini facials in May.

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Anyone who suffers from blocked pores, spots and blackheads will know that harsh scrubs and super-strength spot creams are not always the answer. This new two-step skincare system promises to be effective with a clever two-in-one cleanser toner and a serum that can be applied day and night. Both contain a patented bacteriafighting complex and the brand claims to be the most effective antibacterial cleanser available. [£14.95. Boots]

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Natural beauty queens will be glad to hear about Guernsey’s first organic hair salon, which has just opened on Fountain Street.

Salon Organics will only use organic ranges such as Natulique Organic Colours, K Pour Karite and the brilliant John Masters.

[Call 01481 722769] for appointments.

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One of the world’s favourite spa brands, ESPA, is coming to Bella Spa in June. With incredible treatments, divine body products and products that promise to nourish and rejuvenate your skin, the ESPA name is rightly revered in the industry. We love the Exfoliating Body Polish, which contains spearmint essential oil to give you a lift. [£22.00. Bella Spa]

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HeAlTH FeATURe: HeARING loSS TINNITUS

Pardon me?

TINNITUS

Nikki Stephens is a Hearing Therapist working with people who have problems with hearing loss, balance, and tinnitus. “Tinnitus can be annoying and some people find it really debilitating living earing problems are becoming more and more prevalent, with it day to and day and it can even affect their sleep patterns” Nikki there are a rising number of young people beingsaid. affected “I have by worked with patients with tinnitus for more than 15 hearing difficulties. years now and am confident that I can help almost anyone reduce the awareness and change in their perception of the noises they hear the outer ear: a week, for An old wives’ tale tells us ‘the smallest thing 24 hours a day, sevenin days their head.”

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Degrees of hearing loss

Causes of hearing loss

Animal hearing facts

Between the two extremes of hearing well and hearing nothing, there are many degrees of impairment. The terms used to describe the degree of hearing loss are mild, moderate, severe and profound. Most hearing losses are mild to moderate.What does the degree of hearing impairment mean?

Owls have amazingly informative hearing.

For example, in the middle of the night a tawny owl can assess the precise direction and speed of a moving mouse in 0.01 seconds.

Mild hearing loss

Elephants surprisingly have exceptional hearing, not only because of their big ears but because they use their trunk and feet too.

These are packed with special receptors to pick up on low frequency vibrations (useful for thunderstorm detection).

Unable to hear soft sounds and difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments.

Moderate hearing loss

Unable to hear soft and moderately loud sounds, considerable difficulty in understanding speech, particularly with background noise.

Severe hearing loss

Unable to hear most sounds. Speakers must raise their voice to be heard.

Group conversation is possible only with considerable effort.

Profound hearing loss

Some very loud sounds are audible but communication without a hearing instrument or through sign language is very difficult.

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Unexpectedly, cats have better hearing than dogs.

Lots of people know that bats and dolphins use echolation. Fewer people know that some moths can hear these ultrasonic emissions. Instead of just dodging an incoming bat, they emit a sound back to their predator which confuses the bat and allows the moth to escape.

Pigeons hear sounds at exceptionally low frequencies which explains their exceptional sense of direction.

Naturally occurring infra-sound such as thunderstorms and seismic activity allows pigeons to effectively see with their ears, making them arguably the best navigators in the natural world.

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3 LEVELS OF BEAUTY LOCATED IN THE PREVIOUS ACTIVHAIR PREMISES ON SMITH STREET ACTIVE BEAUTY HAS UNDERGONE AN EXTENSIVE REFIT & RENOVATION. BEAUTIFUL FIXTURES & FITTINGS COMBINE TO CREATE A STYLISH & LUXURIOUS BEAUTY ONE STOP SHOP – WITH HAIR, BEAUTY AND AN EMPORIUM OF WELL-BEING ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.

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The second floor has undergone a complete refit & is now a gorgeous Beauty Salon offering unique & luxurious treatments in beautiful treatment rooms. The salon is headed up by Georgia Le Page, a fully trained beauty therapist with 15 years’ experience, who ran a successful salon in Brighton before returning to the island five years ago. At Guernsey’s most central beauty salon Georgia & her fellow therapist Naomi Kinns offer everything; from those essential “maintenance” treatments to squeeze into a lunch hour, to luxurious pampering sessions Mmmm…….

Salon brands include Guernsey favourites; Guinot & Shellac, plus Active Beauty exclusives; HD Brows & Comfort Zone (available at prestigious hotels such as The Berkeley and The Ritz).

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Since opening 12 years ago as ActiveHair, the hair salon under the leadership of Alex Monk has long enjoyed a great reputation. Following an impressive facelift the salon has moved into a newly refurbished, purpose-built space upstairs, bringing the colour and cutting sections together on the same floor for the first time. Alex has built up a fantastic team of qualified and experienced staff and the salon enjoys a loyal cliental of Guernsey’s best kept heads of hair! Stylists include Gareth Whitchurch, Chris Pearson, Sarah Morton-Whitchurch, Cassie Rowe + Junior Stylist Nikita Batiste. Using luxury haircare brands Shu Uemura & Kerastase the salon offers a full range of hair services served up with a cup of what you fancy, as much chat as you want & a selection of magazines to help you relax & unwind.

3 SHOP

On the ground floor Active Beauty offers a high end beauty store carrying hair & beauty products from well-known salon brands plus cult beauty favourites. The brands are luxurious, indulgent & beautifully packaged all carefully sourced for their quality and individuality.

Brands include high end “investment brands” such as La Prairie, Sisley, Shu Uemura & Kerastase. Skincare staples such as Dermalogica & Guinot. Gifting godsends L’Occitaine & Miller & Harris, plus celebrity favourite Glamglow. All at VAT free prices.... Millie Grace & her team also offer gift wrap & a personal shopping service to help you find the perfect gift or stock up on all your beauty favourites!

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LOCAL RECIPES

LIBERATION ALE RECIPES

LOCAL MUSSELS IN LIBERATION ALE

INGREDIENTS • About 3/4 - 1 pound of Local mussels per person • A good sized nugget of Local butter • A slug of quality olive oil • 6 large shallots, peeled and finely diced • 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed • 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds • 1 smallish red chilli, finely diced • 1/2 pint of Liberation Ale • 1/4 pint tomato concasse • A good handful of coriander, roughly chopped • Juice of 1 freshly squeezed lemon • Freshly ground black pepper • For the tomato concasse 4- 5 ripe beef tomatoes PREPARATION To make the concasse with a sharp knife remove the eye of the tomato ( the small white area where the stem joined the tomato ) and make a small cross on the bottom. Plunge in boiling water for two minutes. Remove and refresh in ice cold water. Quarter the tomatoes and remove the core and seeds.

Dice and put to one side.

In a very large heavy bottomed pan toast the caraway seeds for two minutes over a moderate heat. Add the butter and the olive oil. Add the shallots and garlic and sauté for 10 minutes to start to soften them. Turn up the heat and add the Liberation Ale and the chilli.

Tip in the mussels and cover with tight fitting lid. Steam for 5 minutes shaking the pan occasionally until the mussels are all open. Add the tomato concasse stir and cook for 2 more minutes. Finish with black pepper, lemon juice and the chopped coriander.

Serve with warm naan bread.

CHEDDAR & BEER SOUP RECIPE INGREDIENTS • 1 cup chopped onion • 1 cup chopped celery • 1 cup diced carrot • 6 cups chicken stock • 1/2 pound Cheddar cheese, grated • 1/2 cup flour • dash Tabasco sauce, to taste • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce • 355 ml of Liberation Ale PREPARATION Saute onion and celery until soft and transparent. Saute the diced carrots until tender but still a little crisp.

Place sauteed vegetables in a large stockpot or Dutch oven; add chicken stock. Place over medium heat. Combine Cheddar cheese with flour; stir mixture slowly into hot broth.

Add Tabasco, dry mustard, and Worcestershire sauce.

Bring to a simmer. Add Liberation Ale; heat through and serve. Serves 4 to 6.

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NEW PASSIONFRUIT OUT NOW 2013 BRINGS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEWEST FLAVOUR TO REACH GUERNSEY SHORES. LEADING FLAVOUR INNOVATION WITHIN THE CATEGORY REKORDELRIG IS PLEASED TO REVEAL THAT PASSIONFRUIT IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM BUCKTROUTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED OUTLETS. The new variant is packed with the freshest of fruit flavours and is the perfect summer indulgence. Bursting with Mouthwatering Passionfruit and the purest spring water for the perfect balance of sweetness and exotic tanginess. Rekorderlig Passionfruit is best served over ice with a wedge of lime for the ultimate cider indulgence. This year some of your favourite Al Fresco venues will also be serving up Rekorderlig in wonderful pitchers - the perfect sharing experience.

CAROLINE BLOMST is a fashion and style expert. Renowned for her unique and effortless style, this model, photographer, stylist and fashion editor is the powerhouse behind trend-setting Stockholmbased blog, Caroline’s Mode.

Rekorderlig premium Swedish cider is also growing its global presence by evolving their 2012 ‘Beautifully Swedish’ campaign into the worldwide ‘Beautifully Swedish Collective’, giving fans a further taste of its trend-setting homeland.

ERIKA LINDBERG (featured) is all about action and adventure.

Chasing the sun and mastering the waves, this professional young athlete is ranked 11th in the world for kitesurfing, but is just as at ease when sailing, alpine skiing, windsurfing and surfing.

For 2013, four Swedish rising stars have been carefully selected by Rekorderlig to form their Collective, representing inspiring aspects of the Beautifully Swedish lifestyle.

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CHRIS SÖRMAN is the skilled thrill seeker. Notorious on the professional snowboarding scene for his smooth and distinctive style, he travels the world to master urban tricks and powder mountains.

AGNES THOR is the artist. While currently living and working in New York, her Swedish heritage is always evident through her stunning photography, which effortlessly transports viewers to a dream-like Scandinavia.

Expect the team of four ambassadors to be at the forefront of the brands communications this year globally and in Guernsey.

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A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME?

A Rosé By Any Other Name? words | Viv Pallot

PEOPLE ARE RARELY JUMPING UP AND DOWN TO DECLARE THEIR LOVE FOR ROSÉ WINE. WHY NOT? WELL, PERHAPS THE FLASK SHAPED MATEUS ROSÉ FROM PORTUGAL THAT FLOODED THE MARKET IN THE 80’S GAVE IT A RATHER UNCOOL REPUTATION. Not helping its cause are the wine makers who produce bucketloads of cheap rosé as a by-product of their red wine. People mistakenly assume it’s the same mediocre standard across the board, and good quality rosé rarely gets a look-in.

Even now, we tend to associate the drink with gaggles of hen parties on a debauched summer’s night out on the town.

Naturally, high-end producers are desperate to overcome the bad rap and gain better recognition in the marketplace.

For some reason, rosé became the poor cousin to red and white wine, although it’s highly revered in its sparkling form.

Did you know that over 80% of wines from the south of France are, in fact, rosé? They take it very seriously in Provence with the only “rosé research station” in the world, identifying some 21 shades of Provençale rosé and experimenting with other climates and varieties overseas. Their rosés are dry and are created specifically, i.e. not as a by-product of red wine, as is common elsewhere.

And, as an accompaniment to bouillabaisse (fish soup) or paëlla, it is a match made in heaven. More on that later …

You may be familiar with the Californian “blush”, referring generally to the semi-sweet rosé wines from the region. Yet, even here is an increasing demand for the drier, Provençalestyle rosés, like Sofia, from Francis Ford Coppola’s winery.

While “blush” is commonly used to describe pink wine in North America, it is sometimes used in Australia and Italy too.

Rosado is Spanish for rosé, and the Italian is rosato.So what makes the delicate colour? And why does it vary so much from the palest barely-there tint to full-on strawberry hues? It is,

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after all, a wine that is made primarily for looking pretty in your wineglass.

There are four main methods of making rosé using various grape varieties. Bleeding, (saignée), produces the best quality, followed by the pressing (pressé) method, limited maceration and finally, run-off. The latter is the aforementioned by-product of red wine where the run-off from the vats is used for a “stain” to colour a white wine. It’s cheap to produce and not surprisingly, it often results in a coarse, pink-coloured liquid that lacks structure and balance. It’s probably the one that everyone’s tasted though, and therein lies the problem with rosé’s reputation.

Arguably, the most esteemed version of rosé is pink Champagne/sparkling wine. It was immortalised in the Eagles’ song, Hotel California, with “mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice”. Pink Champagne is frequently more expensive than its white counterpart. And while most rosés wines are best drunk young - the wine, not the age of the person - vintage pink Champagnes can be sublime.

Here are some tips to help you to get the most from rosé:-

Serve it chilled but not ice cold or you will lose the delicate •flavours that can include strawberry and almond, (too warm and it will taste like warm, sugary cordial).

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Drink it young – ask your wine merchant for the current vintage, but certainly drink within 1 – 3 years for optimum results.

Try it with food: It works brilliantly with pork (ham, ribs, •tenderloin), as well as BBQ’d burgers. As mentioned, it’s fabulous with paëlla and fish soup. It’s great too with cold meats like salami and parma ham as well as with tapas, pizza, Caesar salad and even Tandoori chicken!

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Brintons have been making carpets in Kidderminster for 229 years, which since it began has focused on superior quality. We’re proud to call ourselves a British brand and around 1600 people worldwide help us to create a product which we believe is the finest available.

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GUERNSEY ENTREPRENEURS ON THE SOFA

NEVILLE REYNOLDS

SHUFIXA Born:

Bradford

School:

La Mare de Carteret

Q: Tell us what inspired you to start your own business?

After 32 years working for a shoe repair company I decided to go it alone.

Q: What did you do prior to starting the business?

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I worked in the shoe repair shop in the arcade in town.

Car:

Honda Civic

Q: Did that teach you any lessons that helped you succeed?

Book:

Any Science Fiction

Music:

Elvis

Film:

Enemy Mine

Gadget:

My Sony phone

Last holiday:

Vienna

Enjoys:

Motorbike BMW 12 Adventurer

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Yes the day to day knowledge and experience gained when working with the general public.

then explained to him that I don’t know you so how would I know your mother, he said are you sure as she is a short old lady with grey hair... I said no I still don’t know who your mother is.

Q: What are your plans for the future?

To build on the business really and retire early hopefully.

Q: What advice would you give to would be entrepreneurs?

To make sure you have done your research and know what you are looking at / taking on, I was lucky as I had 32 years experience before moving on into my own business.

Q: Do you have any funny stories from your experiences at Shufixa?

Do your research into what your getting into to make sure you are 100% sure of your business. Check your location if your opening a shop to make sure you have footfall, as I said I was lucky as I had many years experience already to help me but I know some people take on new ventures to what they are used. Its really important to have a plan going forward and sticking to that plan. Avoid overspending and getting carried away with shop fitments and take your time to build the business.

I had a gentleman come in I had never seen before, he asked if I had seen his mother. I

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Q: What is the toughest lessons that you have learnt since starting your own business?

Watching how you spend your money...

Keeping an eye on cash flow and accounts, the money side of the business really.

It’s so important to a successful business.

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THE ORGANISATION OF LIBERATION DAY

THE HEART AND ESSENCE OF THE ANNUAL LIBERATION CELEBRATIONS words | Alex Bridle

If you are reading this, the sights, sounds and anticipation of Guernsey’s most special day in its annual calendar – Liberation Day – is almost upon us. Thursday 9 May will be the culmination of planning that started exactly four weeks after Liberation Day last year: yes, it takes eleven months to plan and organise with fever pitch levels of checking and double checking being the sole focus for the six weeks leading up to The Day. Suffice to say that the annual Liberation Celebrations are a production of sizeable proportions that are only possible due to the extraordinary team effort of everyone, literally everyone, who is involved. The Guernsey Event Company, colloquially known as The GEC, may be the logistics organiser and Culture and Leisure Department the overarching lead role in Liberation Day, but the real thanks and appreciation need to go to the other vital constituents; the local businesses who provide financial sponsorship, the travel and accommodation service providers, the wonderful individuals and groups who provide colourful and creative entertainment, the infrastructure suppliers of marquees, power, water, waste collectors, the emergency services of Guernsey Police, Civil Protection, St John’s Ambulance & Rescue and Voluntary, the local Guernsey bands who have stamped their identity on LibRock, the charities who enter into the spirit of Liberation Day with limitless enthusiasm and commitment for their causes and the wealth of local stall holders and catering concessions who want to be part of an event that transcends age barriers and marks the importance of that most priceless of all existences … freedom.

The world of May 1945 is a galaxy away from the today’s world of instant communication, increasingly escalating expectations and the boa constrictor-like regulations and legislation that govern what is allowed and disallowed when it comes to event execution. We deal with today’s challenges but if you are reading this, just think for a moment about the levels of celebration, euphoria and relief that islanders must have felt on 9 May 1945 as five long years of occupation came to an end. The majority of us cannot even begin to imagine what it was like but there are those who were here in Guernsey and who were away (having been evacuated or deported) and the present day and future generations should and must be the standard bearers of the heart and essence of Liberation Day for many years to come.

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down on the seafront to see and enjoy the enormous wealth of entertainment, activities and tasty treats that will be there. Choose from the colour and evocative sight of a Victorian Fair complete with Gallopers, Chair-O-Planes and Swing Boats; a 7m climbing wall, the joy of a gallery of big bouncy castles for smaller children, Jimmy Chows World War II Army Field Kitchen, the Home Front Marquee with the music of the 1940s, the Love Life Love Food Love Liberation Day market of no less than 20 local stall holders offering a shopping bonanza and delicious culinary temptations … to name but a few.

The pageantry and ceremony that heralds the traditional start of Liberation Day will once again see the Liberation Church Parade process down the seafront just after 10am, the Liberation Service will be broadcast from the Town Church on to the giant screen on Albert Pier and service sheets will be available for those on Albert Pier who wish to join in the singing, the prayers and listen to the readings and the sermon. For aficionados of vehicular military history, come down and witness a glorious static display of Magnificent Driving Machines from WW II in the giant marquee on Albert Pier. The Guernsey Military Vehicle Group will lead the Liberation Mini Cavalcade northwards to the Weighbridge Roundabout where it will be joined by members of the Guernsey Old Car Club plus a 1949 Bedford Bus that will be carrying 29 individuals who were evacuated in 1940. The Liberation Cavalcade, in its entirety will then proceed southwards so that everyone can see the beautiful, nostalgic and historic vehicles for themselves.

Liberation Day is about Guernsey and LibRock is all about local Guernsey bands. No less than five bands will be performing this year starting at 6pm. The traditional end-of-Liberation Day fireworks will be between 10pm and 10.15pm followed by the final band who will finish at 11pm.

It is impossible to include the huge wealth of entertainment that is available in this one printed page. To discover more about what’s planned for the 68th anniversary of Liberation Day, pick up a printed souvenir programme from the Guernsey Information Centre on North Plantation or visit www.guernseyliberationday.com Spare a thought for the organisers who will start their Liberation Day at 5am and will finish around 1am. It’s a very long but fabulous day and I always feel a palpable sense of anti-climax when I finally get home, sit on “Mum’s bench” in my garden and reflect back on a day that has occupied every waking moment for weeks and that has disappeared in a flash. My feet will be very sore having been used – or should that read abused – for 17 hours but all the energy, the sleepless nights, the myriad detail and the millions of phone calls and emails are all worth it.

Enjoy this year’s Liberation Day – I will!

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C5 ALLIANCE SEMINAR DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF DATA WAREHOUSING WITH WHERESCAPE RED Channel Island technology consultancy C5 Alliance recently hosted seminars in Jersey and Guernsey to demonstrate how new technology WhereScape RED can vastly improve the efficiency of data warehouse building and integration, bringing huge savings and benefits to local businesses.

Dan Hare, director and business intelligence team leader at C5 Alliance, was joined by representatives from partner company WhereScape – a global provider of data warehousing software – to deliver the presentation and live demonstrations.

“The software makes building data warehouses much faster, automating 80-90% of the development process which is formulaic and usually very time-consuming. This means a much faster time to initial delivery and more time to focus on business rather than technical requirements. The new infrastructure also allows the business to react to new requirements, in regulatory reporting for example, much more quickly by allowing change to be managed more quickly and easily.” said Mr Hare.

“Coupled with Data Driven Design software like WhereScape 3D, one can ‘retro-fit’ legacy data from existing line-of-business systems, or traditionally maintained data warehouses, into a RED data warehouse.

Once the infrastructure is set-up, what you can do with your data is not confined to Business Intelligence and can be integrated with, and reflected in, the business’ primary platforms such as Microsoft CRM.”

The live demonstration used real source data from C5’s systems to build a simple data warehouse and Self Service Business Intelligence reporting system, thus showcasing the functionality of RED and how Along with showing how WhereScape RED improves the building of efficiently processes can be automated. data warehouses by automating code and promoting best practice throughout the process, the seminar also discussed data warehouse “The solution we have in the example was built using WhereScape integration with platforms such as SharePoint and Microsoft CRM, RED but resulted in a standard Microsoft SQL Server BI solution, and their application in delivering regulatory reporting requirements. so if you were to unplug RED you would still have a fully functional, automated, best practice data warehouse,” said senior consultant at C5 Alliance recently published a white paper on FATCA reporting WhereScape, Terry Mooney. which outlines how, by using a data warehouse in conjunction with CRM software, companies can automate the reporting process and The event followed C5 and WhereScape forming a partnership in drastically cut down on time and resources.

November last year, allowing C5 to offer even more business solutions to local clients.

“The great thing about the capabilities that RED provides us with is that the type of solutions we can provide using this technology “The events have had a great reception, which highlights C5’s are flexible. What works for FATCA can quickly be adapted for position as a trusted advisor in the Channel Islands,” said Miriam future requirements such as the “UK FATCA” and whatever is next.

Cook, account director at WhereScape.

Traditional solutions just can’t match this, so we have the possibility to give local financial institutions a real competitive edge,” said Mr “We typically don’t go out and form partnerships freely; we look Hare. for quality not quantity, along with synergy and understanding of the methodologies that we adhere to. C5 demonstrates all of these The seminar looked in-depth at the competitive benefits RED can qualities with a focus on cost-effectiveness, something that a client offer to companies by increasing the credibility, speed, value, agility, wants to hear about in our very tight economy.” quality and scalability of their data and infrastructure.

CAREY OLSEN LEGAL EXPERTISE ASSISTS IN HMV RESCUE PLAN Carey Olsen lawyers were selected by HMV Group plc to act for it in its application for an administration order over its local subsidiary, as part of a wider plan to save the retail group in a hearing before the Royal Court of Guernsey on Tuesday, 6 March.

Litigation partner, Tim Corfield, successfully represented HMV Group plc in the application before the court for an administration order in respect of HMV Guernsey Limited. HMV Guernsey is one of the guarantors of a £127.2 million debt owed by the parent company to a syndicate of lenders including the Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

The Carey Olsen advisory team was led by Tim Corfield and included Elaine Gray, Tony Lane, David Jones, Tim Bamford, and Jamie Oldfield, who worked with HMV Group plc’s English lawyers, Linklaters LLP, to demonstrate the case for unifying the position of HMV Guernsey with the UK HMV group companies.

The court order means that Nick Edwards and Rick Garrard, the independent, court-appointed officers from Deloitte LLP in London and Guernsey, will bring their retail restructuring expertise to bear in the plan for a strategic rescue of the company and the group as a going concern.

Advocate Corfield said, “It has taken some time to establish that the Guernsey store, operated through HMV Guernsey Limited, has the potential to be a trading, profitable part of the overall HMV group strategy to rescue the business of that group as a going concern.

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“With Hilco’s acquisition of the debts of the HMV group, it was imperative to bring HMV Guernsey Limited, which has been geographically and economically on the periphery of the recent affairs affecting the group, into the fold so that it may be counted among the potentially profitable and important aspects of a wider restructuring and rescue strategy.”

HMV Guernsey recorded revenue of £7.1 million and profits of £56,000 for the 39-week trading period to 26 January 2013, and continues to trade, however a total net equity liability to its parent company of £4.3 million for its Guernsey-based fulfilment operation which closed last year, along with the guarantee call in the sum of £127.2 million, left the Guernsey company insolvent.

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NEW SMART NUMBER TECHNOLOGY CUTS ROAMING CHARGES SURE is helping Channel Island businesses slash their roaming costs by launching a new app that promises to reduce roaming charges by placing voice and video calls over the Internet.

QUALIFICATION SUCCESS FOR BARCLAYS’ EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE CHANNEL ISLANDS EIGHT Barclays employees from a range of areas across the business are celebrating having successfully completed qualifications in a variety of finance, investment and administrative courses.

In Guernsey, Nicola Brown passed the Corporate Governance MSc course with a merit.

The course, which is developed in collaboration with and fully accredited by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSA), provides students with a highly specialised set of skills and helps develop the ability to appreciate and influence the factors governing corporate affairs.

In Jersey, Francesca Frezza in Wealth Advisory was awarded a certificate for the best paper in the governance and reporting exam module as part of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) Diploma in Offshore Finance and Administration.

The Diploma modules cover all aspects of regulation and supervision of the offshore financial services sector, including the most recent developments.

Sarah Darwin, also from Wealth Advisory in Jersey, is now STEP Diploma qualified having achieved a distinction in the Trustee Investment and Financial Appraisal module of the STEP Diploma in International Trust Management. The Diploma requires the completion of four diploma modules including Trust Creation: Law and Practice, Company Law and Practice and Trust Administration and Accounts.

A number of employees in both islands undertook the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) level six Certificate in Private Client Investment Advice & Management (PCIAM).

The PCIAM Certificate enables practitioners to demonstrate their understanding of the principles of private client investment advice, within the context of the current regulatory environment. The syllabus includes financial advice within a regulated environment, investment taxation and principles of finance advice.

In Guernsey, investment manager, Luciano Lombardo, and Michelle Boyce, vice president in the treasury team, both passed the exam with a merit.

In Jersey, portfolio manager Joel Graves and assistant vice president, Chris Grant gained a distinction and director, Laythamm Malorey achieved a merit.

“Seeing so many of our employees achieve such impressive results in professional qualifications is really pleasing and encouraging,” said Paul Savery, managing director, Barclays Wealth & Investment Management.

“Supporting the personal and professional development of our employees is a priority and helping employees achieve professional qualifications is a key part of this focus, alongside training and mentoring. We want our clients to know that they are receiving the best possible service and advice and to know that our employees have the appropriate skills and knowledge to support them.”

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Smart Number is available for iOS, Android and Windows and Mac PC devices. It enables business travellers, when abroad, to make and receive video and voice calls on their mobile phone or via their laptop using a Wi-Fi connection, rather than the local mobile network. The Smart Number application is intrinsically linked to a customer’s mobile number and call package, so calls made using Smart Number are charged as though the customer was on their home network, and are deducted from the customer’s call minutes allowance in the usual way.

When Smart Number users are not in a Wi-Fi zone, the call is placed over the mobile network, as normal, so there is never any danger of missing a call.

As well as cutting roaming costs, Smart Number customers make and receive voice and video calls using their normal mobile phone number. This is a huge advantage over Skype and other Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms which need separate accounts to be created, resulting in calls often having to be arranged in advance.

On top of the accessibility that Smart Number offers, it also provides complete flexibility because it can be loaded onto multiple devices so the user can choose whether to use a smartphone, tablet or PC when making or receiving a call.

‘At Sure, we are focused on innovating for our customers and roaming charges is one area in which businesses have told us they would like to reduce their costs,’ said Mike Fawkner-Corbett, head of mobile at Sure.

‘Smart Number has the potential to create great savings for Channel Islands’ companies whilst offering the accessibility and flexibility their staff need when working abroad.

‘Not only are we pleased to be the first to offer this kind of product in the Channel Islands but we hope it makes a real difference for companies, both large and small, in their efforts to develop business beyond the islands.’

The launch of Smart Number is the first stage of its development and it is hoped that in the future, instant messaging, presence identification (letting other users know whether you are available, busy etc) and BlackBerry and Windows Mobile versions of the app will be available.

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‘‘EUROPEAN CONCERNS RAISE THEIR UGLY HEAD ONCE AGAIN’’ In January, the Euro managed to push through 1.37 against the US Dollar, Italian 10-year bonds were approaching 4%, the spread against German bunds was tightening and private capital was finally flowing back into the Eurozone. Imagine a football team leading a match 5-0 with 10 minutes to go and then losing 6-5 with all six being spectacular own goals and you get the picture of how in just two months the situation has deteriorated very quickly. How has this been allowed to happen?

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The turning point has been the recent events in Cyprus, which came pretty much as a bolt out of the blue. Over one weekend in March, it was announced that Cyprus would receive a EUR 17 billion bail-out package and that this small country would have to contribute up to EUR 6 billion from its own resources with the rest of the loan funds coming from the Troika institutions (EU, ECB and IMF). Initially it was decided to impose a bank levy on all bank deposits in Cyprus including those of up to EUR 100,000 but this was rejected by the Cypriot parliament. This appeared to violate the spirit of the European banking deposit insurance agreed in principle only last year. Following a week of tense negotiations, a bail-in involving depositors with more than EUR 100,000 was proposed, the two main Cypriot banks were split into one good and one bad bank and the package was finally voted through.

The consequence has been to call into question the security of bank deposits all over the Eurozone. The Cyprus bail-out has introduced a new template for bank failures, potentially undermining the position of bank creditors and the seniority of any loans. In view of the size of potential bad debts across the EU periphery, this has led to renewed contagion fears, which despite the small size of the Cyprus economy, cannot be discounted due to the high exposure of the peripheral markets, including France, to each other. Even deposits covered by guarantee schemes appear now not to be wholly excluded as the initial Cyprus loan proposal actually reneged on deposit guarantees. Worse still, in order to prevent a catastrophic capital flight from Cyprus, capital controls have been imposed. This runs the risk of creating a ‘black market’ in Euros where German Euros could arguably trade at a premium to Cypriot Euros, bringing into sharp focus the dysfunctional nature of the single currency and the unpleasant truth that the EU is not a true monetary union.

Whilst these mainly self-inflicted problems appear to be dragging the European economy down again, in contrast the economic situation in the US remains positive. During the first quarter, the divergence in growth between the Eurozone and the US has widened to as much as 3% and this trend is showing little sign of reversing. The US is on course to grow around 2.5% in annualised terms whilst the Eurozone is likely to shrink 0.4% on the same basis. Momentum behind US growth is strongly positive as self-reinforcing mechanisms come into play. The housing market recovery looks well established and this has undoubtedly supported consumer spending mainly via the transmission mechanism of a falling savings rate. In the short term, there are concerns over the introduction of the payroll tax and the upcoming enforced spending cuts on both consumer and business confidence but in the longer run, central bank policy remains extremely supportive at this stage of the cycle. The Federal Reserve remains focused on unemployment rather than inflation and has made it clear that it will support growth for longer than usual before seeking to tighten monetary policy to contain inflationary pressures.

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What is intriguing is clear evidence of under-investment across many key sectors in the US economy and we could be at the beginning of a new self-sustaining recovery led by such a replacement cycle.

In summary, whilst European problems have returned to the surface and a correction may now be underway, there remain many interesting investment opportunities within certain cyclical industries and it may pay to once again shift away from European to US-based equities while the fortunes of these two economies remain on divergent paths.

GEOFF MARSON Managing Director Odey Wealth Management (C.I.) Ltd, PO Box 533, Level 3 (North), St Julian’s Court, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 6EY. +44 (0) 1481 743601 ci.odeywealth.com

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Richard & Rachel Sutton words | Shambles Rambles BASICALLY YOU GET A FELT COVERED TABLE WITH 6 POCKETS AND BANG SOME LEGS ON IT. YOU THEN FILL THE TABLE WITH RED AND YELLOW BALLS AND TRY TO POT WHICHEVER COLOUR BALLS YOU KNOCK IN FIRST USING A POOL CUE BEFORE YOUR OPPONENT POTS THEIRS. YOU THEN HAVE TO SINK THE EIGHT BALL (BLACK) TO WIN THE GAME. PRETTY EASY EH? I love playing in my indoor cricket team the KPMG Vipers but I must admit that I do also enjoy a game of pool, in fact I think that “Change is as good as a rest”, although whichever idiot said that has obviously never played pool. You try potting a red with your cue balanced on a stack of 10p’s.

This month we decided to do something a little different and interview husband and wife pool players Richard and Rachel Sutton. Not only does that mean two people being interviewed but also a doubles match challenge, there was nothing I could do but ask our photographer Etienne to be my partner. Who will take the second shot in this pool match? Find out after the break!

Now it’s time for the challenge, best of five may the best man (or woman) win.

I find “the difference between chalk and cheese” is significantly greater when playing pool. It certainly looked like Etienne was using cheese on his cue, as me clearing away most of the balls, him missing and either Richard or Rachel clearing up, became a regular occurrence.

We ended up very quickly losing 3-0 although to be fair to Etienne I should have won the third game with what looked to the crowd an easy nine cushion “double” on the black.

Before we kick off let’s find out one or two things about our opponents.

With Etienne sacked off it was time to have a brief yarn about pool with Richard and Rachel.

Ladies first, Rachel is the six times Island Ladies Champion and has been the CI Ladies Champion twice. Her best European ranking is 18, which she achieved in 2011 in Malta. She was also part of the CI side that narrowly lost to England in the 2012 four nations final.

I’ve invented an anti-gravity device that allows the tip of a pool cue to hover at any height above the table. The rest is history, and talking of history, who is the local player that always gets the better than you in matches?

Rachel It has to be Denise Cull, it all depends on the day as to who wins between us.

Richard took up the game after meeting Rachel and has progressed through the ranks. A teacher at Beechwood School, Richard supports Plymouth Argyll who have only just narrowly hung onto their league 2 status. Richards first European Championships were in Dundalk 2009 with his highest rating being 26. He is currently the Pool Association Chairman for his sins.

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Richard For me it has to be Martyn Desperques, one of the best snooker players on the Island. If you go to www.ci8ball.co.uk and look at the Stan Lester Final where he destroys the best player in Jersey 6-0 in 28 minutes you will see why.

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I was watching my mate playing snooker on his own and I thought....

Two can play that game!

If you play a few frames of snooker just before playing pool would it make you a better pool player?

Richard In the men’s game I would say yes as the table suddenly becomes very much smaller.

Rachel Having done it, I find there is a tendency to over hit the ball.

What do you call a guy playing pool with a pint on his head?

Beatrix Potter!

Talking of tips and tricks, if you had to give two tips to an aspiring pool player what would they be?

Richard Practice, practice and practice!

Rachel Take your time After hearing my wife Jane saying, “I want to be good with acoustic,” I decided to buy her a guitar.

Turns out she wanted a pool cue. What games stand out most for you and why?

Richard It has to be clearing the table against one of the best players in England, Adam Davies.

Rachel I was on for the deciding frame against Ireland in the European Championships, I had to hold my nerve in a tactical battle, which I did and we managed to reach the semi-finals.

I’d just set up the pool table with my mate, as I chalked up my cue he looked at me and said, “Wanna break?”. I thought, “Of course not, we haven’t even started yet.”

What does the future in pool hold for Richard & Rachel Sutton?

Richard My goal is to attend the European Championships in Malta 2014 and break into the top 20.

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Rachel I would also like to make the elusive quarter-finals in the same competition.

As an association it would be fantastic to regain the CI International Trophy and at least reach the semi-finals of an international event, maybe even win it!

What one thing would you change about the game and why?

Richard I would change the pub game image, which is so far removed from the waistcoat, shirt and bow tie of the major championships.

In the Open Pool Championships this summer, give us three players who are likely to be thereabouts in the semi-finals?

Richard Martin Desperques, Tom Simon and Jess De La Haye.

If you grab yourself some Pork Scratchings and a pint of Breda and have a knock about on a pool table on your own, it is pretty easy to sink some balls. Why does it become difficult when you are playing for a fiver in front of your mates? Pressure is a funny thing eh? How do you cope with pressure?

Rachel Focus, get into the zone, I find it difficult to get 100% focused but I kind of fall into it. I know when I am playing well because I just see the balls and the table.

Which youngster should we be looking out for in Guernsey?

Richard Jay Ferbrache, he is the current Island Junior Champion who practices well and has a relaxed outlook. He is very determined.

If you want to get involved in local pool then contact Richard at richardsutton@ci8ball.co.uk or if you fancy a game pop down to the excellently refurbished Mariners pub run by Simon and Sarah Shrive complete with three pool tables.

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HTC ONE-the smartphone redefined THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THE HTC ONE IS A STEP FORWARD IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE SMARTPHONE. Not only is this a drop dead gorgeous gadget but it’s a media management and production tool that sits in the palm of your hand.

The 4.7 inch screen packs immense picture quality with a pixel density that outplays the slightly larger screen of the Galaxy S4. This superb display is wrapped in a sleek aluminium body that not only feels fantastic in your hand but gives the phone a rugged feel that many smartphones can’t match.

We all know that it’s not just about looks and the HTC One doesn’t disappoint when you take a peak under the bonnet.

The Android Jellybean operating system and the 1.7GHz processor are put through their paces with features like HTC Zoe, a living photo gallery which captures 20 frames and a three second video every time you hit the shutter button on the phone’s Ultrapixel camera.

If an unwanted passerby manages to sneak into your picture, that’s no problem, object removal takes them out of the frame, leaving you with the perfect image.

On the front of it, HTC has redesigned the HTC Sense user interface, giving you a home screen that constantly updates with the social media and feeds that you want to see at any given moment. Where HTC Sense was good, HTC Blinkfeed is truly great!

Add to all this, superb sound clarity, interactive TV guides and remote control capabilities and you’re just beginning to scratch the surface of a smartphone that really has raised the bar.

The HTC One is coming soon to Sure. Pricing is yet to be confirmed, but likely to be Free on Smart Ultimate for £46 per month. Call in store for details or to be notified when it arrives.

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IS THE FREEDOM OF THE INTERNET DESTROYING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?

Get googling and listen to local Guernsey bands.

words | Victoria Robert

WITH THE EXPLOSION OF WEB 2.0 CAME THE UNSHACKLING OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND GRANTED ARTISTS THE FREEDOM TO GO AT IT ALONE. NO LONGER DO THEY NEED RECORD COMPANY BIG WIGS TO GET THEMSELVES HEARD. SIMILARLY, PEOPLE DON’T NEED TO BE RESTRICTED TO WHAT EVERY TOM, DICK AND SIMON COWELL THINKS THEY SHOULD LISTEN TO. THE INTERNET IS HOME TO A VAST AMOUNT OF MATERIAL FOR US TO DISCOVER AND ENJOY – OR DETEST. HOORAY FOR THE INTERWEBS! THOUGH, I WONDER, IS IT REALLY ALL IT CRACKS UP TO BE? OR IS IT SINGLE HANDEDLY DESTROYING THE SANCTITY OF MUSIC ONE HARLEM SHAKE AT A TIME?

I recall the musings of my old and rather disgruntled Media Studies teacher, who told me that back in his day, you’d collect up your pennies and you’d hunt down a vinyl of your fancy and invite all your mates around to your house and engage in a shared listening experience of your new purchase. Whilst having a good old knees up. In this day and age you needn’t bother even getting out of bed to buy a 99p track on iTunes. Can you imagine giving your cronies a bell, inviting them to come around for a beer to listen to your new Will.i.am download? It would be much more time and cost efficient for them to go online, click away, and one youtube video later they can decide for themselves that it’s a load of tosh. No need to even wiggle a toe.

It’s almost like the romance of it all has been lost by its availability. Are we becoming overwhelmed by music? I know a lot of people that don’t even bother with the albums anymore; they just download the tracks that sound good in the sample.

Not to mention the tracks you end up buying when you were intoxicated…I once woke up with Cher Lloyd on repeat. I thought it was a good idea at the time. Then you put your ipod on shuffle and spend more time flicking through tracks then you do actually appreciating them. Are we all too fast paced and on a plate nowadays to sit and appreciate music for the art it is? It it the case like Jane Austen once wrote, that “Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”

Bands can benefit from being able to sell their music on itunes, or stream for free on soundcloud, but they can release any old trollop that no one wants to hear. Is it good to have a closed door approach to music publishing and have record companies as the goalkeepers to keep all the crap out of the net?

They internet may of provided us with Gangnam Style, allowing boozed up youths to gallop about nightclubs like prized idiots, but

it’s not all doom and gloom. The ability for music to be accessed at a drop of a hat means pushes band’s to try harder to make their music stick out amongst the masses. Anyone can release a track but it doesn’t mean anyone will pay attention to it. Musicians are forced to think on their feet in terms of originality and publicity, and let’s face it there are so many platforms out there waiting to be taken advantage of for this course.

Not only that, but bands willing to go the extra mile to promote themselves without the aid of industry experts mean that the artists who don’t have Mummy & Daddy’s wallets backing them can actually make a profit without having to pay massive cuts to people. They don’t have to worry about any dodgy contracts, or being ripped off, and they don’t have to comprise their style if they don’t want to.

Sometimes it is easier for individuals to release their own material online as the Internet acts as a kind of mask, so those the worlds hidden talent has a new outlet without stage fright getting in the way.

For bands, people will be far more critical on the Internet then they would in person. If they think a song is shite, they will say. In person, especially the British, aren’t going to walk up to someone on stage and say, golly gosh that was absolute codswallop. that pushes bands it helps local bands, and other people from far flung destitute villages get themselves heard. Connect onto local bands releasing digitally this year.

Keiths points: internet was great for music until 2005 when people realized they could exploit the fact that it was so accessible.

Myspace and purevolume were great though.

Local bands to mention

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EDITO DJ’S LOCAL

GUERNSEY has had a hotbed of talented DJs for decades.

BUT THE DAYS OF THE LATE 80S WHEN THE RAVE SCENE AND HOUSE AND TRANCE MUSIC WERE AT THE FORE ARE LONG GONE - AS ARE THE DAYS WHEN THE LIKES OF NUMBER 10, REFLECTIONS, THE GOLDEN MONKEY AND BALOOS, ANTICA ROMA AND OTHER VENUES WERE CRAMMED WITH CLUBBERS AND ISLANDERS ON A NIGHT OUT. SUPERSTAR DJS LIKE TONY DE VIT, BRANDON BLOCK, CARL COX AND JUDGE JULES HAVE GRACED OUR SHORES OVER THE YEARS AND LOCAL DJS LIKE TOM BROCK, STUART MAIR AND MARC GUERIN ARE STILL GOING STRONG TODAY FROM THE ORIGINAL SCENE. THE DAYS WHEN DJS LIKE SOUPS AND SKINNY WERE MIXING ON VINYL HAVE LARGELY DISAPPEARED AS MODERN TECHNOLOGY HAS TAKEN OVER. NICK MOLLET ASKED SOME OF GUERNSEY’S REMAINING TOP AND RESPECTED DJS FOR THEIR VIEWS ON THE DJ SCENE AND PROFILES EACH ON THE PAGES OF GALLERY.

DJ name: Manzur

DJ name: Gezzie

Real name: Manzur Asghar

Real name: Marc Guerin

Age: 44

Age: 35

How and when started DJing: Started collecting records when was 12 in Luton, influenced by my older brother who was an original funkster, going through his disco funk tunes and did my first gig at school

How and when started DJing: On Monday nights in the Golden Monkey when I was 20

Best thing about being a DJ: To play funk, soul, Latin, jazz and hip hop Best DJ experience: Playing at Red cocktail bar on the balcony in the summer with Colin on the sax and me on the decks - great atmosphere. Always love to play at the Get Down too What makes a top DJ: Feeling the crowd - fantastic buzz when they’re on your side Favourite top 3 tunes: Dancing in Outer Space - Atmosphere, Just as Sure - Dissy Jones, Summertime - George Benson Best ever set: DJing Club 54 with oneofakind - it was like putty in your hands Describe the DJ and music scene in Guernsey: Amazing talented DJs out there,music thing very funky - the way it should be Best venue to DJ in Guernsey: Red and the Townhouse Advice to aspiring DJs: Love the music first and the DJing will happen Is God a DJ?: No

Best thing about being a DJ: The travelling and seeing the back end of venues, VIP lounges etc...

Best DJing experience: Too many to mention but playing with Basement Jaxx at the Ministry of Sound in London and in front of 25,000 at Koh Phangan’s Full Moon party have to be up there What makes a top DJ: Being able to read and please a crowd and not just playing your favourite tunes Favourite top 3 tunes: Billy Hendrix - Bodyshine, Underworld Dark and Long, Poker Pets - Lovin You (Rincon remix) Describe the DJ and music scene in Guernsey: It is pretty non-existent now - too many wannabes and equipment that a baby could mix with, combined with the drinking culture taking over the love of good music have killed an extremely strong scene back in the day Advice to aspiring DJs: Do it because you love it, not because it’s cool, feel it and keep practising, you could never be as good as you could be with more practice Is God a DJ?: He was but people like Oakenfold and Nick Warren took over and pushed him to angel status Booking contact: gezzietremors@hotmail.com

Booking contact: manzur_a@hotmail.com

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DJ name: Pressure

DJ name: oneofakind

Real name: Stuart Mair

Real name: Andre De Carteret

Age: 39

Age: 38

Genre of music: Bass music

How and when started DJing: A friend’s older brother lent me his turntables in 1990 and that was that. Started off with early ‘dance’, hardcore and hop hop. A mate bought me my first proper hip hop vinyl on my 16th birthday (shouts to Brent Blondel) and the rest as they say is history

How and when started DJing: Around 1989 after getting into Chicago House music a couple of years before that from some tapes a school friend bought back from America called ‘The House sound of Chicago’. I decided to save money and get a small loan to buy my own set of technics 1210’s and music so I could practice Best thing about being a DJ: Being able to play the music or genre you love and you’re into a crowd or group of people who also feel the same as you about it and also getting a good crowd reaction from a mix you may do or tune you might play Best DJing experience: I guess one would be putting on the ‘after raves’ at Fort Hommet in the early 90s. We used to get between 200 and 300 people and we were able to DJ until the sun came up. Those were good times and very rarely captured these days. Secondly, warming up for Goldie at the Monkey nightclub the first time I brought him over here What makes a top DJ: Tune selection and being able to read the crowd you’re playing to and interact with the dancefloor through the music you play Favourite top 3 tunes: Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle - Your Love, Depeche Mode - Stripped, Lennie D Ice - W R IE and 4th Apollo Two (LTJ Bukem) - Return to Atlantis Best ever set: Warming up for Andy C at Fusion and warming up for Goldie at the Splash in Jersey Describe the DJ and music scene in Guernsey: I feel it has been better than in recent years, partly due to the lack of venues to hold regular nights/events. I think club and venue management need to have more of an open mind to different genres and take more notice of some of the local DJs over here as there is some real talent Best venue to DJ in Guernsey: The Townhouse and Fusion

Best thing about being a DJ: Being given the opportunity of introducing people to music they have never heard before and hopefully them ask you ‘what the hell was that?’ (in a good way) Best DJing experience: I have been blessed with supporting a lot of my DJ and musical heroes and would find it hard to choose one over another so I’m going to keep it local and say Manzur and I back-to-back in Club 54 for an Xmas Get Down about 7/8 years ago. We had over 800 through the door that night and the atmosphere was like no other What makes a top DJ: Knowledge, deep crates and record selection. Looks pleased to be there!

Favourite top 3 tunes: Is that a joke? I’d struggle with top 300 so I’ll pick 3 finds from the last few weeks or so: Ernie Hines - Our Generation, De La Soul - Get Away, Ghostface Killa & Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons to Die LP Best ever set: Going to choose my 1st UK festival booking at the Port Eliot festival in Cornwall. I was second to last on the bill to Suggs of Madness and had the whole place going off. Suggs had the mic saying stuff like ‘this guy is trying to test me’ - fun times Describe the DJ and music scene in Guernsey: Difficult, vast, passionate, talented, splintered, knowledgeable, but alas a total lack of venues and terrible licensing makes ‘the scene’ here challenging Best venue to DJ in Guernsey: Vale Castle is special, but for week-in week-out quality it has to be the Townhouse

Advice to aspiring DJs: Your skills as a DJ are your most important asset. You should spend as much time practising as possible to familiarise yourself with your music and your equipment and you will then be able to work on developing your style as well as developing your DJ skills

Advice to aspiring DJs: Be true to yourself and you shall never fail - ‘Ad Rock of The Beatie Boys’. By that I mean don’t jump on the bandwagons because they are a thing of the moment. Just play the music you want to and believe in it 100%. Do your history.

Understand where the music you love has come from. Passion, knowledge and humility are things I look for above all else

Is God a DJ?: I’m not religious so I wouldn’t know

Is God a DJ?: Nope

Booking contact: pressure30@gmail.com

Booking contact: djoneofakind@gmail.com

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LOCAL DJ’S

DJ name: Leon Robertson Real name: Leon Robertson

DJ name: Tom Brock - but promotes under the Infectious Rhythm banner

Age: Professes to be 21

Real name: Tom Brock

How and when started DJing: I bought my first set of decks the week before my 16th birthday after seeing Chatty Djing up at Fort Hommet

Age: 37

Best thing about being a DJ: The stuff that’s happened because I DJ. I was able to live in Thailand by DJing for a number of years, which led to me meeting my wife and we’ve now got a wonderful son Luca. He’s nearly 2 and has his own set of technics 1210s. If I hadn’t bought decks when I was 16 my life would probably be very different

Best thing about being a DJ: Getting to play your music on a decent live sound system and watching the crowd appreciate good music

Best DJing experience: The years I spent in Thailand DJing with Gezzie in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan

What makes a top DJ: Crowd pleasing but I also like to listen to a DJ build a set over the space of a night rather than hammer anthems from the first minute

What makes a top DJ: Someone who manages to play to the crowd yet sticks to their own style Favourite top 3 tunes: Underworld - Dark and Long, Plump DJs - Dr Dub, Proclaimers - 500 miles Best ever set: Thai New Year at the Green Mango Club, Koh Samui Describe the DJ and music scene in Guernsey: How long have you got? I could be here all day talking about it!

Best venue to DJ in Guernsey: Anywhere that’s full of my mates Advice to aspiring DJs: If you want gigs go out and hassle venue owners - you can be the best bedroom DJ in the world, but no-one is going to ring you up and offer you sets Is God a DJ?: Not according to the guy who wears a sandwich boards and preaches outside HMV Booking contact: l.robertson@eisturdza.com

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How and when started DJing: Started collecting vinyl in 1987, started DJing in 1990

Best DJing experience: Warming up for one of my favourite DJs Danny Howells on a couple of occasions

Favourite top 3 tunes: Gat Decor - Paasion, Slam - Eterna, Lostep - Burma (Sasha’s Involver mix) Best ever set: One Saturday night in Number 10 when it really went off early 90s and more recently playing the Sunday afternoon slot in the Full Flow Tent at Jersey Live 2012 Describe the DJ and music scene in Guernsey: I think there are lots of decent DJs covering all the venues in Guernsey but just not enough decent venues or rather venues that are prepared to support something different Best venue to DJ in Guernsey: Townhouse at the moment always busy and a good vibe Advice to aspiring DJs: Build up a decent collection which gives you options and learn to mix well Is God a DJ?: I’m told he is, but his fee is way out of our league Booking contact:thebrockster2@hotmail.com

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ENOUGH HYPNOTIC ELECTRONICA TO KEEP BASSHEADS INTERESTED, WHILE THEIR FOLKY ROOTS AND CLASSICAL STRING INSTRUMENTS ADD DEPTH TO SATISFY ANY WEARY SOUL – MTV

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GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS IN GUERNSEY, WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE FROM GUERNSEY? Kate Sproule (vocalist) and Stevie McMinn (guitar)

ONE OF THE MOST BLOGGED ABOUT BANDS OF 2012, FOLK/ELECTRONIC OUTFIT MT. WOLF RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘HYPOLIGHT’ THIS SPRING. THE LEAD SINGLE FROM THEIR EAGERLY ANTICIPATED SELFPRODUCED FOLLOW UP EP OF THE SAME NAME WILL BE RELEASED VIA TWO SISTERS RECORDS.

WHEN DID YOU LEAVE AND WHY? Kate left the island to go to a music school (Purcell School) at 14 to study piano and whilst coming back during the holidays, stayed on in the UK to go to Cambridge University. Stevie left after school, heading off to Nottingham University where, like Kate coincidentally, he studied history.

Describing their sound as ‘dreamfolk,’ a cinematic fusion of both folk and electronica, the four piece band mix a unique hybrid of strings and instrumentation with heart-melting harmonies and contemporary elec­tronic and bass influenced sounds. Drawing on influences like The XX, Little Dragon, SBTRKT, Bon Iver and Youth Lagoon, the band easily stand out from the current femalevocal-led alternative/electronic scene.

They both finally settled in London and having met in Guernsey then began writing music together.

‘Hypolight’ continues where their gripping debut effort - ‘Life Size Ghosts’ began, full of dreamy and emotive electronic landscapes, yet reveals the sound of a band truly coming into their own. A confident and promising step forward – ‘Hypolight’ is sonically beautiful and illuminates the London newcomer’s ability to match an astute grasp of aesthetics with a deep sense of emotion.

Lead vocalist and lyricist Kate Sproule’s breathtaking voice, which has already been compared to the likes of Bjork, Elizabeth Fraser and Florence Welch (Florence and The Machine) evokes a sense of paralyzing beauty on the single, dramatically building amongst producer Sebastian Fox’s sparse cinematic electronic tapestry. Stevie McMinn’s acoustic guitar composition, creates the emotional backbone of the track while, Alex Mitchell’s percussion touches add a greater depth that leave a tantalising taste of what’s to come for the rest of the EP. The bands first EP ‘Life Size Ghosts’ received critical acclaim across the board when it was released last October, including heavy support from MTV, Clash, XFM and iTunes. Lead single ‘Life Size Ghosts’ reached number 6 on Hype Machine and received 50,000 plays in its first few weeks of being posted on Soundcloud. Alongside this the Catching Flies remix was a runaway success, securing the top spot on Hype Machine for three weeks running and racking up 100,000 views on Youtube. www.facebook.com/MtWolfOfficial

THERE HAS BEEN SOME EXCITING PRESS ABOUT YOUR NEW EP AND TOUR TELL US ABOUT YOUR MUSIC AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU? Our music is the fusion of four individuals with four different backgrounds in music, who started to patch their ideas together to see what came of it. That was a few years ago and we’ve now honed a sound we each feel carries a piece of us in it. It wasn’t a conscious process so much, but we ended up fusing instrument-led songs with all the cushioning of experimental electronic elements. All the electronic sounds you hear apart from the bass lines are acoustic recordings that are then manipulated to create a soundworld. So it’s quite a personal approach to us as a band!

LISTENING TO YOUR SET I CAN HEAR INFLUENCES OF THE COCTEAU TWINS AND 80’S EXPERIMENTAL NEW WAVE, AM I MILES AWAY? No you probably aren’t! Anything you think you hear as an influence is likely in there somewhere. In that we all listen to and take heed from so many genres. The ‘Dream Pop’ era with its darkness and capacity to play with space is something we’re attracted to. Coupled perhaps with the intimacy of folk.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE... OTHER THAN WORLD DOMINATION TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN? Right now we’re working on new material whilst off on the road on our UK tour. It’s fair to say our hearts all lie in the live as well as recording side of things and we want to continue playing interesting venues in new places. We’re performing at KOKO this Saturday 4th May and then at The Union Chapel in Islington with an orchestra on 7th June and the idea of building on that live experience in the future is incredibly inviting.

So yeah, a long and fruitful career hopefully

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