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Simon De La Rue
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Recreate the magic of A Christmas Carol for an elderly relative by waking them repeatedly to tell them where they’ve gone wrong in life.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“…to my thinking, he would fain have had it…”
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
October 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
RIP Rick Davies, founder of Supertramp. Keep tickling the ivories up above, mate.

youtu.be/LAuSRnTXZeg?...
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special
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September 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
No queues at Les Maingys polling station this morning, if you want to beat tomorrow’s rush. All eligible voters can vote today - here, at Styx and at Beau Sejour, until 8pm.
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Guernsey Arts has sent the following Manifesto out to all Guernsey 2025 election candidates - please give it a read!
June 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The legacy of the Island Games Cultural Programme lives on ✨

Thank you so much for this coverage - there's still time to submit work for Orkney 2025!
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Superb promotion of Guernsey’s offering when it comes to WW2 history, by tour guide Amanda Johns - importantly pointing out that we have other things to offer as well! 👏👏
10 Facts About: The German Occupation of Guernsey
YouTube video by WW2TV
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May 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Out today: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝟖𝟎 🗞️

We’ve got a special 24-page souvenir supplement inside Thursday’s Press, as we bring together 12 extraordinary tales from our Freedom 80 series.

Essential reading ahead of tomorrow’s celebrations 🇬🇬
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Eighty days out from Liberation Day, we at the Guernsey Press began our Freedom 80 series, looking back to 1945 and ahead to this year’s celebrations. In tomorrow’s edition (8 May), we publish a special 24-page souvenir supplement containing 12 extraordinary tales from that series.
May 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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a column on jordan henderson, and the double standards of English football’s leadership discourse

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Why the double standards on ‘leadership’ when it comes to Black players? | Jonathan Liew
Jordan Henderson is a great English leader. But he has been encouraged and applauded for the very same acts for which minority ethnic players are castigated and stigmatised
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
An irreplaceable musician. RIP Bill.
Bill Fay - Screams In The Ears - 1970
YouTube video by nightsbefore
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March 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An absolute pleasure to speak to Nick for his excellent Islands At War podcast, from which I’ve been learning much of late.
March 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Read all about it in today's @guernseypress.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Thank you for the write up in the Guernsey Press today about the podcast. One small error is that my book will be published by @barnthorn and not by @blueormer.
February 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton preview this weekend’s Photo-Symphony, which will see the Guernsey Photography Festival and Guernsey Symphony Orchestra come together at St James for a second time 🎞️🎼
Arts Podcast: ‘A celebration of photography and music’
Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton preview this weekend’s second Photo-Symphony at St James and look ahead to some of the other arts events happening over the next few weeks.
guernseypress.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Plenty in today’s edition about the Red Cross ship the SS Vega, which arrived in St Peter Port 80 years ago today and saved countless islanders from starvation. Four pages today and lots more to come in the next few days.
Friday’s Press 🎄
December 27, 2024 at 10:18 AM
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It's time to sign up to vote next year!

➡️ If you have registered before, you need to REGISTER AGAIN.

2️⃣ If you've been living in Guernsey for the last TWO YEARS you can sign up, whatever your nationality.

ℹ️ You can sign up if you are 15. But can't vote until 16.

Register here: election2025.gg
December 2, 2024 at 7:48 AM