Why Did the Normans have such Odd Haircuts?
Maybe you didn’t even know they had “odd” haircuts – but even by today’s liberal standards they were decidedly “odd”. In this article we look at the (probable) reasons why.
Read Moreby Robert | Jul 31, 2020 | Alderney, Channel Islands, General Interest, Guernsey, Herm, History, Jersey, Sark | 0 |
Maybe you didn’t even know they had “odd” haircuts – but even by today’s liberal standards they were decidedly “odd”. In this article we look at the (probable) reasons why.
Read Moreby Robert | Nov 1, 2019 | Channel Islands, Herm | 0 |
Much has been written about the occupation and liberation of Guernsey from the Germans in World War II. But what about Guernsey’s nearest neighbour Herm? What was her war like?<
Read MoreNot the most pleasant of subjects but when the ‘great mortality’ as it was called struck the Channel Islands it left in its’ wake a scarred population, decimated in numbers and traumatised in the minds and bodies of all islanders.
Read Moreby Robert | Jan 6, 2017 | Channel Islands, General Interest, Guernsey, Herm, Quizzes, Trivia | 0 |
Test your knowledge with these 20 questions we’ve gathered from Lukas Aleksandr’s...
Read MoreHistory can often turn on the actions of a single individual. April the 3rd 1203 was such a day when King John committed murder. If he hadn’t committed this heinous crime then the whole history of Guernsey and the Channels Island could have been radically different.
Read MoreMany of the flags recall links to the The Duchy of Normandy. The Duchy stems from the Viking invasions of France in the 8th century. It was created by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 out of concessions made by King Charles, and granted to Rollo.
Read More