The first of Sark’s festive events took place on 24th November when the Island Hall put on a Christmas lunch followed by a jumble sale. After turkey and all the trimmings there were bargains to be had as well as a book stall, raffles, tombola and cake stall. A week later Stocks Hotel held their Christmas Courtyard Sale. All manner of gifts and homemade goodies were on sale as well…

  The lads of the Sark Darts league hosted two of the world’s top players in November for Sark’s first ever charity darts exhibition event. Andy ‘The Pieman’ Smith and Terry ‘The Bull’ Jenkins took it in turn to play members of audience providing a great evening of entertainment. The star players were walked on by our very own glamour girls, Pippa and Mini, in rather cut down versions of…

  Friday 19th November was a big night in Sark for not only was it Cheque Presentation Night but it also brought the broadcast of a very special television programme. The event, held at the Island Hall, began with a buffet supper before everyone settled down to watch the first episode of ‘An Island Parish’, a BBC series filmed on Sark last summer. The live screening was projected onto the…

  If you’ve walked on L’Eperquerie Common lately you may have seen signs of conservation work by a volunteer party from La Société Sercquaise. Gorse has been removed from around the Butts tower and parapet, so that work to stabilize the masonry can go forward. These defence features were built around 1800, during war with revolutionary France, when Sark’s militia was boosted with cannon and muskets from Guernsey. The space…