The vaccine is here! A crew member from Sark Shipping handed the box of vaccinations to  one of Sark’s ambulance crew, who then delivered it to the Sark Medical Centre. The first doses are being given this Thursday. Great news!

          Sark Theatre Group took to the stage this weekend with their pirate-themed pantomime, ‘Greybeard’s Christmas.’ The story begins on Christmas Eve on Sark when Greybeard the pirate (the meanest, nastiest old sea dog ever to cross the Big Russel, who also happens to suffer from seasickness, played by Gavin Nicolle) announces to his crew that what he really wants for Christmas is to give up…

Death in Plain Sight. Guests at Stocks Hotel were transported back in time to the Occupation over the last two Saturday nights for the Sark Murder Mystery Company’s dinner production of ‘Death in Plain Sight.’ The story was set in the hotel in 1943 when proprietors Hedley and Edith Baker (Gavin Nicolle and Fiona Heald) are hosting a dinner attended by the new German Kommandant. Much to Hedley’s consternation his…

The exhibition in the old Island Hall, next to St Peter’s Church is now open to the public.  The exhibition gives an insight into what it was like to live on Sark during the German Occupation between 1940 and 1945.  There are also personal stories of some of the islanders. The image below, courtesy of Sue Daly Productions, shows Sark resident Nellie Le Feuvre standing in front of her wartime…

John Hunt of the Royal British Legion on Sark, has gathered together, in the form of a celebratory poster, all the residents that are currently living on Sark who were also present when the island was liberated by the Allied Forces 75 years ago.  As John says, to those members of our precious community “we remember and salute you”. We hope all who were liberated 75 years ago enjoy the…

This year we celebrate 75 years of liberated freedom since the surrender of the German Third Reich and the removal of the occupying German forces from Europe and the Channel Islands in 1945. Towards the end of last year, Sark teamed up with our sister Channel Islands and applied to become members of Liberation Route Europe. We have recently heard that the Channel Islands have been accepted as new members….

Following an overall win in the Floral Guernsey Competition in 2018 Sark was awarded a place in the National Finals this year. Around eighty finalists were chosen from 1600 communities which competed in local competitions. It was announced at the RHS awards evening at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London this evening that Sark Community Blooms, representing not only Sark but also the Bailiwick of Guernsey, was awarded the high…