Having worked on the Isle of Islay, Scotland with the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) on a farm and nature reserve for a good few years, my sabbatical was due and the opportunity came to head to St. Helena…

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Part of the response to a question raised in Parliament in connection with historic sites in the Overseas Territories was that St Helena had 11 historic sites.  This raised one or two eyebrows at the National Trust as anyone familiar with Crallan’s Listings knows there are over 200 listed buildings and numerous other historic fortifications, monuments and sites...

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POpposite is an extract from a letter written by Edward Baldwin and published in the St Helena Independent on 12th December.  Edward is a regular visitor to St Helena, an erstwhile supporter of the Island’s museum and someone who is a ‘doer’, not just a ‘talker’...

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