Paula Thelwell « « This Is Jersey

No matter how lofty the assembly, politicians the world over have too much time on their hands

WE know the silly season is upon us when stories start appearing in the media such as the one about the kitten that resembles Adolf Hitler.

Pleading for the States to be sympathetic to happiness levels is echoing PM Cameron

HAVE you heard the one about the States Member who wanted an expensive Saville Row suit to wear on a foreign junket?

Be careful, American movie makers – no one messes with Miss Marple!

THE Americans are at it again – taking classic English literature and adapting it to suit their own purposes.

How ironic that the newspaper that prided itself on exposing scandals finally fell to one of its own making

LAST Sunday I was haunted by a medley of old, familiar smells that not even the lingering fragrance of scented candles could overpower.

In a taxi it’s good to talk – and on holiday it’s good to write

THE miracles of modern medicine never cease to amaze me.

It was telling that this superb programme ignored the ‘iconic’ architecture and luxury hotels

PICKING up the JEP last Saturday morning and glancing at the front page headline, I thought the Coterie of Ministers had come up with yet another barmpot idea.

We are in danger of attracting rich immigrants who have no interest in what makes us tick

A HOLIDAY taken in Australia a few years back, coincided with a nationwide tour by the then headlining rock band, Oasis.

The e-coli bug saga should serve as yet another warning that we tamper with nature and traditional growing practices at mankind’s peril

UNTIL the news of the outbreak of a mutant e-coli bug in Hamburg spread beyond Germany’s borders, the cucumber was an innocuous plant with global appeal.

States pay-offs? We ought to be asking just who negotiates such generous contracts in the first place

BACK in the 1980s two American soap operas vied for the top spot in the TV ratings battles on both sides of the Atlantic.

Are the local media really so intrusive that they need a government health warning?

THE life of a comment columnist in Jersey is not as arduous a task as many assume it to be.