Monthly Archives: February 2014

Commonwealth Games baton reaches St Helena

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Simon Pipe

By St Helena Government writer The Queen’s Baton has arrived at St Helena island, the 40th stop in its relay around the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The baton stops at the island for two days en-route from … Continue reading →

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Cruise writer finds a film set waiting to be discovered

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Simon Pipe

Sandy Bay’s arid landscape could be the setting for a science-fiction fantasy and Diana’s Peak would need no make-up for a role in a remake of Jurassic Park, according to writer Captain Greybeard on the Cruise International website. He highlights … Continue reading →

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Games baton’s route to St Helena: Lesotho

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Simon Pipe

Click the pic to chart the progress of the Commonwealth Games baton on its route to Glasgow – via Jamestown.

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Swimming with whale sharks – an island tradition

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Simon Pipe

Swimming with whale sharks is nothing new on St Helena. Fishermen used to have to fend them off, to avoid taking an unplanned dip alongside them, according to video-maker Julian Beard. He used a high-tech Go Pro camera to record … Continue reading →

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A thousand stories… thank you for reading

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Simon Pipe

It would have been nice for the 1,000th story on this website to be about something fun, but sometimes, life just isn’t. The number of stories being published on St Helena Online has slowed down greatly since I started a … Continue reading →

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Housing failures to be put to accounts body

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Simon Pipe

A highly critical report on St Helena’s government housing service is to be reviewed by the island’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday 10 February, more than four months after it was quietly published. The service was declared “inadequate”. Years of … Continue reading →

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Games baton approaches: no need to get sniffy, Jonathan

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Simon Pipe

It’s too bad that Jonathan the tortoise no longer has much of a sense of smell. The Commonwealth Games baton is to arrive on St Helena on 19 February 2014, and it might well carry, to the well-tuned nose, the … Continue reading →

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