MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR HOLIDAY | Sharon Henry Voted as one of Lonely Planet's 'Top Ten Best In Travel' for 2016, St Helena finds herself pinned on the world tourism map as an off the beaten track destination. For the island the world truly will be getting smaller as
International Photography Magazine Produced On St Helena At What The Saints Did Next we produce our very own Breeze photography magazine, an annual publication FREE and exclusive to subscribers of our blog. This is the second edition, released January 2016. We bring a Saint’s perspective
A NEW CHRISTMAS TRADITION FOR ST HELENA | Darrin Henry The annual Festival of Lights once again reasserted its claim as the best street parade on St Helena as hundreds of twinkling islanders ambled through Jamestown. Jolly Christmas music provided the soundtrack, snow (from
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD | Darrin Henry More stressful than a divorce; that’s how moving house induces anxiety according to many, and that’s just for ordinary people. When you’re St Helena exile Napoleon Bonaparte, an international prisoner and one of the most famous men
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM | What The Saints Did Next Remembrance Sunday on St Helena in 2015 was marked on Sunday 8 November with the traditional service at cenotaph in Jamestown. Here's an account of how St Helena remembered the fallen, in photographs.
THE FACE OF MODERN WARFARE | Darrin Henry I’ve climbed ship gangways hundreds of times but this is a first, being met at the top by men clutching machine gun rifles and dressed in camouflage! Like an excited schoolboy I’m unable to suppress my
RETRACING NAPOLEON’S FOOTSTEPS | Sharon Henry Two hundred years ago, on 15 October, 1815, St Helena Island was thrust into the limelight with the reluctant arrival of the world's top celebrity at the time, the French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. After his defeat at the
HISTORIQUE PREMIER VOL | Darrin Henry Traduit en français par Alison Laycock. Merci. Avec la délicatesse d’un doux baiser [the tiny twin prop plane] a atterri sur le nouvel aéroport de Sainte Hélène aujourd’hui. Pourtant, l’impact de cet événement sera répercuter dans les 500 prochaines
COMPOSING BETTER PICTURES | Darrin Henry The Rule of Thirds in photography is a simple and effective composition technique for capturing better pictures. It’s one of the first things you’ll learn on any photography course and it soon becomes second nature.
HISTORIC FIRST FLIGHT | Darrin Henry The first aeroplane to land on St Helena is here. With the delicacy of a gentle kiss the tiny twin prop plane touched down on St Helena’s brand new airport today, yet the impact of this event will
