“The Saint”, or quite simply “The Saint from St Helena”, will give you up-to-date coverage every week of the local Jamestown street talk. In addition to what we publish in our weekly issue, we will share some of the content here for quick reading and sharing.
Well done to all – Miss St Helena 2022 was a success.
We reckon scruffy August is a bit premature. How was your weather last weekend, the poor girls at The Miss Saint Helena Pageant must have had icicles in places they didn’t want icicles! The Miss St Helena was enjoyed by all on the evening; a tonne of work went into all the organising and to…
Jamestown parking nonsense
For those of us who live here on Saint Helena permanently, we all realise that this little island is as unique as you will get! It’s unique in its culture, the traditions are unique, and the people are unique…everything is different from what visitors, including TC workers, might be used to. Driving on the island…
Legless the mechanic knows it all
Shorty come by my place last Wednesday. He was dancing for joy, well as much of a dance that a legless man can do! He looks damn daft trying to dance, more like a rabbit with a firecracker up his ‘you know what’. He says he reckon that everything going to come right by the…
Our very own Agony Aunt
Hello yo’all…we have some great news. “We have a new regular feature starting this week. It’s taken 3 months, but we’ve managed to find our very own Agony Aunt, Dr. Bonnie Blush. We had this out on the internet and already, a few early letters came flying through the inbox…” We seriously needed to get…
The Jamestown infrastructure is an absolute mess
Now listen, now…from the heart of my bottom, I’m not trying to rock boats or upset no one with this…BUT, we are wanting to encourage tourism, are we not? Wasn’t the big plan from starting the airport, right down to creating the Mantis Hotel all about encouraging tourism. My personal opinion, as an ‘outsider’, for…
The Editors note and more
Issue 11 of the saint will be hitting the shops this Thursday. After rattling some cages and unintentionally pinching some nerves, we are going to get back on track by reporting some hope, instead of the normal doom & gloom. A heartfelt editor’s note as usual and quarantine regulation ends on Monday the 8th August….