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Ellen Groves

Guernsey-born journalist and communications professional, formerly Visit Guernsey's PR representative in France, now launching the bilingual newsletter îles.

Oct 24, 2026

16:27
that's not even pepper spray, it's causing convulsions.
16:31
Yeah, we don't even know exactly what's in it.
16:36
It's got something, well, the one that they use in France is called CS gas and apparently the chemical is cyanide.
16:44
But yeah, there's been a considerable number of people in the demonstrations.
16:51
You can hear sirens now.
16:52
Yeah, I can hear sirens.
16:54
A considerable number of people in the demonstrations are being...

8 MINS LATER

25:15
yeah
7:15
I don't want you to give everything away that's coming up in your coverage, but I think it'd be nice to give at least one example of a story about Guernsey that you think should be told in France.
7:26
Well, this one is very close to my heart because it's one that I've been involved with all my life, pretty much.
7:32
But this year, the Channel Islands Longest Running Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, which is a phenomenal achievement to think that in 1976, in that long hot summer, a group of... friends, including my dad, which is why it's close to my heart.
7:49
They started this event in a castle, somehow got permission to use it and created a festival that still exists 50 years on.
7:59
And it actually There have been French acts who've come over over the years, but the full festival story has not been told in French and has not been told in a way that encapsulates, you think that it encapsulates so much of what is wonderful about Guernsey, the voluntary aspect, the fact that there's no...
8:22
You know, it's a castle on the sea where you listen to music for 12 hours.
8:26
There's no corporate sponsorship.
9:28
What do we need to understand more about France?

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