Island Life

Not everyone left Alderney in 1940, and by the end of 1945 only about a third of those who left had come back, but as Simon De La Rue reports, Homecoming Day – which the northern isle celebrates today – was when the island’s recovery from occupation really began to take shape.

The Guernsey Literary Festival has unveiled the first wave of speakers for its 2026 programme, promising another richly varied line-up of authors, thinkers and performers when it returns next spring.