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Education
A young local woman made a big decision when she eschewed university life in the UK for more of an adventure studying at a university in Hungary. But Alice Dudley-Owen says she came away from the experience with much more than just a degree. She spoke to Georgie Rowbery.
‘Studying in Hungary for a degree has enriched my life’
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.
Alderney marks the 80th anniversary of Homecoming
Arts & Culture
‘It was nice to have another crack at it’
December 08, 2025

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