Articles published in October 2009
  6 articles published

1: Up to the Hub of Utopia – Climbing Tristan da Cunha's Queen Mary's Peak - Tristan (Environment) - 26.10.2009

In 1516 Thomas Morus published his “Utopia”, the design of an ideal community. Vulnerable as he sensed it to be, he placed it on an imaginary island. Photos (c) Wolfgang Schaub

2: SHOULD CHRISTIAN VALUES BE CHOPPED FROM ST HELENA’S CONSTITUTION? - Tristan (Government) - 21.10.2009

A recent debate in the Foreign Affairs Committee about the Constitutions of British Overseas Territories has sparked interest in territories in the South Atlantic.

3: Mgr Michel McPartland Returns to Visit Tristan’s Catholic Community - Tristan (People) - 21.10.2009

A year went by ever so quickly. I found myself back in Cape Town, preparing myself to return to Tristan da Cunha, in September, and could not believe it. It seemed like only yesterday since I made this voyage last year. Photo (c) James Glass (Tristan Times) The baptism of Deanna Rogers during the Sunday Mass on 27th September 2009

4: Tristan's Shipping News 13/10/09 - Tristan (Shipping/Freight) - 13.10.2009

The Baltic Trader carrying the islands cargo, which included the material for the new Post Office and Museum, as well as the new Police station, arrived on Saturday the 3rd October after a 10-day trip, from Cape Town

5: Reflections on my three-month long visit to Tristan - Tristan (People) - 13.10.2009

The possibility of a visit to Tristan arose out my immediate “I will” to Bishop Garth’s query whether anybody would like to spend a few months on Tristan. That was at our March Chapter meeting on the last Thursday of the month. By Monday I had received a response from Fr Chris Brown, the beginning of our routine of questions on my part and his detailed and often evocative answers.

6: APPARENT LEAKED DOCUMENT LEADS TO ARREST OF ST HELENA NEWSPAPERMAN - S.Atlantic (Communications) - 08.10.2009

In a justified operation the St Helena Police have done what is comparable to going after a fly with a 0.22 rifle.