Editing Jersey (section)

== Culture ==
{{main|Culture of Jersey}}
[[File:La Nethe Rue road sign Jersey.jpg|thumb|Jèrriais road sign ("The black road") in [[Saint Ouen, Jersey|Saint Ouen]].]]

=== Cultural events ===
The [[Jersey Battle of Flowers|Battle of Flowers]] is a carnival that has been held annually in August since 1902.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2005 |title=The Jersey Battle of Flowers |url=http://www.battleofflowers.com/thebattle/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825021120/http://www.battleofflowers.com/thebattle/index.htm |archive-date=25 August 2006 |access-date=15 October 2006 |publisher=Jersey Battle of Flowers Association}}</ref> Other festivals include {{lang|nrf|La Fête dé Noué}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Fête dé Noué |url=http://www.jersey.com/english/sightsandactivities/eventscalendar/christmas/pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222111703/http://www.jersey.com/english/sightsandactivities/eventscalendar/christmas/pages/default.aspx |archive-date=22 December 2010 |access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> (Christmas festival), {{lang|nrf|La Faîs'sie d'Cidre}} (cidermaking festival),<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Faîs'sie d'Cidre |url=http://jerseyheritage.org/events/la-fa-s-sie-d-cidre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012001338/http://www.jerseyheritage.org/events/la-fa-s-sie-d-cidre |archive-date=12 October 2011 |access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> the [[Battle of Britain]] air display,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – Jersey International Air Display |url=http://www.jerseyairdisplay.org.uk/about/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404234309/http://www.jerseyairdisplay.org.uk/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Weekender Music Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Weekender Festival {{!}} Jersey Events {{!}} JerseyTravel.com |url=https://www.jerseytravel.com/things-to-do/jersey-events-festivals/the-weekender-festival |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=www.jerseytravel.com |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405202136/https://www.jerseytravel.com/things-to-do/jersey-events-festivals/the-weekender-festival |url-status=live }}</ref> food festivals, and parish events.

The [[Jersey Eisteddfod]] is an annual festival celebrating local culture. It is split into performing arts (e.g. dance, music, modern languages) and creative arts (e.g. needlework, photography, craft).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jersey Eisteddfod |url=https://culture.je/directory/visual-art/organisation/jersey-eisteddfod |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Culture Jersey |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606171642/https://culture.je/directory/visual-art/organisation/jersey-eisteddfod |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Art ===
Archaeologists have discovered stone planquettes with abstract designs made by the Magdalenians and dating to the [[Upper Paleolithic|Upper Palaeolithic]]; these are the oldest pieces of art discovered in the British Isles as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 August 2020 |title=Earliest art in the British Isles discovered on Jersey |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53835146 |access-date=6 June 2023 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606165701/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53835146 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bello |first1=Silvia M. |last2=Blinkhorn |first2=Edward |last3=Needham |first3=Andrew |last4=Bates |first4=Martin |last5=Duffy |first5=Sarah |last6=Little |first6=Aimée |last7=Pope |first7=Matt |last8=Scott |first8=Beccy |last9=Shaw |first9=Andrew |last10=Welch |first10=Mark D. |last11=Kinnaird |first11=Tim |last12=Millar |first12=Lisa |last13=Robinson |first13=Ruth |last14=Conneller |first14=Chantal |date=19 August 2020 |title=Artists on the edge of the world: An integrated approach to the study of Magdalenian engraved stone plaquettes from Jersey (Channel Islands) |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=15 |issue=8 |pages=e0236875 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0236875 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=7446900 |pmid=32813748 |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1536875B |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The island has produced a number of notable artists. [[John St Helier Lander]] (1868–1944) was a [[Portrait painting|portrait painter]] born in St Helier in 1868; he was a portraitist for the Royal Family.<ref name="Times">Anonymous (1944). Mr. J. St H. Lander. ''The Times'' 15 February 1944 p 6</ref> [[Edmund Blampied]] also lived around the same period; he was known for his [[etching]]s and [[drypoint]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1964 – Article 6 – Edmund Blampied |url=https://collections.societe.je/archive/annual-bulletin/volume-18/annual-bulletin-1964/1964-article-6-edmund-blampied/1986915 |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=Société Jersiaise |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606171032/https://collections.societe.je/archive/annual-bulletin/volume-18/annual-bulletin-1964/1964-article-6-edmund-blampied/1986915 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other famous historic artists include [[John Le Capelain]], [[John Everett Millais]] and Philip Ouless. There are also several contemporary Jersey artists, such as Ian Rolls, known for painting quirky landscape paintings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Rolls – The Harbour Gallery Jersey |url=https://theharbourgalleryjersey.com/artists/ian-rolls/ |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=theharbourgalleryjersey.com |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606171028/https://theharbourgalleryjersey.com/artists/ian-rolls/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jersey also has historic connections to French art. French artist [[René Lalique]] created the [[stained glass]] windows at [[St Matthew's Church, Jersey|St Matthew's Church]]. No similar Lalique commission survives elsewhere in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Matthew's Glass Church |url=https://stmatthews.je/glass-church |access-date=17 March 2022 |website=St Matthew's Glass Church |language=en-US |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606171029/https://stmatthews.je/glass-church |url-status=live }}</ref> Artist partners [[Claude Cahun]] and [[Marcel Moore]] were born in France but moved to and died in the island.<ref>{{cite web |title=Claude Cahun – Chronology |url=http://www.connectotel.com/cahun/cahunchr.html |access-date=18 October 2007 |archive-date=25 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925180515/http://www.connectotel.com/cahun/cahunchr.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== ''Bergerac'' ===

The popular 1980s BBC detective drama ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'', starring [[John Nettles]], was set in Jersey.<ref>{{cite news |title=Classic crime show ''Bergerac'' set to return |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-47161490 |work=BBC News |date=7 February 2019}}</ref>

=== Media ===
{{main|Media of Jersey}}
[[File:Haûlîngu'thie d'la couleu d'Jèrri l'7 d'Avri 2011 11.jpg|thumb|A Channel Television crew interview the [[Bailiff of Jersey]]]]{{See also|Telecommunications in Jersey}}
[[BBC Radio Jersey]] provides a radio service, and BBC [[Spotlight (BBC News)|Channel Islands News]] provides a joint television news service with Guernsey. [[ITV Channel Television]] is a regional [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise shared with the Bailiwick of Guernsey but with its headquarters in Jersey. Radio services are also provided by [[Channel 103]], among other companies.

Bailiwick Express is one of Jersey's digital online news sources. Jersey has only one newspaper, the ''[[Jersey Evening Post]]'', which is printed six days a week, and has been in publication since 1890.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/about-us/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=Jersey Evening Post |language=en-GB |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318141512/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Music ===
[[File:Jersey Town Criterium 2011 07.jpg|thumb|The Band of the Island of Jersey play at many events<ref>{{Cite web |title=Band of the Island of Jersey |url=http://www.islandband.org.je |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907163918/http://www.islandband.org.je/ |archive-date=7 September 2011 |access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref>]]
Little is known of the history of music in the islands, though fieldwork has recorded [[Folk music|folk songs]] from the Channel Islands, mostly in French.<ref>Kennedy, Peter (1975) Folksongs of Britain and Ireland. London: Cassell</ref> The folk song {{lang|nrf|Chanson de Peirson}} is unique to the island.<ref>Jersey Times Almanac & Directory, 26 January 1907</ref>

In contemporary music, [[Guru Josh]], who was born in Jersey, produced [[House music|house]] and [[techno]] music. He was most notable for his internationally successful debut hit [[Infinity (Guru Josh song)|Infinity]] and its re-releases, reaching number one in numerous European countries.<ref name="obituary">{{cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=5 January 2016 |title=Guru Josh obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/05/guru-josh |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223184915/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/05/guru-josh |url-status=live }}</ref> Rock and pop artist [[Nerina Pallot]] was raised on the island and has enjoyed international success, and has written songs for famous artists like [[Kylie Minogue]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2022 |title=The 50 greatest Kylie Minogue singles of all time, ranked |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2022/01/20/50-best-kylie-minogue-singles-ranked-236367 |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=The Tab UK |language=en-GB |quote=The Nerina Pallot penned Better Than Today sounds like if Kylie decided to lay vocals down on a MIKA and Scissor Sisters lovechild track. It's camp as hell, brimming with positivity and a Stuart Price production that's difficult not to fall completely in love with. |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120165441/https://thetab.com/uk/2022/01/20/50-best-kylie-minogue-singles-ranked-236367 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The island has a summer music festival scene stretching from mid-June to late September including Good Vibrations, Out-There, the Weekender (the largest festival in the Channel Islands) and Electric Park.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2021 |title=Ten summer music events in Jersey {{!}} Inspiration |url=https://www.jersey.com/inspire-me/inspiration/ten-summer-music-events-in-jersey/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=Visit Jersey |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526144944/https://www.jersey.com/inspire-me/inspiration/ten-summer-music-events-in-jersey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Theatre ===
[[File:Lillie langtry.JPG|thumb|Actress [[Lillie Langtry]], nicknamed the ''Jersey Lily''.]]

There are two theatres on the island: the [[Jersey Opera House]] and the Jersey Arts Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2021 |title=Theatre in Jersey – attractions |url=https://www.jersey.com/things-to-do/attractions/arts-culture/theatre-in-jersey/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=Visit Jersey |language=en |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625005030/https://www.jersey.com/things-to-do/attractions/arts-culture/theatre-in-jersey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lillie Langtry]] is probably the most famous actress from the island. She was born in Jersey and became an actress on the [[West End theatre|West End]] in the late 19th century. She was the first socialite to appear on stage and the first celebrity to endorse a commercial product.<ref name="Pears">{{cite news |title=When Celebrity Endorsers Go Bad |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2002/02/03/when-celebrity-endorsers-go-bad/260776e6-d38c-4319-b683-eb466c499dce/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |quote=British actress Lillie Langtry became the world's first celebrity endorser when her likeness appeared on packages of Pears Soap. |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116081428/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2002/02/03/when-celebrity-endorsers-go-bad/260776e6-d38c-4319-b683-eb466c499dce/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lillie Langtry British actress |work=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillie-Langtry |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712212548/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lillie-Langtry |url-status=live }}</ref> She was also famous for her relationships with notable figures, including the Prince of Wales, later [[Edward VII]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Girl from Jersey |url=http://www.lillielangtry.com/Fame.htm |access-date=30 May 2008 |publisher=lillielangtry.com |archive-date=20 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520033459/http://www.lillielangtry.com/Fame.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She is buried in [[St Saviour, Jersey|St Saviour]]'s Church graveyard.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dudley |first=Ernest |title=The Gilded Lily |publisher=Oldhams Press |year=1958 |location=London |pages=219–20}}</ref>

=== Cinema ===
In 1909, T. J. West established the first cinema in the Royal Hall in St. Helier, which became known as West's Cinema in 1923 and was demolished in 1977. The first [[talking picture]], ''The Perfect Alibi'', was shown on 30 December 1929 at the Picture House in St. Helier. The Jersey Film Society was founded on 11 December 1947 at the Café Bleu, West's Cinema. The large Art Deco Forum Cinema was opened in 1935; during the German occupation this was used for German propaganda films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bisson |first=Mike |date=7 December 2021 |title=Cinema |url=https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Cinema |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=Jerripedia |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403082436/https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Cinema |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Odeon Cinema]] was opened 2 June 1952 and was later rebranded in the early 21st century as the Forum cinema. Its owners, however, struggled to meet tough competition from the Cineworld Cinemas group, which opened a 10-screen multiplex on the waterfront centre in St. Helier on reclaimed land in December 2002, and the Odeon closed its doors in late 2008. The Odeon is now a [[listed building]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Document Reference: HE0024 |url=https://www.mygov.je//Planning/Pages/HistoricEnvironmentDetail.aspx?s=3&r=HE0024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016000655/https://www.mygov.je//Planning/Pages/HistoricEnvironmentDetail.aspx?s=3&r=HE0024 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |access-date=16 August 2013 |publisher=Mygov.je}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Odeon Cinema Building sold to Freedom Church Jersey |url=http://freedomcentre.je/press-releases/1-former-odeon-cinema-building-to-be-sold-to-freedom-church-jersey.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202041445/http://freedomcentre.je/press-releases/1-former-odeon-cinema-building-to-be-sold-to-freedom-church-jersey.html |archive-date=2 December 2012}}</ref>

First held in 2008, the [[Branchage|Branchage Jersey International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Branchage Film Festival |url=http://www.branchagefestival.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915034127/http://www.branchagefestival.com/ |archive-date=15 September 2011 |access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref> attracts filmmakers from all over the world.
The 2001 movie ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]'' was set on the island in 1945 shortly after liberation.

=== Food and drink ===
[[File:Jersey wonders.jpg|thumb|''Jersey wonders'', or {{lang|nrf|mèrvelles}}, are a favourite snack consisting of fried dough, found especially at country fêtes. According to tradition, the success of cooking depends on the state of the tide.]]

Seafood has traditionally been important to the cuisine of Jersey: [[mussel]]s (called {{lang|nrf|moules}} in the island), [[oyster]]s, [[European lobster|lobster]] and crabs – especially [[Maja squinado|spider crabs]] – [[Abalone|ormers]] and [[conger]].<ref name="Recipes-2022">{{Cite web |title=Jersey Food and Recipes |url=https://www.i-love-jersey.co.uk/recipes-and-food-in-Jersey.html |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=www.i-love-jersey.co.uk |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405202132/https://www.i-love-jersey.co.uk/recipes-and-food-in-Jersey.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jersey milk being very rich, [[cream]] and butter have played a large part in insular cooking.<ref name="CI report">{{cite web |date=18 January 2010 |title=Market Prospects for Channel Island milk |url=http://www.dairyco.org.uk/library/d-archive/market-information/market-prospects-for-channel-island-milk.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314221425/http://www.dairyco.org.uk/library/d-archive/market-information/market-prospects-for-channel-island-milk.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2012 |publisher=Milk Development Council |access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> [[Jersey Royal potatoes]] are the local variety of [[new potato]], and the island is famous for its early crop of Chats (small potatoes) from the south-facing côtils (steeply sloping fields). They were originally grown using [[Seaweed fertiliser|vraic]] as a natural fertiliser, giving them their own individual taste; only a small portion of those grown in the island still use this method. They are eaten in a variety of ways, often simply boiled and served with butter or when not as fresh fried in butter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://jerseyroyals.co.uk/about-us/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=Jersey Royals – Genuine New Potatoes |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404134542/https://jerseyroyals.co.uk/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Apples historically were an important crop. {{lang|nrf|Bourdélots}} are apple dumplings, but the most typical speciality is black butter ({{lang|nrf|[[Nièr beurre|lé nièr beurre]]}}), a dark spicy spread prepared from apples, [[cider]] and spices. Cider used to be an important export. After decline and near-disappearance in the late 20th century, apple production is being increased and promoted. Besides cider, [[apple brandy]] is produced. Other production of alcohol drinks includes wine,<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Mare Wine Estate |url=http://www.lamarewineestate.com/estate/heritage |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-date=11 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811042535/http://www.lamarewineestate.com/estate/heritage |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2013 the first commercial [[vodka]]s made from Jersey Royal potatoes were marketed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 June 2013 |title=Double vodka on the Rock |work=Jersey Evening Post |url=http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/2013/06/01/double-vodka-on-the-rock/ |url-status=usurped |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910080046/http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/2013/06/01/double-vodka-on-the-rock/ |archive-date=10 September 2013}}</ref>

Among other traditional dishes are cabbage loaf, Jersey wonders ({{lang|nrf|les mèrvelles}}), fliottes, bean crock ({{lang|nrf|les pais au fou}}), [[Urtica dioica|nettle]] ({{lang|nrf|ortchie}}) soup, and vraic buns.<ref name="Recipes-2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Popular Traditional Food in the Channel Islands |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-food-in-channel-islands |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=www.tasteatlas.com |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403210132/https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-food-in-channel-islands |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Sport ===
{{main|Sport in Jersey}}
[[File:Harry Vardon statue Grouville 3.jpg|thumb|left|A statue of Jersey golfer, [[Harry Vardon]], stands at the entrance to the Royal Jersey Golf Club]]

In its own right, Jersey participates in the [[Commonwealth Games]] and in the biennial [[Island Games]], which it first hosted in 1997 and more recently in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Island Games Jersey 2015 Bid &#124; Home |url=http://www.jersey2015.com/home |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325001855/https://www.jersey2015.com/home |archive-date=25 March 2012 |access-date=26 April 2012 |publisher=Jersey2015.com}}</ref>

The [[Jersey Football Association]] supervises football in Jersey. As of 2022, the Jersey Football Combination has nine teams in its top division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JFA Combination League |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=8379530 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=fulltime.thefa.com |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403055409/https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=8379530 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jersey official football team|Jersey national football team]] plays in the annual [[Muratti]] competition against the other Channel Islands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muratti Vase |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/muratti.html |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=4 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804231218/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/muratti.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rugby union in Jersey]] comes under the auspices of the Jersey Rugby Association (JRA), which is a member of the [[Rugby Football Union]] of England. Amateur side, [[Jersey RFC]], won the English Regional Two South Central Division in the 2023/24 season and will play in fifth tier Regional One South Central next campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68452525|title=Jersey RFC win Regional Two South Central title after 54–7 Newbury win|date=16 March 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2024-06-05|archive-date=13 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513091303/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68452525|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Jersey Cricket Board]] is the official [[Sport governing body|governing body]] of the sport of [[cricket]] in Jersey. Jersey Cricket Board is Jersey's representative at the [[International Cricket Council|International Cricket Council (ICC)]]. It has been an ICC member since 2005 and an associate member since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Cricket Council |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/europe/associate/111 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404060951/https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/europe/associate/111 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Jersey cricket team]] plays in the [[Inter-insular match]], as well as in ICC tournaments around the world in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

For Horse racing, Les Landes Racecourse can be found at Les Landes in St. Ouen next to the ruins of [[Grosnez Castle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://jerseyraceclub.com/our-history/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Jersey Race Club |date=11 July 2013 |language=en-GB |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132609/https://jerseyraceclub.com/our-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jersey has two public indoor swimming pools: AquaSplash, St Helier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome {{!}} AquaSplash |url=https://www.aquasplash.je/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.aquasplash.je |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082120/https://www.aquasplash.je/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Les Quennevais, St Brelade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Quennevais {{!}} Active.je |url=https://www.active.je/centres/les-quennevais |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.active.je |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326175332/https://www.active.je/centres/les-quennevais |url-status=live }}</ref> Swimming in the sea, windsurfing and other marine sports are practised. Jersey Swimming Club has organised an annual swim from Elizabeth Castle to Saint Helier Harbour for over 50 years. A round-island swim is a major challenge: the record for the swim is Ross Wisby, who circumnavigated the island in 9 hours 26 minutes in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swims to take part in |url=http://www.jerseyseaswims.org/swims-to-take-part-in.html |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club |language=en |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403210133/http://www.jerseyseaswims.org/swims-to-take-part-in.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Royal Channel Island Yacht Club is based in St Brelade.<ref>[https://www.rciyc.je/about About]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club''. Retrieved 20 March 2022.</ref>

Two professional golfers from Jersey have won [[the Open Championship]] seven times between them; [[Harry Vardon]] won six times and [[Ted Ray (golfer)|Ted Ray]] won once, both around the turn of the 20th century. Vardon and Ray also won the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] once each. Harry Vardon's brother, [[Tom Vardon]], had wins on various European tours.

Jersey Sport, an independent body that promotes sports in Jersey and support clubs, was launched in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New body to promote sport |url=https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/05/24/new-body-to-promote-sport/ |access-date=23 April 2019 |website=jerseyeveningpost.com |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423135427/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/05/24/new-body-to-promote-sport/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Languages ===
Until the 19th century, indigenous [[Jèrriais]] – a [[variety (linguistics)|variety]] of [[Norman language|Norman]] – was the language of the island though French was used for official business. During the 20th century, [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British cultural influence]] saw an intense [[language shift]] take place and Jersey today is predominantly [[English-speaking world|English-speaking]].{{r|facts gov}} Jèrriais nonetheless survives; around 2,600 islanders (3%) are thought to be habitual speakers, and some 10,000 (12%) in all claim some knowledge of the language, particularly among the elderly in rural parishes. There have been efforts to revive Jèrriais in schools.<ref>{{Cite web |author=States of Jersey |date=26 April 2021 |title=New Jèrriais Cross-Curricular Course Launched in Schools – Alentou d'Jèrri (Around Jersey) |url=http://www.gov.je/News/2021/pages/jerriaiscrosscurricularcourselaunched.aspx |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=gov.je |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628163830/https://www.gov.je/News/2021/pages/jerriaiscrosscurricularcourselaunched.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[dialect]]s of Jèrriais differ in [[phonology]] and, to a lesser extent, [[lexis (linguistics)|lexis]] between parishes, with the most marked differences to be heard between those of the west and east. Many place names are in Jèrriais, and French and English place names are also to be found. [[Anglicisation]] of the [[place names]] increased apace with the migration of English people to the island.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2021 |title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF NAME CALLING |url=https://www.ruraljersey.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-name-calling/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=RURAL |language=en-US |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404061004/https://www.ruraljersey.co.uk/a-brief-history-of-name-calling/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Literature ===
[[File:Victor Hugo-Exile.jpg|right|thumb|[[Victor Hugo]] in exile, 1850s]]
[[Wace]] was a 12th-century poet born in Jersey. He is the earliest known Jersey writer, authoring ''[[Roman de Brut]]'' and ''[[Roman de Rou]]'', among others. Some believe him to be the earliest [[Jèrriais]] writer and he is known as the founder of [[Jèrriais literature|Jersey literature]], but the language in which he wrote is very different from modern Jèrriais.<ref name="Worlddata-2019"/>

As Jèrriais was not an official language in Jersey, it had no standard written form, which meant that Jersey literature is very varied, written in multiple forms of Jèrriais alongside Standard English and French.<ref name="facts gov">{{Cite web |title=Facts about Jersey |url=https://www.gov.je/Leisure/Jersey/Pages/Profile.aspx |website=Government of Jersey |access-date=2 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191221081233/https://www.gov.je/Leisure/Jersey/Pages/Profile.aspx}}</ref>

[[Matthew Le Geyt]] was the first poet to publish in Jèrriais after the introduction of printing to the island in the 18th century.<ref name="Jersey Tourism-2006">{{Cite web |title=Where is Jersey |url=http://www.jersey.com/wij/wij_en.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820081549/http://www.jersey.com/wij/wij_en.htm |archive-date=20 August 2006 |access-date=15 October 2006 |publisher=Jersey Tourism}}</ref> [[Philippe Le Sueur Mourant]] wrote in Jèrriais in the 19th century.{{r|facts gov}} Jerseyman George d'la Forge is named the 'Guardian of the Jersey Norman Heritage'. Though he lived in America for most of his life, he felt a strong attachment to Jersey and his native language. His works were turned into books in the 1980s.<ref name="Ramsar-2018" />

After the failure of the 1848 revolution, thirty-nine French revolutionaries were exiled in Jersey, including the famous French author [[Victor Hugo]], as Jersey's culture had a relation to their native French.<ref name="UK Gov-2018" /> Gerald Durrell, the famous zoologist who set up [[Jersey Zoo]], was also an author, writing novels, non-fiction and children's books. He wrote in order to fund and further his conservation work.<ref name="Mut Bosque-2020" />