About Simon Pipe
I'm a freelance journalist, copywriter, and creative; I also teach journalism part-time at university. I was a senior broadcast journalist at the BBC and a reporter, sub-editor and feature writer on newspapers before that. I run St Helena Online, a news website about the remote British island in the South Atlantic, at www.sthelenaonline.org. I like running.
It is a basic principle of society that everyone has the right to know the law. Not on St Helena. A request to be told which Contempt of Court law applies on the island has twice been met with refusal … Continue reading →
St Helena Online has provided independent, professional news and features coverage of one of the world’s most isolated islands for more than four years, and provided strong support for independent media on St Helena. For now, the site is quietly … Continue reading →
Prince Edward, the Queen’s third son, is to perform the official opening ceremony for St Helena Airport – as long as safety inspectors have given clearance for it to become operational. From St Helena Government: The historic opening of St … Continue reading →
A criminal investigation has been carried out into illegal fishing around Ascension Island. But the media on St Helena were banned from reporting on an investigatory expedition aboard the MFV Extractor until it was over (archive picture by Bruce Salt). … Continue reading →
Andy Crowe’s vivid paintings of St Helena’s capital city provided a colourful theme for a set of postage stamps. And now one of them is to be sold at auction to raise some capital for an island charity. Readers are … Continue reading →
A contract to operate a cargo ship to replace the RMS St Helena has been signed – and it will include a small number of passenger berths for the Ascension run. The deal with AW Ship Management Ltd has been … Continue reading →
A “reckless failure” to protect two wirebirds has landed Connect St Helena with a fine of £10,500. St Helena Magistrates’ Court heard that it let a contractor start work on its solar farm before full planning consent had been given … Continue reading →
