Jersey Topic was first published in 1964, under the editorship of Ted Vibert, a dynamic journalist who had previously worked for the Jersey Evening Post. Its name was changed in 1965 to Island Topic, with its coverage extended to Guernsey. In 1966 the magazine closed when its publishers launched the Island Sun, a weekly newspaper published on Sundays, also edited by Mr Vibert. In 1969, Mr Vibert, who had made a previous unsuccessful attempt to enter the States, emigrated to Australia, where he lived for 30 years, before returning to Jersey and ultimately successfully standing as a States Member.
Jersey Life was launched to fill the slot created by the closure of Island Topic but was only published for just over a year, under the editorship of Iain MacFirbisigh, who was later to become a Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Images of the 'Sixties, a gallery of pictures from Jersey Topic and Jersey Life
- Houses in the 1960s
- Fashion in the 1960s
- Entertainment in the 1960s
- Karen Cornish wins the Miss ITV competition
- Jersey Pottery - a 1965 article
- Surfing history
- Review of Jersey agriculture in 1967
- Development ideas for coastal locations
Interviews with prominent politicians
- Bernard Binnington
- Cyril Le Marquand
- J J Le Marquand
- Dennis Ryan
- Clarrie Dupre
- Ernie Gaudin
- Wilfred Krichefski
- Maurice Letto
- Bob Smale
the Bailiff of the time
the Earl of Jersey
A prominent businessman
A new headmaster
- An interview with John Watts, first headmaster of Les Quennevais School