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On this page we provide information about the most recent updates to Saint Helena Island Info, as well as details of previous updates. You can find information about earlier updates on page Page Updates History.
This site was last updated on 28 October 2025.
See also: ⋅ Page History
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These pages have minor updates unless listed in the Recent Updates section below.
Recent Updates
Listed below are the principal changes in each release, in addition to which there are generally new and improved images, corrections and other minor improvements throughout the site.
Below: 28th October 2025 25th September 2025 17th August 2025 14th July 2025 9th July 2025 20th May 2025 Older Items
28th October 2025
Our page Country Music was one of the first pages we wrote , but now we have a new page - Music - for all the many other musical styles featured here.
Updates have been made to many pages reflecting the move of the Port Facilities to Ruperts.
We have added a new Saved building - see our page Saved Buildings, recorded the visit of famous pianist Filippo Gorini and note the update to the lights on Jacob’s Ladder.
Pages related to Districts now give Legislative Council Representative information and our page Districts of St Helena lists them all.
Angus McKay has kindly sent us some photos taken on a visit in 1981, when he was just 10.
25th September 2025
We have summarised the latest plans for primary school reorganisation on our page Education.
Our page Government on St Helena is now updated for latest developments.
We are no longer able to be contacted by telephone. Our operational contact details are on the page Contact Us.
We’ve updated the page Roads with a more intuitive structure, and to reflect the completion of the Ladder Hill Road Refurbishment.
Our page about where to find St Helena has been updated to help people coming here from far, far away… Where is St Helena?.
17th August 2025
Read about the American battle plan to capture St Helena.
In July 2025 the Government of St Helena announced that it had received an investment proposal covering all or parts of the Mundens Fort area. At the time of writing it is not known what has been proposed and whether development will be allowed to go ahead.
We’ve reorganised the page Forts and Batteries to better structure the information and highlight some important installations, including a new section Featured Forts.
There is lot of confusion on the Internet about what is our St Helena, and what is one of the others. We explore this on our page Do they mean us?.
John Coyle has kindly provided a collection of photos he took on the island in 1967-9, which we’ve included throughout the site.
We realised that the page Half Tree Hollow had many historic images but few contemporary ones, so have corrected this.
We have been through more of the site examining the ‘time of writing’ markers and bringing them up-to-date, which has resulted in updates to more pages.
14th July 2025
We have been through the site examining the ‘time of writing’ markers and bringing them up-to-date. This has resulted in updates to many pages.
9th July 2025
The QUICK READ section, at the top of each page, now gives you a word count and estimated read time for the main content{1}.
Captain Tom Whatley has been added to our page Important People because he is very fondly remembered by so many.
The island’s secondary school was renamed St Helena Secondary School (formerly Prince Andrew School) in May so we now use its new name for ongoing references and its old name for historic ones.
We had a play with Microsoft Copilot. As a result we updated our page Artificial Intelligence and added in a few quotes around the site.
If you used to listen to Stedson Francis on the radio you may want to hear his distinctive signature tune again. It’s on our page Radio St Helena page.
20th May 2025
We have added to every page a QUICK READ section, at the top of each page. This explains the purpose of the page and introduces what’s on it. If you have any comments on these please contact us.
Read about St Helena’s 1997 ‘Night of Fires’ on our page Unrest and Rebellion.
We have added information about the ‘Two-Hour Ships’ to our page Union Castle Line.
Jamestown has Jacob’s Ladder, but for a while in the late 1960s and early 1970s it also had Bagleys Ladder. More on our page Lost and almost-lost Buildings.
We have an update on the state of our beleaguered Fish Processing Industry.
Google™ tried to help us with our Speak Saint Phrases. It didn’t go well!☺ See our page Speak Saint.
If you want to know about Palm Trees see our page Zzyzx, and Prince Andrew School is now St Helena Secondary School.
Older Items
Older items can be found on our Page Updates History.
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Credits:
{a} Cato the Elder{2}{b} Anon
Footnotes:
{1} Main content only, not including script-generated content, assuming average reading speed (250 words-per-minute).{2} Who apparently also said If you allow them[women] to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with? Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters.