We are pleased to announce our speaker at the 2024 Friends of St Helena AGM will be Joe Hollins, author of the book Vet at the End of the Earth. Joe will talk about his He will talk about his work in the British South Atlantic Overseas Territories, including the Falklands, Tristan da Cunha with the emphasis on St. Helena.  There, Joe looked after Jonathan the giant tortoise [pictured]; helped the island in its battle against invasive species; and at one point (as reported in a recent issue of the Connection) had to extract a cow that had become wedged in a tree trunk....

We may have a second speaker on the day: watch this space...