What do courtrooms and theatres have in common? According to Advocate Simon Thomas – quite a lot.

A partner at Baker & Partners, Simon has spent more than 30 years working on some of Jersey's highest profile legal cases, including the L'Ecume II collision trial last year.

Away from the courtroom, however, he swaps legal submissions for stage directions as director of Come From Away, the internationally acclaimed musical based on the extraordinary true story of thousands of airline passengers stranded in the tiny Canadian town of Gander after the 9/11 attacks.

He dropped into the Bailiwick Podcasts studio to speak to Bailiwick Express Editor Fiona Potigny about doing justice to real-life stories, whether musicals deserve more credit than they’re often given, and whether there’s any truth in the old cliché that "all barristers are failed actors"…

Come From Away runs at the Opera House (which is gloriously air-conditioned) until 11 July – don't miss out, get your tickets here.

Capital International’s group chief investment officer Jon Proudfoot tells Emily Moore how a mix of independent thinking and rigorous research drives the firm’s approach.

'Freshly Squeezed: The juice on GEL' takes you behind the scenes at Guernsey Electricity.

In Episode 1, Gareth Wordingham joins Laura Clayton to discuss the findings from GEL's recent customer survey.

Guernsey Electricity Limited has open its gates giving curious islanders the opportunity to see what goes on inside Guernsey’s power station. 🏭 🚨

Bailiwick Express reporter Laura Clayton spoke to Kenrick Brooks and Joel Bramer about what you can expect on these tours.

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Alex Picot Trust director Hannah Roynon-Jones tells Emily Moore how trusts can help with succession planning, asset protection and ensuring that wealth is passed on as people wish

Cast your mind back to your school days and, specifically, your last few years in the classroom when talk regularly shifted to your career aspirations.

With the oft-held childhood fantasies of becoming a Premier League footballer or a principal ballerina now cast aside, it is likely that many Island students found that they were being pointed towards the finance industry.

While the finance sector still employs around 25% of Islanders, there several other opportunities for people whose skills might lie in areas such as problem-solving and critical thinking.

Commercial Editor Emily Moore spoke to Charlie Miles about the future opportunities for young people in Jersey aspiring to lead a career in STEM.

In this episode, Editor Fiona Potigny speaks to Digital Jersey CEO Tony Moretta about the future of AI in Jersey.

Bailiwick Podcasts
June 15, 2026