The Ventilator

Why the Isle of Wight’s high streets could become the best in England

Just under a year ago I wrote about the likely impact of COVID-19 on our high streets. American management consultancy

Are there Isle of Wight natives who have yet to bob across the Solent to set foot in Hampshire? Perhaps

A letter in the Isle of Wight County Press (CP 12/4/19) from Steve Shaw raised a query about the Island’s

Anybody who’s ever listened to ‘Desert Island Discs’ will surely have asked themselves what their own special recordings and luxury

The schoolgirl sits quietly at the back of the high-performance yacht. Her stillness contrasts with the perpetual motion of the

While in St Thomas’ Square, Newport the other day I noticed en passant that Oggies fish restaurant was for sale.

For reasons I probably don’t need to expand upon, I’ve recently spent a lot of time staring at my own

It’s thirty years since the liberation of Romanian orphanages. In 1990, the world looked on in horror, disbelief and sorrow

I write this on the seventy-fifth anniversary of VE Day, when we came together to commemorate victory in Europe. Across

It’s hard to type while I’m holding my head in my hands, but I’ll have a go. This isn’t a