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Hands, face and private place – a mantra for washing

4th September, 20217th March, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, water

They say that the Island is ‘England in Miniature’, and within this tiny territory is nested an even smaller Isle

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Kiss
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Should a private kiss be public property?

4th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments COVID-19, iwcp, politics

There have been many four-letter words used to describe Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ministers. ‘Tory’ is the most

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Speckles and the clay she brought
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Reciprocal living with our finned, furred and feathered friends

4th September, 20214th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments birds, dogs, isle of wight, iwcp, wtf

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”

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The author on an electric scooter
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Are you getting charged up about electric scooters?

4th September, 202127th January, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

The unacceptable killing of George Floyd sparked the #BlackLivesMatter protest movement across the world. The call for nations to respect

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Items from the dusty archive
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Navigating lockdown doldrums on a sea of nostalgia

4th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments archive, iwcp, wtf

To while away the latest interminable lockdown, I’ve been playing an unusual game of Tetris. Remember that computer solitaire, all

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Not Hitler's alligator
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2020 Bingo: Cher’s Elephant, Hitler’s Reptile and the Chinese Duck Army

4th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments funny, iwcp, massive animals, wtf

What a rollercoaster ride last year was. Or might have been, if we were actually allowed to visit a funfair.

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Wish you were here?
Isle of Wight 

Open for business, but not for YOU?

2nd May, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments COVID-19, isle of wight, iwcp, tourism

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

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School strike for climate
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Be the change you want to see

21st December, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments climate emergency, COVID-19, iwcp

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

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Chequers Inn Road
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Seeing the Isle of Wight in a revolutionary way

18th December, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, transport

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

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Auction poster
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The ongoing effects of Mary Elizabeth Jolliffe

15th December, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments archive, iwcp

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

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