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Are our streets filled to car-pacity?

13th November, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

I recently attempted to park my modest two-door hatchback in the vicinity of a mate’s terraced house. The space directly

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Piece Hall, Halifax
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Appy days are here again

18th July, 202226th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, surveillance, transport

I recently drove to Halifax to visit the spectacular Piece Hall. I found a parking space almost adjacent, but the

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Cat James walks to Big Tesco
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

Rebel Without A Course

15th July, 202226th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, right of way, sustainability, transport

In his book about animal behaviour, King Soloman’s Ring, Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz observed that when going about its business

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A bigger boy did it and ran away

11th July, 202226th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments politics, women

I’m currently reading a novel called A Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Its protagonist, Connie, is

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Smartphone
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A knee-jerk response to women’s safety

8th July, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, surveillance, women

Two mainland authorities, plus the Isle of Wight Council, are offering free licences for the StaySafe Lone Worker app. Possibly

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Vegetables in a paper bag
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The past has not passed its sell-by date

4th July, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, massive animals, sustainability

There was a time when being pitched against one another simply meant Elvis vs Cliff. But perhaps humans were adversarial

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What's inside?
County Press articles Surveillance 

A virtual deposit leaves no traces

1st July, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments COVID-19, iwcp, money

We may have survived Dry January but I’ve still got a Christmas hangover. Not induced by overindulging in eggnog and

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Till scanner
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Facing up to biometric surveillance

27th June, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, surveillance

How many of you carry a photo of a loved one? An actual printed photograph of your child, significant other

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Cat James on her e-bike
County Press articles 

The public realm is not our battleground

24th June, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments cycling, isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

An amazing thing happened to me which has genuinely changed my life for the good. I’ve been loaned an electric

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Rubber ducks
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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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