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County Press articles 

Pork pies for the masses

12th October, 202013th October, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment pork pies

We were dining out a while ago with a couple of friends, one of whom is a vegetarian. After their

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Unfenced cliff at West high Down
Health and Safety Isle of Wight Legal matters National Trust 

A fence against common sense

6th September, 20206th September, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments coastal, isle of wight

It is a sad fact that every now and again on our beautiful Island people die when they fall from

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Matt reading a rent book
County Press articles 

Will high street landlords ever recover from the virus?

9th August, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments rent

The future is startlingly opaque. Just a few months ago, nobody would have foreseen the staggering breadth of the COVID-19

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Hamstead Dover
Coastal defence County Press articles Isle of Wight National Trust 

Loverly Duverly – exploring the duvers of the Isle of Wight

19th July, 20204th October, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments beach, isle of wight, iwcp

The word ‘duver’ is an underappreciated Isle of Wight speciality. Like ‘chine’ or ‘shute’ it reflects the particular environment of

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Wasp and spider
Isle of Wight Spiders Videos 

The spider hunter

21st June, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments spider, wasp

During lockdown we’ve got quite familiar with our garden. Recently, Cat saw a very large wasp flying about in a

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A tree
Isle of Wight Trees 

Plant a tree in ’73

22nd May, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 6 Comments

I can just about remember “Plant a tree in ’73“. It was a government-sponsored programme to give schoolchildren and local

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Environmental hustings
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

The greenest government ever?

29th March, 202031st March, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

This article was first published the day after the December 2019 general election.  Last month I chaired the Island’s environmental

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Cake competition
County Press articles Isle of Wight Ranger Rants 

Should we behave more like an imaginary vicar?

20th February, 202030th March, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, politics

I wrote a few years back about how we Island dwellers have an all too apt reputation as miserable, whining

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Bill and Jack on Sandown Beach
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

Sandown revisited

6th January, 20206th January, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp

The place you first explore independently has a special meaning for everyone, and I’m no different. My first walk to

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Underground tunnel
County Press articles Isle of Wight Ranger Rants 

Is the fixed link the the Isle of Wight’s Brexit taboo topic?

7th December, 20197th December, 2019 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, planning, politics

I often dine in company. This is less a claim of social indispensability, and more an admission of my inability

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