Are you a true Isle of Wight local?
With the Isle of Wight’s long tradition of welcoming visitors, it is only a matter of time before we introduce
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Having that mainland driving conversation
They don’t even know they are doing it. Mainlanders just can’t help but talk about roads. If you arrive by
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Rebel Without A Course
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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Welcome (back) to the Roaring Twenties
This article was first published in the Isle of Wight County Press in May 2021, just after the end of
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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
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Open for business, but not for YOU?
Are there Isle of Wight natives who have yet to bob across the Solent to set foot in Hampshire? Perhaps
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Squirrels don’t owe you anything
A letter in the Isle of Wight County Press (CP 12/4/19) from Steve Shaw raised a query about the Island’s
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The great wall of Ryde
Anybody who’s ever listened to ‘Desert Island Discs’ will surely have asked themselves what their own special recordings and luxury
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Seeing the Isle of Wight in a revolutionary way
While in St Thomas’ Square, Newport the other day I noticed en passant that Oggies fish restaurant was for sale.
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The ongoing effects of Mary Elizabeth Jolliffe
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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