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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Isle of Wight
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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Cancelling out the trolls
There are many indicators of the passage of time among us humans. Men may grow more luxuriant hair on their
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Teaching an old Cat new tricks
Last weekend I did a spot of majiggering. No, it’s not a rustic two-step of the type performed by hanky-wafting
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The best things in Wight are free
I love a bargain. Now that car boot sale season has started up again I can be found hunched over
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