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Welcome (back) to the Roaring Twenties

14th November, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments COVID-19

This article was first published in the Isle of Wight County Press in May 2021, just after the end of

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Newport High Street
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Why the Isle of Wight’s high streets could become the best in England

7th June, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, planning, politics

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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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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Red Squirrel. Photograph by Ray eye
Invasive species Isle of Wight Red Squirrels & Grey Squirrels 

Squirrels don’t owe you anything

29th March, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, non-native

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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Simeon Street recreation ground
Coastal defence County Press articles Isle of Wight 

The great wall of Ryde

23rd February, 202123rd February, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments coastal, isle of wight, iwcp

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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Chequers Inn Road
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

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
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

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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Troll
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

Cancelling out the trolls

5th December, 202014th November, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp

There are many indicators of the passage of time among us humans. Men may grow more luxuriant hair on their

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Bangle
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

Teaching an old Cat new tricks

28th November, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, training

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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IW Bus Museum
County Press articles Isle of Wight 

The best things in Wight are free

16th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp

I love a bargain. Now that car boot sale season has started up again I can be found hunched over

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