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Loverly Duverly – exploring the duvers of the Isle of Wight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sometimes I think I must sound like a dreary old gubber, a throwback of a bygone age. And I’m not

It was revealed last week that more than half the people in this country couldn’t give a fig leaf about