If you plant it, they will come
We can all pinpoint a moment when our lives would never be the same again. Perhaps the birth of a
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County Press articles
When Sandown (briefly) became the city of the future
What have Ridley Scott’s neo-noir thriller Blade Runner and a hand-knitted tea cosy got in common? That’s right! Pedestrianisation! Watching
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An invitation to rummage through my dusty archive
Another year has popped up its shiny head, prompting folk to wield that metaphorical new broom and make promises to
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Will high street landlords ever recover from the virus?
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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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
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The greenest government ever?
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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Should we behave more like an imaginary vicar?
I wrote a few years back about how we Island dwellers have an all too apt reputation as miserable, whining
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Sandown revisited
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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Is the fixed link the the Isle of Wight’s Brexit taboo topic?
I often dine in company. This is less a claim of social indispensability, and more an admission of my inability
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In praise of those tourism superstars who don’t work in tourism
If you’ve ever crossed the Solent by Red Funnel‘s car ferry, you will undoubtedly have enjoyed the performance of ‘Dancing
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