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Facing up to biometric surveillance

27th June, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, surveillance

How many of you carry a photo of a loved one? An actual printed photograph of your child, significant other

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Cat James on her e-bike
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The public realm is not our battleground

24th June, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments cycling, isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

An amazing thing happened to me which has genuinely changed my life for the good. I’ve been loaned an electric

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Volunteer planting a tree
County Press articles Ranger Rants Trees 

We should be doing nothing to save the planet

4th May, 20225th May, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment carbon, green, iwcp, planting, trees, volunteers

Planting trees has become a barometer for public greenness. During the last general election campaign, Labour pledged to plant two

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Boris Johnson and Priti Patel
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Saying sorry is easy. Being sorry is hard

14th November, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments Boris Johnson

There’s a tendency to look to the past and imagine some golden age of perfection. But the world was not

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"City of London" by Leonard Bentley
Isle of Wight 

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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Rubber ducks
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Hands, face and private place – a mantra for washing

4th September, 20217th March, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, water

They say that the Island is ‘England in Miniature’, and within this tiny territory is nested an even smaller Isle

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Kiss
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Should a private kiss be public property?

4th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments COVID-19, iwcp, politics

There have been many four-letter words used to describe Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ministers. ‘Tory’ is the most

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Speckles and the clay she brought
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Reciprocal living with our finned, furred and feathered friends

4th September, 20214th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments birds, dogs, isle of wight, iwcp, wtf

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”

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The author on an electric scooter
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Are you getting charged up about electric scooters?

4th September, 202127th January, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments isle of wight, iwcp, sustainability, transport

The unacceptable killing of George Floyd sparked the #BlackLivesMatter protest movement across the world. The call for nations to respect

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Items from the dusty archive
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Navigating lockdown doldrums on a sea of nostalgia

4th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments archive, iwcp, wtf

To while away the latest interminable lockdown, I’ve been playing an unusual game of Tetris. Remember that computer solitaire, all

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