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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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School strike for climate
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Be the change you want to see

21st December, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments climate emergency, COVID-19, iwcp

The schoolgirl sits quietly at the back of the high-performance yacht. Her stillness contrasts with the perpetual motion of the

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Chequers Inn Road
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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
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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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Cat James in her homemade mask
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Will you be a masked superhero?

12th December, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments COVID-19, iwcp

It’s thirty years since the liberation of Romanian orphanages. In 1990, the world looked on in horror, disbelief and sorrow

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Bunting
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There’ll be no bunting for VCV Day

9th December, 202016th November, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments COVID-19, iwcp

I write this on the seventy-fifth anniversary of VE Day, when we came together to commemorate victory in Europe. Across

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Time is running out
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Wake up people, this is not a drill

7th December, 20205th September, 2021 Cat James 0 Comments climate emergency, COVID-19, iwcp

It’s hard to type while I’m holding my head in my hands, but I’ll have a go. This isn’t a

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Troll
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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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bird song
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These could be the sounds of the suburbs

2nd December, 202027th January, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, sustainability

Despite that heart-felt promise declared in his three little words, our Prime Minister has yet to Get Brexit Done. We’re

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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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