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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

One sunny Sunday in 1969 I was participating in a leapfrog competition when my mother popped out of the house

Evicted from his office by the noisy Isle of Wight Festival today, the Ranger instead spent the day on a

I like to have a good moan and rant, as regular readers will be aware. But it’s also worth standing

A bit of a stir at work today, when reports started coming in of strange creatures washed up on beaches