isle of wight – Page 4 – The Ventilator

What have Ridley Scott’s neo-noir thriller Blade Runner and a hand-knitted tea cosy got in common? That’s right! Pedestrianisation! Watching

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

It is a sad fact that every now and again on our beautiful Island people die when they fall from

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

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