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The best thing about Island Life? Potatoes!

Tilly Walder Nov 1, 2024

“Today has been a celebration of our visiting Thai students,” principal of the IW College, Ros Parker, explained. “During their…

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Tilly Walder Oct 25, 2024

A Cowes pensioner is wrapping up warm and bracing for a cold winter, after being stranded with a broken heating…

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I believe it to be one of the greatest skills a writer can possess – to reduce the reader to…

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Celebrated spoof fools a Field Marshall

Tilly Walder Sep 20, 2024

Island author and journalist, Mike Starke, has made it into The Museum of Hoaxes ‘Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes…

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The ExxonMobil CO2 pipeline pressure

Tilly Walder Sep 20, 2024

In Wednesday night’s full council meeting, Cllr Nick Stuart’s motion to call upon the council to strongly object the ExxonMobil…

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Wonderful Wolverton weekend lives up to excitement

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Following suit from previous years, last weekend’s Wolverton Manor Garden Fair did not disappoint. Promoted as ‘the Island’s largest garden…

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A community pantry’s plight for funding

Tilly Walder Aug 23, 2024

Right now, hundreds of families are fighting the seemingly unending battle of either feeding their family or heating their homes,…

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Handmade planters created to raise awareness

Tilly Walder Aug 16, 2024

Last week, the IW Observer team was presented with a personalised garden planter from avid community activist, Christopher Hayton. Christopher…

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Islander’s share their honest opinions on ‘shambolic’ ferries

Tilly Walder Jul 30, 2024

There has been a lot of talk recently about the Island’s ferry services deteriorating. Last week, the IW Observer took…

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Sunshine’s horrific ordeal, anger after poor gull is attacked

Tilly Walder Jun 21, 2024

A wild bird has undergone a traumatic ordeal this week, and had to be taken to an Island vet after…

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Headliners announced for IW Literary Festival

Tilly Walder Jun 14, 2024

Wednesday, June 12, was a busy day for the team at the IW Literary Festival, with their presentation of the…

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Island DJ celebrates 100 year anniversary of a heroine ship

Tilly Walder Jun 14, 2024

Local DJ legend, Dave Cannon, of Solent City Sound, has been invited to perform on the historic paddle steamer, Medway…

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IW’s Alzheimer’s Café Daily is first in the UK

Tilly Walder May 17, 2024

On Monday the Alzheimer Café Daily, the first of its kind in the country, was opened by specialist dementia consultant,…

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Me and My Girl production at Shanklin Theatre ‘truly delivers’

Tilly Walder May 3, 2024

Last Friday night, I had the pleasure of attending the Island Savoyards’ first production of 2024: Me and My Girl,…

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Review of “My Name Is Not Matilda”

Tilly Walder Mar 25, 2024

As she handed me this book, Miranda asked me to be brutally honest. She believes that a review should be…

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