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HOLMSEY: Phones, Apps and Healthcare

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 11, 2025

Do you find yourself walking head down, staring into the palm of your hand? While sitting at traffic lights, do…

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HOLMSEY: Bombs, doors and chairs!

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 1, 2025

West Wight residents were incandescent last Sunday, but they weren’t fretting about bunker-busting bombs dropping on Iran. Over in Freshwater,…

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Do you know your FAA from your CAA, your NTSB from your AAIB? If you’re aware of those acronyms, you…

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HOLMSEY: Why do I get so cross?

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 13, 2025

“One-man against the world,” it says up there; but I’d like to know how the rest of you stay so…

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HOLMSEY: Corporate unfairness – we deserve better…

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 6, 2025

Having met various city targets, Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, is due one of the biggest pay days in corporate history.…

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HOLMSEY: A mid-air emergency

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I watched a man die, and miraculously, later saw him stand and walk away. Last Friday night, I boarded Virgin…

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HOLMSEY: Village halls and Westminster dreams

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It matters not if you’re on the left or the right of politics, most of us agree that Britain doesn’t…

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HOLMSEY: It’s all a load of rubbish

Isle of Wight Observer May 16, 2025

Putting air in your tyres used to be a free service provided by garages. Then it became 20p. Yesterday, I…

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HOLMSEY: Politicians are in it for themselves – not us

Isle of Wight Observer May 9, 2025

No-one will ever do a five stretch for dumping their old sofa in the nearest layby, nor will they get…

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HOLMSEY: Was I just disinterested – or did I have mental health issues?

Isle of Wight Observer May 2, 2025

Last week I left a note in the porch for the food delivery driver: “Sorry I’m out, please hide in…

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HOLMSEY: Saying ‘Goodbye’ can be hard

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 28, 2025

It’s almost three years since my Dad died, but I sort of had him to stay over Easter. The kids…

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HOLMSEY: Is the end nigh?

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Imagine a giant meteorite is heading our way and can’t be stopped. Would you honestly trust this calamitous government to…

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HOLMSEY: Why is the UK going to the dogs?

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 28, 2025

Somewhere in west London, a substation explodes. Two miles away at Heathrow, the entire airport closes causing utter chaos. Why…

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HOLMSEY: For heaven’s sake – cut public spending and immigration

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 21, 2025

Sensibly, President Trump has banned people from 43 countries from travelling to the USA. These days politics is so devoid…

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HOLMSEY: Indolent but no need to go without!

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 14, 2025

“They should be working, and they will be,” says tough-talking Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. More than a million young people are…

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HOLMSEY: Yearning for an old banger…

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 7, 2025

Good businesses make life easy for their customers. Unfortunately, like everything else in life now, buying and servicing cars is…

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