VECTIS VIEW: Ian Dore – Organiser of IW Armed Forces Day
Isle of Wight Observersle of Wight Armed Forces Day aims high, to deliver excellence. It’s what the armed forces community deserves and is…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Unexpected consequences
Dear Editor, When the council chose to increase the council tax for second homes, did they for one minute think…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Thank you – I was proud
Dear Editor, I write with praise at a time when the news is often full of doom and gloom, following…
Read MoreWIGHT IN WESTMINSTER: Joe Robertson MP – Conservative MP for IW East
Spiking, including putting a harmful substance in another person’s drink, is set to become its own separate offence later this…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Bombs, doors and chairs!
West Wight residents were incandescent last Sunday, but they weren’t fretting about bunker-busting bombs dropping on Iran. Over in Freshwater,…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: John Hobart – supporter of King Charles III Coastal Path
The latest proposal, to direct the King Charles III Coastal Path via public highways in East Cowes, is not acceptable,…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 28 June 1856
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 28th, June 1856 included a tale about a remarkable weather event. A TORNADO.…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Well done Brighstone School
Dear Editor, How delighted I was to read about Brighstone CofE Primary School’s Christian vision (IW Observer, June 6). It…
Read MoreWIGHT IN WESTMINSTER: Richard Quigley MP – Labour MP for IW West
It’s almost a year since I wrote my first column, as MP for Isle of Wight West, where I set…
Read MoreGREEN FINGERS: Summertime – and the livin’ is easy
Summer is definitely in full swing now. We’ve had some lovely weather just recently and although we’ve not seen a…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 22 June 1878
This article from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 22nd June, 1878, prompts us to say, not for the…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The world is full of Facebook experts
Do you know your FAA from your CAA, your NTSB from your AAIB? If you’re aware of those acronyms, you…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 8 June 1918
This article from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 8th June, 1918 seemed of interest, both for the detailed…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Why do I get so cross?
“One-man against the world,” it says up there; but I’d like to know how the rest of you stay so…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 4 June 1921
This account of the death of an elderly lady on Tuesday followed by an inquest on the same day, with…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Ian Ward – President of the IW Branch of the Royal British Legion
As President of the Isle of Wight Royal British Legion, I continue to value the respect given, across the generations,…
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