STAR LETTER: Corruption is an insult to UK taxpayers
Isle of Wight ObserverDear Editor, Adam Webb (Island Soapbox, December 13) quite rightly states there is long-standing corruption in the Ukraine. Zelensky has…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Learning practical lessons
Dear Editor, Years ago, we were taught practical skills like sewing, knitting and mending in school. These invaluable lessons equipped…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 16 December 1854
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 16th December 1854 contains a moving letter from a man on the front…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: By a monk of Quarr Abbey
“I Won’t Go to Quarr Abbey” There has been, I have been told, some discussion in heaven this year. Where…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: From millstones to milestones
Pinewood Studios is the home of the James Bond film franchise; they were all made there. So were the hilarious…
Read MoreNEWS FROM COUNTY HALL: Cllr Jonathan Bacon – Cabinet member for children’s services and education
I last wrote a piece for this column in September, when the IW Council’s cabinet was on the cusp of…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: ‘I am an innocent man’
A relative once told me she’d deliberately placed her iron face-down on her well-worn sitting room carpet. Thanks to contents…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: MPs are right not to follow majority
Dear Editor, Paul Martin, Island representative for Dignity in Dying, will be pleased that the Terminally Ill Adults (End of…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 7 December 1889
This week we have two stories about ball games from the Isle of Wight Observer published on 7th December 1889.…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 1 December 1855
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 1st December, 1855 recounts two incredible events from Ryde that week. We couldn’t…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Killing off a British icon – that’s a real crime
Did you see the ‘non-crime hate incident’ story – where a journalist was visited by two Essex police officers wanting…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Paul Martin – Island representative for Dignity in Dying
Over many years I have seen the trauma for those at the end of their lives, and I am passionate…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Benefit fraud is a way of life
Dear Editor, Having lived and worked in London I learned that benefit fraud is not just tolerated, it is an…
Read MoreIsle of Wight OBSERVATIONS: Cllr Jarman – Criticism is not racism
Welcome to our new occasional column – where IW Observer writers will share their views. It’s confession time. Last week,…
Read MoreWIGHT IN WESTMINSTER: Richard Quigley, Labour MP for IW West
It was UK Parliament Week from November 18-24. It’s an annual event designed to engage youth organisations, community groups, schools…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Dean Terrett BEM – Chairman of WightSAR
I am immensely proud to be the founder and chairman of Isle of Wight Search and Rescue (WightSAR), who recently…
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