STAR LETTER: Put the Stonehenge tunnel money to better use
Isle of Wight ObserverDear Editor, On the news the other night I heard the government has spent £175 million on the Stonehenge tunnel…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 17 July 1858
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 17th July, 1858 shows that worries about sewage in the sea are nothing…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Lucy Gregg – co-founder of Wight Whisky
After years of planning and hard work, our brand-new distillery, at New Farm, is finally open, nestled within the picturesque…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The Island has spoken
Triumphalism is ugly and often backfires. I had the privilege of being at the count last Thursday, and, after the…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Excuses from Red Funnel
Dear Editor, In issue 280 I wrote, in Soapbox, about how ferry costs had stopped my wife and I having…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Please try to get on!
Dear Editor, Whoever we end up with as our two MPs on Friday morning, let’s hope they have a better…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 29 June 1918
With the election to be held next Thursday, the Isle of Wight Observer published on 29th June 1918 demonstrates that…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Radio interview was a ‘car crash’
Dear Editor, It’s rare that I write to a newspaper, but after listening to Bob Seely’s “car crash” interview on…
Read MoreGREEN FINGERS: Summer is on its way… surely!
Well as usual, I start off with a round-up of the recent weather that affects all us gardeners. What a…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Why would we re-elect the Tories?
In the three years before we voted to leave the EU, nett migration totalled 836,000 people. In the three years…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: How much???!!!
Dear Editor, I thought I’d check how much our half-a-sausage munching MP has cost us in the seven years since…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 22 June 1878
The Isle of Wight Observer published on 22nd June 1878 featured two tales of Islanders with delusions! INSANITY. – On…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The Tories are toast
Winston Churchill wanted to fight them on the beaches, Rishi Sunak decided to leave them to it. “At the going…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Roads are safe to use
Dear Editor, It seems that history is repeating itself. Years ago the council spent so much money on professional fees…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 9 June 1855
The editor of the Isle of Wight Observer published on the 9th June 1855 was not a happy chappy! He…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 3rd June 1922
In the Isle of Wight Observer of 3rd June, 1922 there is a long account of the capture of a…
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