HOLMSEY: Letter from America
Press ReleaseI return refreshed from my holiday of a lifetime – but I have to say – never again. Considering the…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Danielle Nixon – Mountbatten Community Team Nurse
I feel very privileged to be a Mountbatten nurse, and it feels even more special knowing I can do this…
Read MoreQUIGGERS: Threatening to de-register nurses is bullying on a national scale.
DH is doing so well on his cookery course that he’s moved on to Biscoff cheesecake. The office hasn’t been…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 21st April 1900
A correspondent who wrote to the Isle of Wight Observer published on April 21st, 1900 was horrified by the celebrations…
Read MoreGREEN FINGERS: At last, some welcome sunshine!
It seems to have been a long time coming, but the weather has finally started to improve. Hopefully, the heavy…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: May 17th 1900
A correspondent who wrote to the Isle of Wight Observer published on April 21st, 1900 was horrified by the celebrations…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Kay Marriott – Immediate past IW High Sheriff
‘Large opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day’ – Sally Koch I have had…
Read MoreQUIGGERS: Government gets its sums wrong
Mr Holmes is away on a souffle-fluffing course, he’s determined to stop his eggy treat collapsing on removal from the…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Malcolm Smith – Chairman of the Isle of Wight Car Club
An Islander born and bred, I have been a member of the Isle of Wight Car Club for 56 years…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Another pointless project
Last week our hard-pressed council triumphantly announced that just over £2 million has been awarded by the government, to be…
Read MoreCABINET CONNECTION: Cllr Lora Peacey-Wilcox. Leader of the Isle of Wight Council
I hope that, like me, you will be able to get some time off over the Easter weekend, and catch…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Which politician has a vision for the future?
What feels like the longest election campaign in history seems to be under way, but I want to know which…
Read MoreLOOK BACK IN TIME: 3rd April 1920
The Isle of Wight Observer published on April 3rd, 1920 tells about the first meeting on the Island of the…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Looking for a loo!
Just two years after I saw Wet Leg at Strings in Newport, I caught them again last week, headlining at…
Read MoreVECTIS VIEW: Geoff Read – Chairman of AGEUK IW trustees
I have recently taken on the role of chairman of trustees for AgeUK Isle of Wight (AgeUK IW), a local…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Parenting is hard work!
The love of my life, my enchanting soon-to-be two years old granddaughter, came to stay last weekend. Unlike all the…
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