Forty years of festive fun
By Terry Willey. Founded in 1977 I could have hardly envisaged that this event would not only still be going strong but established
A diamond that attracts the stars!
For a little diamond-shaped island measuring just over 22 miles wide and 13 miles deep, the Isle of Wight has been home to
Turning the tables
Lockdown proved to be a boom time for sales of paint, wallpaper, plants and compost, as home-owners found themselves spending more time in
Looks familiar?
They say that what goes around, comes around – and that’s certainly true when it comes to the way we decorate our homes.
Irish eyes were smiling
By Terry Willey It was just a few years ago that I set foot on Irish soil for the first time. My late
Thirty years of Walk the Wight
Registration opened in January for this year’s very special Walk the Wight – and people are already enthusiastically signing up. Mountbatten is celebrating
42nd annual Christmas charity lunch
Around 100 guests attended the annual Christmas festivities at Haseley Manor, for an eight-hour extravaganza of entertainment, unlimited wine and fine dining from
Life and times of a royal retreat
As controversy rumbles on over the future of Norris Castle in East Cowes, we discover that this isn’t the first time in its
Another gold for Monkey Haven
The Island’s much-loved animal sanctuary Monkey Haven has struck gold yet again in the regional tourism ‘Oscars’. For the fourth time, the team
Architecture and design for a new decade
The architectural trends for this year will set the scene for the decade to come, writes architects Mattinson Associates. As we start to
The Island celebrates the end of six years of war with Germany
It’s May 7th, 1945, and there’s still no official announcement that the war is over. Then at 7.40 p.m the BBC announced that
Beach clean-ups yield half ton of waste
The 120 or so hardy volunteers who turned out in all weathers last year to clean up local beaches achieved an amazing result: