Articles – Interviews
Bill Bristow: Life, camera, action!
A little boy discovers his father was a spy. A young man’s brainwave rocks the financial world. A rookie film director is befriended
Jamie Griffin: I’ve got the music in me
Jamie Griffin, guitarist, vocalist and song writer, has ambitions which reach beyond the horizons of the Isle of Wight. He talks to Roz
Barbara Haden: Wartime memories
Often wartime memories can conjure up a sense of jollity in the face of tragedy as people pulled together to keep life going.
Martin White: Behind the public face
Lord Lieutenant Martin White has retired. But it’s not retirement as we know it, as he tells Roz Whistance Sometimes, when you’re interviewing
Graham Morris: Extraordinarily ordinary
Christmas is a busy time for the church, but its clergy never stop working. Roz Whistance meets one of the Island’s vicars who
Martin White: Married to the military
For Martin White, it wasn't a matter of balancing his high-flying military career with the needs of his family. The two went hand
Tony Dalton: Life of fantasy
Mythological monsters kept 1960s cinema-goers on the edge of their seats. Roz Whistance meets Tony Dalton, who saved from scrap the exquisite models
Sir Andrew Motion: The poetry in motion
During a brief pause in his walk in the footsteps of Tennyson, Roz Whistance discusses one Poet Laureate with another. Had a black
Martin White: War and peace
The epic story of one man’s journey from Sandown schoolboy to the top of the ranks. Roz Whistance meets the Lord Lieutenant of
Gay Edwards: Giving a damn
“Councils of despair don’t interest me,” says Gay Edwards. “Of course you can’t make it all better, but its wicked not to try.”
Dick Taylor: Still rocking
Dick Taylor still plays with his ‘60s band, Pretty Things. That wasn’t his first group, but, as he tells Roz Whistance, he has
Vanessa Churchman: Hot passions of a cool Councillor
Roz Whistance finds there’s more to Vanessa Churchman than ballot boxes and red tape “If I don’t win I’ll cry for a week