The View From Here

The media overload accorded to the Labour politicians who held a conference on the Island in 1949 was not, it seems, unanimously endorsed.

THE VIEW FROM HERESANDOWN bar proprietor Sean Ware distinguished himself in the Basil Fawlty stakes when he called a customer a “hypocrite and liar”.

THE VIEW FROM HERETHE Church of England has a huge amount of “C and E” (Christmas and Easter) worshippers. They believe their biannual visits to church constitute sufficient contact with God to obviate any unpleasant questioning when they reach the pearly gates, not to mention being useful when filling in the application form for a church school.

THE VIEW FROM HERETHE holiday season is upon us and now is the time for gossip fans to be on the alert for celebrities taking their holidays on the Island.

THE VIEW FROM HEREI DON'T know whether it includes brass buttons but Martin Schauder’s policeman’s outfit has proved a costly affair for the German authorities.

THE VIEW FROM HERECongratulations to those chaps behind the scheme for a biomass plant on the Island, which may see us at the forefront of renewable energy technology.

THE VIEW FROM HERELET joy be unconfined. At last, a Conservative politician talking sense about our prison system. The excellent Kenneth Clarke has spoken out against our obsession with locking people up, frequently to no effect at all, sometimes to exacerbate criminal tendencies, and always at vast expense.

THE VIEW FROM HERESOMETHING wonderful has happened in Newport. It has happened at Quay Arts, it will go on until September 4 and, even if you do nothing else this summer, make sure you go and see it.

THE VIEW FROM HERESocial Island Dinner Party is my variation on the long-running Desert Island Discs. You choose guests instead of music, with endless fantasy fun as you slam the door in the face of those you don’t want to meet over the vichyssoise.

THE VIEW FROM HEREBACK in the Sixties, a dreadful, if effective, advertising campaign bore the slogan “Top People Take The Times.” Nobody in those days really batted an eyelid at this promotion for self-swankery.

THE VIEW FROM HERE A CAUTIONARY tale today, which should serve as a warning to anyone who imagines they are out of range of the all-seeing eye of the County Press. No matter where you go, we know what you’re up to.

THE VIEW FROM HEREALAN Titchmarsh is now officially the most popular person in the world. He is proliferating at such a rate he’ll soon be a 24-hour rolling channel in his own right.

The View From Here National Carers’ Week begins on June 14 and will highlight the heroic contribution made by those who provide unpaid care for their loved ones. One in eight adults in the UK is a carer and they save the economy £87 billion annually.

The View From HereThe death of iconic pin-up Pamela Green (aka Mrs Pamela Webb) has attracted much attention, with major obituaries in several national papers.

THE VIEW FROM HEREIs there no end to the determination on the Island to bring ugliness into every possible quarter? Apparently not.