Friday, February 3, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HEREHURRAH for the Queen’s jubilee, which gives us a good excuse for a party, as well as the opportunity to thank Her Majesty for her perfect grace and dedication over the past 60 years in performing her somewhat weird job.
Friday, January 27, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HERECONGRATULATIONS to The Hillside in Ventnor, not least for making us all sit up at the ann-ouncement it is the second best hotel in the country.
Friday, January 20, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HEREWHEN a man living in 2012 has a direct link to a man who was born in 1874, that is interesting. When the present is represented by Bembridge doyen Cavendish Morton and the past by his father, that is remarkable.
Friday, January 13, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HEREGEOFF Giles raised an interesting point in his letter published in last week’s CP. He had been to see Cinderella at Shanklin Theatre with his two grandsons and had been less than amused by the reply given by Buttons when Cinders told him she loved him like a brother.
Friday, January 6, 2012
THE VIEW FROM HEREPHEW. All over for another year. Did you have a nice time? Lots of merriment and geniality, with satsumas and a giant bar of Toblerone thrown in?
Friday, December 30, 2011
THIS ISLAND LIFEMAJOR media coverage for the theft of a Barbara Hepworth sculpture from Dulwich Park. The huge bronze cast had stood there for 40 years and is considered a very important piece of 20th-century art
Friday, December 16, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HEREWE must all spare a thought during this festive season for the gallant men and women who deliver our post. Life is not easy for them, particularly at this time of year.
Friday, December 9, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HEREWE'LL all be queuing up to see The Iron Lady when it comes out next month, particularly after the publicity it has generated.
Friday, December 2, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HEREIT is always disconcerting to find yourself in agreement with a truly ghastly person. Somebody you would not normally dream of admitting into your house, for fear their views might spread bigotry and prejudice all over the furniture.
Friday, November 25, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HEREA MOST heartening story in last week’s CP of 2nd Cowes (St Mary’s) sea scouts, who had organised a tidy-up along the cycle track next to the River Medina.
Friday, November 18, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HEREHONESTLY, the things I do for you. Well, not all of you, admittedly. I realise there are some for whom I don’t do a lot (and be warned, I know who you are and where you live) but I’ve certainly been working overtime on behalf of those many people who have a fixation with Johnny Depp. So listen up, and be grateful. Thanks to me, the Island has, at last, the definitive answer on Depp.
Friday, November 11, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HERETHE lack of a proper opposition within the IW Council chamber shows no sign of improvement. Not much can be done about those councillors already in situ at County Hall but a by-election should surely provide an opportunity for those who want to see a more effective alternative to the present regime.
Friday, November 4, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HERELAST week’s CP front-page headline was stark in its message. “Overweight, Sick and Deprived” is not perhaps the ideal image for an Island which relies on its tourist trade but that is apparently how we are these days.
Friday, October 28, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HERE Twinning associations are a bit like in-laws. You are keen to be on cordial terms. You show interest in each other’s domestic customs, you make visits from time to time and you are polite about their food and drink, despite your digestion being put through hell with all that schnapps and wurst.
Friday, October 21, 2011
THE VIEW FROM HERENITON Library would have been doomed to closure if the council had had anything to do with it. However, thanks to the commitment and determination of the library’s supporters, it now has a bright future.