Wight Living

Secret army that was ready to fight invaders

Secret army that was ready to fight invaders

Friday, May 17, 2013

WIGHT LIVING THEY were sworn to absolute secrecy about their existence when ‘stood down’ at the end of 1944.

The prince and the adventurer

The prince and the adventurer

Friday, May 3, 2013

WIGHT LIVING FOR ME, one of the most haunting of all the images captured by Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is of an Ethiopian prince and his captor.

The day the bombs fell on Newport

The day the bombs fell on Newport

Friday, April 26, 2013

WIGHT LIVING ON an early spring morning in April 1943, the Nazi bombers came.

Mary is the Island’s queen bee

Mary is the Island’s queen bee

Friday, April 19, 2013

WIGHT LIVING MARY Case is nice, really nice. So nice in fact that when you chat with her over the kitchen table at her beautiful Limerstone Farm home, you have to remind yourself she is a successful businesswoman as well.

Growth of a Georgian gem

Growth of a Georgian gem

Friday, April 12, 2013

WIGHT LIVING RYDE is now the Island’s largest town but it was not even recorded until 1257.

History locked within its walls

Friday, April 5, 2013

BEHIND THE NEWS WHEN the gates of Camp Hill prison slammed shut for the final time, it brought closure to 101 years of penal history.

The battle to keep health services local

The battle to keep health services local

Thursday, March 28, 2013

WIGHT LIVING USE IT or lose it — that is the stark warning from NHS bosses fighting to keep services on the Island.

Harbour in calm waters at long last

Harbour in calm waters at long last

Friday, March 22, 2013

WIGHT LIVING IT is just over a year ago businessman Malcolm Thorpe and his wife, Fiona, took the helm of Bembridge Harbour.

The fight still goes on for battling Heather

The fight still goes on for battling Heather

Friday, March 15, 2013

WIGHT LIVING “I MAY be almost 78 years old but there’s plenty more left in the tank,” said a defiant Heather Humby, who has given up county politics to crystallise all her efforts into continuing to make Sandown a better place.

A bridge to village’s past

A bridge to village’s past

Friday, March 8, 2013

WIGHT LIVING THESE days most of us think of Wootton as somewhere we pass through travelling between the surrounding towns of East Cowes, Newport and Ryde.

What you can do, not what you can’t

What you can do, not what you can’t

Friday, March 1, 2013

WIGHT LIVING TODAY (Friday) is International Wheelchair Day, a new awareness day designed to make everyone take a minute to think about what life is like for those who rely on wheelchairs.

It’s the Green vision

It’s the Green vision

Friday, February 22, 2013

WIGHT LIVING HE is the face of Ecoisland, the man who has spearheaded a campaign to make the Island one of the greenest places on the planet.

Desperate Dan was Terry’s friend

Desperate Dan was Terry’s friend

Friday, February 15, 2013

WIGHT LIVING IT IS fair to say cartoonist Terry Bave is not a household name but the former Islander is a national treasure, having drawn some of the most beloved comic strip characters ever created and contributing to titles such as The Beano and The Dandy.

At the Wight centre of piracy

At the Wight centre of piracy

Friday, February 8, 2013

WIGHT LIVING If Queen Victoria’s bathing machine at Osborne had been a time machine, and she had opened her doors onto the bay in the late 16th century, she could have witnessed a gathering of up to 30 pirate ships, under flags of convenience, busily trading in stolen goods.

The iconic symbol of past glories

The iconic symbol of past glories

Friday, February 1, 2013

WIGHT LIVING THE recent milestone anniversary of the iconic Cowes Hammerhead Crane is part of a unique centennial survival story.

Do you want ice with that?

Do you want ice with that?

Friday, January 25, 2013

WIGHT LIVING AFTER more than four months in the deep freeze of the Arctic Circle, Joe Pearce came in from the cold with a single desire — to see the sun rise above the horizon.

The man who treads lightly

The man who treads lightly

Friday, January 18, 2013

WIGHT LIVING WHAT’S your idea of a typical green activist?

In search of new blood

In search of new blood

Friday, January 11, 2013

WIGHT LIVING ISLAND people have been urged to take an important role in a national campaign to save lives.

The IW's American explorer

The IW's American explorer

Friday, January 4, 2013

WIGHT LIVING IN 1754, the chief officer of a sub-Arctic trading outpost in the north of Canada asked for a volunteer for a dangerous diplomatic mission.

Truancy blights young lives

Truancy blights young lives

Friday, December 28, 2012

BEHIND THE NEWS Behind the grim statistic of Island secondary school truancy being nearly double the national average, there are intense efforts to get teenagers to go to school.

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