If you haven’t attended any exhibitions by the Isle of Wight Art Club, or popped into Burfields Antiques in Ventnor recently, you probably won’t have come across the art of Lorna Seaward. Her work is striking, extremely diverse, and often interprets familiar Isle of...
Ryde School is proud to present The Monarch of Wit, a dramatic celebration of the life and works of the metaphysical poet, John Donne. There will be a pre-show lecture given by Stephen Siddall at 6.15pm in Ryde School Theatre. The show will begin at 7pm on Wednesday...
Building work to create a new exhibition space at Brading Roman Villa is now complete. The new gallery will be the only exhibition space of its kind on the Isle of Wight and will allow the Villa to host major touring exhibitions from national museums. It will...
If you love watching the birds that visit your garden, why not encourage them to move in! This birdhouse is easy for children to make with the supervision and help of an adult, and you can adapt the design to suit the birds you wish to attract. You will need: Wood...
Zoe Stroud, founder and President of Cowes WI was the youngest ever branch president at the time she set it up aged 31. Zoe first became interested in joining when she saw it mentioned in the ‘Things You Must Do’ section of the now discontinued Joules magazine. The WI...
Ludicrous story lines, farce, men dressed as women and happy endings. Otherwise known as the Pantomime. At this festive time of year, who better to meet than Keith Simmons, the man who brings our most entertaining of Christmas traditions to life? Cath Ouston has been...
As the autumn migration draws to a close, large numbers of wintering birds can be been arriving on our shores. Lack of food in the colder climes of Northern Europe drives a variety of birds south, and although food is more plentiful here, you may still want to help...
Born and bred on the island, Mark Young has worked on the River Medina for the last 10 years. He runs Sally Water Taxis, ferrying people around the river at all hours, come rain or shine. How did you get into boats? When I was a kid we had fishing boats and my dad...