Opinion

There are events which bring opposing sides together and can, with a will, bring a lasting legacy. We saw that […]

Sound the alert! Covid has struck Casa de Munson; our time has come. Not me, it should be said, but […]

I remember my first pet vividly; his name was meant to be Oliver (he was a beautiful cat), but I […]

Review from Thanet author and music historian Peter Checksfield The Covid pandemic has been tough on everyone, not least the […]

Do you remember your move from primary to secondary school? I don’t – at least, not very well. I can […]

Festive cheer has arrived, decorations are up, and snowbells are ringing just over the horizon. Yes, the first Christmas TV […]

Well, where do I begin? I look back over this last week and find myself thinking, “What the hell just […]

Ramsgate Town Councillor Pat Makinson is Chair of Planning & Infrastructure Committee for the grassroots authority. She says there are […]

Anyone who has done yoga or tried meditation knows about calling up your “beautiful place”, the place you imagine when […]

Are any readers a bit nifty with their feet? Can you do the tango? Shimmy your way across the room […]

Employment rights, and protections at work are at the very heart of the Labour movement. And I know how important […]

It’s funny, you know; adoption formed such a large part of my family’s life for a significant amount of time, […]

We have been plagued with new words we could have probably done without over the past 18 months; lockdown, vaccine, […]

UK National Teen Thanet’s Catherine Dekker, 17, has won the title of UK’s National Teen 2021/22 after a competition in […]

Did you blink and miss it too? The summer holidays seem to have gone by in a flash; Bryan was, […]

Something I realised a while ago is that there’s no manual on how to be a perfect parent. Perfection doesn’t […]

My mum has had Crohn’s for fifteen years, easily controlled by steroids when it bothers her. Eighteen months ago she […]

Wi-Fi. Games consoles with more computing power than the computers that sent us to the moon. Mobile telephones. All things […]

Written by Sarah Bowers on behalf of the Westgate and Garlinge Action Group against Houses on Farmland  The Westgate & […]

I went back to work this week – crumbs, working a full day is hard, isn’t it? I haven’t had […]

Having a routine is always useful; when you’re a parent, if you can find a routine that keeps the family […]

Like many disabled people, as we get older, I find myself saying “I can no longer ….” This ranges from […]

I am now double-jabbed – it’s funny the words that enter our lexicon, isn’t it? A year ago, no-one would […]

When I first became a dad – two and a half years ago – I remember being a little nervous […]

I’ve never been one for high-powered jobs, working as a CEO for a bank or law firm – I’m not […]

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell, from Minster, runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook: Westcliff Park is a […]

I write this at some godforsaken time of the morning this weekend, as we’ve left Thanet for a couple of […]

“Scientists suggest the key to happiness is low expectations”, said the Daily Mail headline, and I laughed, not only because […]