Opinion

Christine Tongue is a founder member of disability campaign group Access Thanet “Going for gold are you, love?” Shouted the […]

This is the third column from Neurodivergent Friends in Thanet (NDFT) featuring interviews with the group’s directors, each highlighting their […]

Routine at Casa de Munson is back with a passion. Bryan is back to school, I’m working, and taking Bryan […]

This year for the first time I had stripey Tigers in my garden, but they’re not real tigers. I’m talking […]

If there was any more evidence needed for the Millmead Children’s Centre in Dane Valley, it is the 5 year […]

Well, there you have it. The summer holidays are over. Done and dusted. Finito. Au revoir. I’m sad, because the […]

I have a new hero: Selwyn Goldsmith. I bet you’ve never heard of him but for disabled people or any […]

Curse the damned weather! Bryan and I were due to go up to London this weekend for a fun Go […]

Column from Cllr Rick Everitt, Leader of Thanet council, talking about what the council is doing about litter, public toilets […]

We tried out the new Hollywood Bowl up at Westwood Cross on Friday (Bryan and I went up with my […]

Whisper it, but Bryan and I left Thanet for a few days this week. Bryan’s siblings live further along the […]

In a genteel seaside resort town more than 10 days ago three little girls, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Alice […]

By Town Clerk Laura Fidler, Cllr Tricia Austin and Phil Shotton Ramsgate Town Council’s Climate Change Task Group, led by […]

By Nick Condron Our annual Music Day, held on Saturday 20th July, was a sensational triumph! Thanks to the incredible […]

I’ve had a cold this week, which is perhaps unsurprising given that Bryan and I spent a large part of […]

We’re spending quite some time over in Canterbury this week, as Bryan is in a dance show – one of […]

Green Councillor Kevin Pressland is a passionate campaigner for nature and the natural environment.  His understanding of the threats faced […]

Technical issues occurred in Casa de Munson this week when our television decided to give up the ghost. It was […]

By Jessica Rose It was July 2018, a year after my husband Dominic and I had moved to Margate, when […]

As the first ever MP for East Thanet and the first ever Labour MP for Margate there  have been lots […]

I’m something of an obsessive when it comes to politics and history. As you might imagine, the ups and downs […]

“I can’t use that – it makes me feel old!” Me: “Uncle you’re 89 and you can’t walk.” Social services […]

Well, there you have it; a new government. All change, and what a strange election it’s been. Being the first […]

By Nick Condron The garden in July, past the peak of midsummer, has transitioned into a mood of relaxed abundance. […]

Seagulls are a part of seaside life, and much of the time, I don’t even notice them. But every now […]

Oh, hold on, I seem to have lost a week. I recall very clearly sitting down to write last week’s […]

My friend Mandy is dreading tomorrow. She has to get to Dover for an outpatients appointment with a consultant she […]

In case you hadn’t heard, it’s Father’s Day today. If by some awful confluence of events you have managed to […]

This isn’t a column about politics, and I don’t intend to start turning it into such a column now, but […]

This is the second of three columns from Neurodivergent Friends in Thanet (NDFT) featuring interviews with the group’s directors, each […]