Opinion

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 […]

Children grow up and away from you in a thousand small degrees; it’s never all at once, but it does […]

I have to remind myself sometimes that we’re still coming out of lockdown; that there are things we’ve not been […]

There’s government money around for poorer bits of the UK and Thanet has the chance to get hold of some […]

I was born in June 40 years ago. Crikey – how is it that I still think of the 80s […]

How much screen time is too much? How many games consoles constitute too many? These are questions that I consider […]

We are, indeed, creatures of habit. We stick with the same supermarkets at the same time every week. I’ve been […]

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell, from Minster, runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook: As spring turns to […]

Faye Beerling is a fiction writer, mainly of children’s books which have been bought by agencies including NASA. She has […]

Before I became a parent, one thing I thought about a lot was “How am I going to entertain my […]

Like many disabled people in this pandemic, I don’t get out much. So, when a friend offered a trip to […]

What a week; “non-essential” services – indoor service at restaurants, cinemas, arcades, etc – have reopened, and the weather has […]

“I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I did, till we loved?” So John Donne mused in The Good-morrow, […]

We need trees, we need plants and open spaces – it’s why, we’re told, it’s important to avoid any more […]

I am 39 years and 11 months old, and I did something very devilish this week; I had my first […]

Being the fan of democracy that I am, I asked Bryan what I should write about for this week’s column; […]

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell, from Minster, runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook: It’s May, this is […]

I got my first job when I was 16. This was back in the 90s, and I received £2.96 an […]

A big part of being a parent is the social secretary role; getting your child about to the various things […]

My mum is ill. She’s been ill for a year, eating nothing, getting weaker. She didn’t want to bother anyone, […]

I went to the Broadstairs town forum last week, online of course. There were reports from local groups such as […]

I’m not one for shopping. Wandering around shops, being surrounded by people, having to look at things I either can’t […]

I’ve just had a “blink and you’ll miss it” moment; two weeks’ worth of moments, in fact. The Easter holidays […]

Choosing a school for your child is a big responsibility – education matters. A friend of mine home schooled two […]

The sun is out. We have a long bank holiday weekend, so the sun has obviously gone back in again. […]

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell, from Minster, runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook: Who doesn’t love spotting […]