Margate Man in the stands – ‘Sorry’ season
The title ‘sorry season’ does not refer to the club’s chances going into this season but to a personal apology […]
The title ‘sorry season’ does not refer to the club’s chances going into this season but to a personal apology […]
Like many disabled people, as we get older, I find myself saying “I can no longer ….” This ranges from […]
Millwall versus West Ham, United against Liverpool, the North-London derby, The Old Firm derby, Benfica vs Sporting, ‘derby di Milano’, […]
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 […]
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 […]
In 2009 Ramsgate moved from a charter trustee system to becoming a town council. Along with the new status came […]
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 […]
©theisleofthanetnews.com All Rights Reserved