Opinion

When wheels have taken the place of your feet a whole new set of challenges opens up —obstacles that are […]

Planning for Christmas is always a busy time – and I speak as someone who doesn’t have to worry about […]

I like water — it makes my bones lighter. As a child recovering from polio, I learned to swim with […]

By the time you read this, Christmas decorations will be up in Casa de Munson; the festive spirit will, it […]

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell, from Minster, runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook: Struggling to find a […]

I don’t consider myself old by any stretch of the imagination, but a realisation hit me like a steam train […]

Like most disabled people gravity is my enemy. I’d love to be weightless. I really resent that millionaires whose legs […]

Bryan asked me a question that really made me think this week; when did I first start thinking of myself […]

I have been a dad for the past two and a half years, and my son is eight. You do […]

There is a strange lull at Casa de Munson right now. It won’t last, of course, but I’m enjoying a […]

Thanet nature expert Nik Mitchell, from Minster, runs the Wildlife Conservation in Thanet page on facebook: How about sleeping through […]

Freedom Day is upon Casa de Munson. Yes indeed, Bryan and I can once again leave our home. Oh joy […]

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 […]