Opinion: County councillor Karen Constantine – Let’s get Thanet fit for the future
It’s a tough ambition, but wouldn’t it be fantastic if, after the Corona virus crisis, we had an agreed long-term […]
It’s a tough ambition, but wouldn’t it be fantastic if, after the Corona virus crisis, we had an agreed long-term […]
There will be many things to reflect upon once the Coronavirus crisis passes. One will be the VE75 celebrations, much […]
Being a parent is the most fascinating, exhausting, and wonderful role I’ve ever had. I have been a published writer, […]
Week six of Jane’s Lockdown Friday My son has the day off work and there has been much talk of […]
The road outside my front door has been re-tarmacked this week. KCC’s highways maintenance team have been going to and […]
How are you spending lockdown? Probably, like me, watching too much telly, weeping at the NHS worker deaths and shouting […]
Jane Wenham-Jones on another week of Lockdown… Saturday Today I should have been at Chiplitfest – the Chipping Norton Literary […]
Difficult to believe that two weeks have flown by as the national lockdown continues. With so much data available it […]
Do you know how many dwarf planets there are in the solar system? I do; five. How about the meaning […]
Jane’s family continue in lockdown – now with a guest. Sunday Friends send pictures of their “virtual dinner party”. I […]
While the Prime Minister was discovering how fantastic our NHS is at its best, I was having flashbacks to the […]
Parks are brilliant. I’ve lived in Thanet all my life (38 years and counting), and I’ve spent untold hours in […]
Jane Hetherington is a town councillor and a mental health specialist who lives in Ramsgate. During challenging times and periods […]
As lockdown continues, Jane remains in isolation with husband, son, cat and a pair of hair clippers… Sunday It’s a […]
Lockdown is challenging everyone. Our staff in the NHS, councils, care homes, shops, takeaways and those who are able to […]
People with disabilities rely on the support and therapies that are provided by social care and health organisations. My son […]
This period of lockdown across the nation feels like that strange annual period between Christmas and New Year; little difference […]
I like to think I know my limits. I’m no quantum physicist, for example, nor am I much of an […]
Saturday We have a flutter on the virtual Grand National and I can’t believe how realistic it is. All the […]
Did you know that there are five dwarf planets in the solar system? And that the word “velociraptor” means “sneaky […]
My husband – more than two decades my senior – is now of an age, with health conditions that have […]
I am only now beginning to understand what people in the 1950s must have been going through during the last […]
This is such a worrying time for all, including young people and their parents who, with the closure of schools, […]
It has been a funny old week; I was supposed to be on leave when the PM abruptly changed tack […]
I’m a newsreader now on Academy FM – once a week, usually Fridays – and I flipping love it. I […]
Our world has changed dramatically over the past two weeks since my last article as the country tries to deal […]
When I was at school – from the mid-1980s to the late-1990s – they were just educational establishments in the […]
You might notice the absence of something rather large in this week’s column. What could I possibly add to the […]
We are weeks into the Covid-19 crisis. The Government’s announcements on Friday were the most profound yet, at last some […]
Time is a funny thing; we’ve all experienced an hour that lasts an entire afternoon, and a day that drags […]
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