Opinion

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 […]

I’m reporting from the Corona capital of Spain — the holiday resort of Adeje in Tenerife. Three of us planned […]

I’m going to tell you about a silicone shark. I’m not one of these columnists that talks about their personal […]

Have you ever let fate direct your chances? Do you believe that it already does? I don’t believe I’m at […]

Mr Todd and I have been married two and a half years now, and he’s been ill for all of […]

Birthday parties. There is a huge shift in expectations in recent years. When I was a child, 30 years ago, […]

Thanet resident Richard Card is a retired electrical engineer and was the over 40s national Wales powerlifting champion 1992.  The […]

Pauline Farrance is a Thanet District councillor and a founder member of Save Our NHS in Kent (SONIK).Here she talks […]

I could tell you about the most terrible week I’ve had; how my mobile phone is on life support and […]

I am not, by nature, a theme park sort of person. I enjoyed going to Alton Towers as a kid, […]

It’s said that we sometimes forget the pain involved in certain activities; childbirth, for example. I’ve never experienced that myself, […]

This morning I realised that we were running low on tomato soup in my house. I was already facing the […]

Rowan Dickman is the vice chairman of the Salmestone Ward Residents Association:     When I drive past the QEQM Hospital […]

Jane Hetherington is a town councillor and a mental health specialist who lives in Ramsgate. The first post Brexit day […]

I’ve had something of a strange week. I had a row with a dead piece of technology, after my laptop […]

I’m not keen on cold rice pudding but I am pretty adventurous in my eating habits – I tackled what […]

Do you ever feel something of a fraud? I do, usually involving topics where my son thinks he’s talking to […]

I’m a social secretary more than I am a writer these days. My son certainly has more of a social […]

Mere resolutions seem a bit sissy for these extreme times! So I’m going for revolutions – a complete turn around […]

Science fiction and fantasy. Words enough to send shivers up the spines of many. It’s seen as the property entirely […]

Was New Year’s Eve good for you? Did you trip the light fantastic? Go clubbing until four in the morning? […]

I’ve made a new friend this week. She’s young, female, and will always talk to me – no matter how […]

I’ve never been much of a panto watcher; it’s not the first thing I’ll think of when planning a trip […]

I’m the managing editor of Thanet Writers now! Genuinely no idea how that happened. I’m the lucky kind of devil […]

I’d first like to thank the voters of South Thanet for my re-election as their Member of Parliament. The national […]

As a Labour councillor it goes without saying that the General Election result is a major disappointment for Labour voters. […]

Term dates. Watching kids’ films. Learning (or not) how to do Meccano sets. I have started to develop an entirely […]

School life is somewhat different to what it was when I was in the education system. I recognise, by saying […]