Matthew Munson: Celebrating one year of local news, views and photos
Next week will be a year since I first wrote a column for this fine newspaper, and I wanted to […]
Next week will be a year since I first wrote a column for this fine newspaper, and I wanted to […]
The past two weeks has seen Thanet District Council in a state of some flux. Perhaps an understatement with the […]
Figures from Thanet District Council show a decline in performance which is having a negative impact on people’s lives. At […]
I have spent an inordinate amount of time over the past couple of months talking and thinking about flat/house hunting, […]
Yes, I said ‘rentirement’, not retirement … rentirement. It relates to the 871 (and growing) Thanet people, who don’t own […]
We all think we know what a heart attack is – it involves a lot of chest clutching, extreme pain, […]
Packaging. You can’t buy much of anything in Broadstairs but lattes, baubles and tapas, so my recycling bin’s full of […]
As I am sure you are aware, one of the best things about my job as an agent is helping […]
I was out for dinner just the other night and witnessed a very uncomfortable couple coming into the restaurant. After […]
Save Our NHS in Kent (SONIK) is formed of residents, patients, research professionals and health professionals who say they are […]
Step-families are meant to be troublesome, anecdotally, yet mine, thus far, has merged into a functioning entity with extraordinary ease. […]
I should know when to keep my mouth shut. I took part in the second reading of the Financial Guidance […]
Have you ever eaten Mooli? No, me neither until I attended the Cinque Ports and Chapel Down dining evening last […]
I commute on a weekly basis. Those six words strike fear into a lot of people, especially when you see […]
The mind-set and tactics you employ to buy your first Margate buy to let property needs to be different to […]
Looking at the newspapers between Christmas and New Year, it seemed that this year’s sport in the column inches was […]
I’ve always wanted to be a fiction writer, but that has led to so many other opportunities; ones I can’t […]
Since the beginning of 2018 I have been thinking about climbing the ladder. Not a literal one – I’ve already […]
If the words “open mic” wash you over with a small shiver of dread, I sympathise. I, too, have been sat […]
After the Thanet Local Plan was rejected by 35 votes to 20 on Thursday 18th January our council is now in a […]
Ramsgate regeneration always occupies a significant proportion of my time, arguably more than it should given extensive similar issues in […]
Looking for somewhere to live is far harder than I realised it ever would be. The last time I looked […]
Christmas well and truly over, we are inundated with travel advertisements; each day my postman husband’s forearms buckle under the […]
I’m a Thanetian, born and raised here. Actually, I’m a half-Thanetian; one of my parents was born outside of Thanet, […]
Starting back at Westminster last week after the festive break I should be feeling refreshed and ready for 2018. I’m […]
Being a writer with an independent publishing house is a bit different to being signed with one of the Big […]
My research shows that certain types of Ramsgate property are more affordable today than before the 2007/08 credit crunch. Roll […]
I don’t “do” New’s Year Eve. I’m not a Hogmanay kind of a guy. And no, it’s not because I’m […]
We have almost reached the point where the old calendar comes down and a new one is put up in […]
What is our local MP up to? Silent on many local topics, such as the nightmare housing crisis (private sector […]
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