Island News

The Mike Howley Trust

The Mike Howley Trust: New Funding Opportunity for Young Island Creatives Quay Arts is pleased to announce the opening of The Mike Howley Trust for applications from young Island creatives, to help realise their artistic ambitions. Mike Howley, who worked for many years as Director of Cultural Services for the Isle of Wight Council, died ... read more

Red Funnel-Red Jet6 update.

Red Jet 6, Red Funnel’s largest ever Hi-Speed passenger ferry is currently under construction at East Cowes. This £6m state of the art vessel is being built by Shemara Refit LLP for delivery to Red Funnel in June 2016. Following this the vessel will be named in Cowes on 4 July 2016 and will enter ... read more

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD LOOKS BACK AND FORWARD

Westridge Community Learning Centre was the venue for the annual Duke of Edinburgh’s Award’s Presentation Evening. Carol Taverner, D of E Facilitator on the Island welcomed award achievers, families, friends and guests and Lee Matthews IW Council D of E Manager gave an introduction to the evening. Carol pointed out that although many embark on ... read more

Isle of Wight Festival to celebrate 40 years of Punk

Punk turns 40 next year, and in celebration of four decades of this exciting and at times controversial music scene The Isle of Wight Festival  has added Iggy Pop, Adam Ant, The Damned, Buzzcocks and The Godfathers to the line up for 2016. These  new acts will  join Queen + Adam Lambert, Stereophonics and Faithless ... read more

MULTI-MATERIAL CARTONS FOR RECYCLING BINS & XMAS COLLECTIONS

Island residents can now dispose of mixed-material cartons – for example Tetra Paks – in their recycling bins or clear plastic sacks. These cartons are widely used for drinks and foods such as orange juice, chopped tomatoes or long-life milk and use different materials including plastic, cardboard and aluminium, which are designed to keep the ... read more

WORLD’S LEADING ANNUAL SOLO YACHT RACE IS COMING TO COWES

  Solitaire du Figaro,the World’s leading annual solo sailing race, is coming to Cowes between the 22nd and 26th June.This event will bring an exciting five-day public event to Cowes as part of the Island’s colourful ‘Festival of the Sea’ celebrations. This World-class sporting event, with an international following, spans 1525 miles between four European ... read more

GOLD AWARD FOR VISIT ISLE OF WIGHT.

‘Visit Isle of Wight’ has won a Gold Award at the Beautiful South Awards 2015 hosted by Tourism South East. This number one spot was awarded to Visit Isle of Wight’s ‘Isle of Wight Visitor Centre and Travel Ambassador Scheme’ based at Newport’s Guildhall in the Visitor Information Provider of the Year category. David Thornton, ... read more

2016 ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL- STEREOPHONICS SEACLOSE HAT-TRICK.

Originally known as Tragic Love Company the definitive Stereophonics were formed in 1992, although the nucleus of the band took shape between 1986 and 1991. Initially a trio this Welsh Indie rock band consisted of founder members Kelly Jones (songwriter, vocalist and guitarist) bassist Richard Jones and drummer Stuart Cable. All three were born in ... read more

Discovering Domesday Wight.

Local historian John Medland is publishing a new local historybook- ‘Discovering Domesday Wight’. “This is the first time the Island entries of the Domesday Book have been published on their own in English” says the author. “The original was written in Latin and completed 927 years ago in 1086. Harking back to 1066 it is ... read more

Island artist elected Vice President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists

Well-known Island artist Martin Swan was elected to the role of Vice President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists at their recent Annual General Meeting in London. Martin began his painting career as a watercolour artist specialising in landscapes and botanical paintings. He developed a keen interest in marine painting which resulted in him ... read more