Isle of Wight locals on board the Varvassi The Greek cargo ship S.S. Varvassi ‒ conveying 438 barrels of wine and 200 tons of tangerines from Algiers to Southampton ‒ hit The Needles on 5th January 1947. As well as...

Queen Victoria’s Royal post box with a festive card inside - which she used at Osborne House in East Cowes - has been found and is now being auctioned. The 140-year-old table letter box shows how much she valued sending...

Award-winning production company Deadman return to their home venue Quay Arts with the full production of The Freshwater Five before setting sail on a UK South Coast - and London - tour.  Inspired by the wildly popular Guardian 'Today in...

Peta Rainford, programme manager at arts for wellbeing charity Independent Arts. A 4 thousand pounds commission is being offered for artists/performers to work with young people in Ventnor to create a youth-friendly creative space in the town during February and...

UPDATE: Tonight's game between Cowes Sports and Christchurch has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. Newport and Cowes resume their respective Wessex League campaigns this evening (Tuesday) with both sides playing their 1st league games of 2023. In the...

In the 1st of our series on Isle of Wight Railways, we look at the railway at St Helens, which was the main commercial docks on the Island until Medina Wharf was rebuilt in 1928. Since the 17th century, there...

1947 ended on a positive note when a retriever dog called Laddie was awarded a People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals silver medal on 31st December for the rescue of 2 young boys. The PDSA medal was instituted in 1943 to...

In the 4th part of Made on the Isle of Wight, we look at the contribution Ryde designer John Ackroyd and Isle of Wight engineers made to a series of world-beating balloons. John ‘Ackers’ Ackroyd had already designed the world’s...

2022 was a year to remember as a season of firsts at Smallbrook Stadium.  The Isle of Wight saw the very first NORA British Women’s Speedway Championship in association with Jason Waring and coordinated by Alan Critcher. This led to...

Nominations for the Isle of Wight Sports Achievement Awards close at midnight on Monday 16th January 2023. The Isle of Wight Sports Achievement Awards is an annual event that recognises outstanding achievement or service amongst sportsmen and women of all...