Regatta House, Cowes was the venue for four well known Island artists to stage their show entitled ‘Coast and Country’ over the late May Bank Holiday Weekend. Following a successful show last year the four artists: Chris Gillies, Carol Owen...

There was a packed West Gallery to hear the result of the Quay Arts Open 2015 Competition last week. Judging was undertaken by Georgia Newman, the Exhibitions Organiser at the Quay; Dr Rachel Flynn, from Dimbola Galleries and Nigel George...

Newport’s Riverside Centre played host to the Community Action Awards 2015 last week, where guests were welcomed by Patricia Partridge, President of 'Community Action IW at the Riverside'. Outlining the scheme, Patricia said the Awards recognised voluntary groups on the Island....

  A major step forward in the Community Volunteering and Charity sector has occurred with the merger of two high profile Island organisations. To celebrate this major collaboration a launch event was staged at Riverside Centre, Newport last week. The...

Renowned U.S. photographer Annie Liebovitz is the focus of the current exhibition in the Olympus Galleries at Dimbola, Freshwater. 31 prints have been specially flown in from Los Angeles to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Julia Margaret Cameron’s birth. In her...

Gurnard top navigator, Ian Moore, was part of a star-studded crew who have won the prestigious RORC Caribbean 600 in Antigua. It was third time lucky for the team when they were announced overall winner and were awarded the 2015...

Throughout 2015 Dimbola Museum and Gallery at Freshwater will host a series of exhibitions showcasing the artwork of local school students, who have been inspired by Julia Margaret Cameron. Appropriately, the shows are entitled ‘Inspired’. For the anniversary year the...

As reported on Monday, entry was opened at 12 noon for this year’s RORC Rolex Fastnet Race to be sailed out of Cowes on the 16th August and there was so much interest for the 90th anniversary of this event...

Registration for the 2015 Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race opened at 12 noon today (Monday 12th January), with everyone able to register their interest. As the Rolex Fastnet Race has been oversubscribed for the last four editions, with some RORC...

A milestone for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award on the Island was reached recently at a presentation ceremony, when Lewis Coulter, who worked for his Award via Sandown Bay Academy, became the 200th recipient of the coveted Gold Award. Held...