Pete and Jan talk of their passion for the Austin Healey and their subsequent adventures with their own "Margot".

The festival season is well under way and Bestival is continuing to build on the success of last year, shaping up to be a truly exciting event once again.

We all love our Island, but what really gets us going and what certainly gets our goat about living here? We’ve put together a few thoughts from a straw poll of a few residents.
See what you think…

By Peter Sorrenson

Nothing is more pleasurable than growing and eating your own produce. The anticipation of the taste of those first new potatoes, that you have nurtured for the last three months, served with a knob of butter, or the sweet flavour of garden peas, straight from the pod

AS you arrive at Lakeside Park Hotel its four star status is enhanced by the wonderful rural setting which is an area of outstanding natural beauty.

We have all experienced - or experience - stress at times in our lives and a little bit of pressure can be productive. It can stimulate motivation.  However, too much pressure, or prolonged pressure, can lead to stress which is unhealthy for the mind and body.

Tucked away at the most southerly point of the British Isles, the Isle of Wight has welcomed tourists to its sandy shores for many years. Once receiving Victorian royalty at Osborne House as frequently as high tides, the Isle of Wight has seen some famous faces in the past century and now, more than ever, it is emerging, once again, as the diamond of the south.

Your life problems assesed and solved by Mystic Maureen.