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IW Festival – 20 year anniversary

By Jo Macaulay It was 20 years ago today… That John Giddings restarted the Isle of Wight Festival, and what a fabulous opening to the Island’s summer it has been for the past two decades. John says that it’s the best thing that he’s done in his career, and make no...

Riding Towards Freedom

By Imogen Forsyth, Age 12, from Gurnard | Illustration Jules Marriner My name is Edward. I was meant to be the king of England in 1483, but that all changed the moment I was put on a carriage heading for The Tower of London aged only 12.  I arrived in the...

Style of Wight Children’s Writing Competition – winners announced!

Style of Wight is delighted to announce the winners of their 2021 Children's Writing Competition. We were blown away by the quality of entries by young Island authors aged 7-16 - the Isle of Wight has some serious literary talent! After careful consideration by our judging panel –...

A magical evening of music with Katie Melua

On Friday 16th July, Style of Wight enjoyed a magical evening of live acoustic music from bestselling singer/songwriter recording artist Katie Melua in the beautiful natural woodland setting of Robin Hill Country Park. A new event concept for 2021, The Woodland Sessions also welcomed well-known TV comedy star Tom...

Style of Wight Children’s Writing Competition

After a year on pause, Style of Wight Magazine is delighted to announce the relaunch of its Children's Writing Competition, which gives young Island authors the chance to have their stories published.  All stories must be under 500 words; otherwise, entrants have total creative freedom. Your story could be about unicorns or...

New Events Barn to open this Summer

To meet the growing demand for weddings and events held on the Island, a new events barn will be opening at award-winning wedding venue, East Afton Farmhouse, this summer. Designed to a high specification and available for exclusive hire, the new barn will increase the capacity of the East Afton...

Red Funnel Isle of Wight Awards 2020

Red Funnel celebrates best of Island businesses with the ‘Red Funnel Isle of Wight Awards’ 2020 Red Funnel is shining a spotlight on Isle of Wight businesses with the announcement of its much-anticipated Red Funnel Isle of Wight Awards winners. Celebrating all that is special and unique about the Isle...

A message from Style of Wight Founder and Editor

As the Island enters its second period of lockdown, we wanted to share a personal message from our Founder and Editor.   “In over 11 years as the Island’s leading lifestyle publication, Style of Wight has always passionately championed local and independent businesses; in fact, we only accept advertising from those with...

Wight Computers create voice-assisted service for Wightlink

Wight Computers, the innovative technology company based on the Isle of Wight, are proud to reveal that they have worked closely with cross-Solent operator Wightlink to develop a bespoke digital voice assistant which will provide Wightlink customers with up to the minute details about the service status of their...