Opinion

It feels as though life is gradually returning to something resembling normality, (or a ‘new normal’ to use the vernacular), as the roads become busier, people start returning to work...

Last week, BBC South aired a package on their lunchtime news. It was repeated throughout the news cycle that day and followed on from the front page story of June...

In the United States, it was a week in which The Rolling Stones told Mr Trump, ‘You can’t always have what you want’. In the UK, it was a week...

Following the horrendous incident in Forbury Gardens last weekend, it seems that many in our town have felt the impact either through a personal connection to one of the victims,...

Last week, the United States had a week where many were called but few had chosen, to attend Mr Trump’s rally; where C-in-C stood for Covid Infection Central; where Mr...

The dawn awaits as lockdown starts to ease GRADUALLY, like the fingers of dawn unveiling the day ahead, the results of the cautious relaxation of coronavirus lockdown are appearing locally...

I’m 21, fresh out of university and ready to get my life going. The Coronavirus had other ideas. On March 13, I sat in my last lecture and had my...

OUR hearts go out to the family, friends, students and colleagues who knew James Furlong, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and David Wails — the trio of friends whose lives ended too soon....

Let me die dancing Dear Lord, let me die dancingLet my feet not touch the floorLet me go while I’m still livingAnd not waiting at death’s door Let me roam...

My husband was given a cheese-making kit for his birthday – ‘all you need to make your own cheese’ (apart from the milk). Never one to refuse a challenge, he...