It's hard to create aspirational jobs on the island. Teens get to meet talented young creative types quite easily but there are comparatively few scientists and engineers. Especially aged 21-30. I would really like to see the local universities (Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester) make more of an effort with Island schools but the costs in time and money are so much higher than visiting schools on the mainland :(
I live here,and I feel like he makes it sound worse than it actually is
Car boot sales? Crazy!
I've been to the Isle of Wight a couple of times. Most of it smells of weed and urine. There is also a lot of affordable housing.
It's hard to create aspirational jobs on the island. Teens get to meet talented young creative types quite easily but there are comparatively few scientists and engineers. Especially aged 21-30. I would really like to see the local universities (Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester) make more of an effort with Island schools but the costs in time and money are so much higher than visiting schools on the mainland :(
Millennials have no clue who the The Stranglers are.
Gordon Brown came here, and what an underrated Chancellor he was
Does the Island have it's own accent? The only celeb I know who comes from there is Mark King, from Level 42.
Went there as a kid. It is a bit of a dump.
I went on the hovercraft to the Isle of white that was an experience.
You can't argue with those stats
Platinum, gold, iron etc
Grab yourself a bargain
Drop me a line and I'll give you my time
Mates' rates
I have a mining operation on the IOW
Some chalk
At 1:29 a kid gets a bruise