Book review: Bertie: A life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley
He had a notoriously stormy relationship with his mother, enjoyed a string of mistresses and was hauled before the courts for his involvement in a scandalous divorce case ... but Edward VII was also...
View Article£405,000 for Braddan unit
SILVER Star Estate (PCC) Ltd, 29 Buck’s Road, Douglas, sold unit 15 Snugborough Estate, Braddan, for £405,000 to Teal Services Ltd, Cronk-y-Chree, Ballakinnagh Road, Smeale, Andreas.This and the...
View ArticleWhy development of staff is so important
THE world has become a very different place for the financial services industry over the last five years and Investment Services Company Capital International Group understands this as well as anyone....
View ArticleRight to give humanitarian help
A CAMPAIGN that wants the island to contribute more to Third World causes has released a statement backing the decision to spend £50,000 of taxpayers’ money in Africa.Last week, Phil Gawne MHK, the...
View ArticleEating disorder services talk
COMMUNITY mental health worker Susan Smith is the guest speaker on Wednesday for the Manx Eating Disorders Support Group.Ms Smith will talk about eating disorder services available in the Isle of Man...
View ArticleBelle - first collaboration with Pinewood Studios
FILMING on a new production starring Gugu Mbatha Raw starts in the island later this month.Lavish period drama Belle will start shooting at various locations around the island on Monday, September 24....
View ArticleMinute’s noise to remember friends gets global support
A MINUTE’S noise to remember departed motorcycling friends has taken off and gone global, according to organiser Bill Snelling. The event will be on Laxey sea front on November 11 at 10am to avoid any...
View ArticleJoey Dunlop Foundation’s exciting plans
JDF is hoping to extend its disabled holiday accommodation in the near future.Looking back on two successful years since it was opened by Joey’s widow Linda and TT star John McGuinness in 2010, Braddan...
View Article£65,000 for 1MAN reg
CAR enthusiasts had a chance to become the first man on the island’s road.1 MAN, possibly the most desirable registration plate in the Isle of Man, was among a number of lots of automobilia that went...
View ArticleKatherine Ellis, business development director at Boston Group, looks back on...
It is certainly one of the most invigorating aspects of my role at Boston Group that myself and a team of colleagues took the opportunity to attend the prestigious Monaco Yacht Show, described as the...
View ArticleBook review: Ravenscliffe by Jane Sanderson
As a new series of ITV’s Downton Abbey grips the nation, Jane Sanderson unearths another rich seam of upstairs/downstairs drama in her second novel set in a Yorkshire mining community.Ravenscliffe...
View ArticleEngrossing terror
MISERY is the only book I have read that I have had to put down and go away and do something else while I processed the fact that I was supposed to believe that a nurse would deliberately chop off half...
View ArticleCivil servants and MHKs get a pay rise
CIVIL servants and members of Tynwald have been given a pay rise, the Manx Independent reveals today.They each get 20p an hour more. So whatever happened to the public sector pay freeze?On page 3, we...
View ArticleDamage to cars is just mindless
JAN Knight, who lives in Truggan Road, Port St Mary, was one person affected.‘I got up in the morning and found some nice person had sprayed it for me,’ she said.‘It’s even melted the plastic of one of...
View ArticleNavy is visiting island
TWO of the Royal Navy’s patrol vessels are due to be in Peel tomorrow.HMS Biter, the Universities Royal Naval Unit (URNU) ship for Manchester and Salford, is due to arrive this afternoon and will be...
View ArticleExercise
Thursday October 11• Thighs, Bums and Tums, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 9.30am. Also Tuesday. Call 335635. • Walk and talk, Harbour Lights Cafe, Peel, 10am. Also Friday, NSC, Douglas, 10am; Monday,...
View ArticleCommunity
Thursday, October 11• Theatrix Theatre Company Musical Theatre age 8-12. Also Saturday Babies Irish/mod, 9am, Prep Ballet/Tap, 10am, Babies Ballet/Tap, 11am. Musical Theatre, age 5-8, Monday, Senior...
View ArticleExhibitions
Thursday, October 11• Outer Space: World Space Week exhibition at the Sayle Gallery. Call 674557. Until October 14.• World Mental Health Week, exhibition of paintings. 9am-6pm. St. German’s Cathedral.•...
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Thursday, October 11• Gym time active play for pre-school children, Manx Gymnastics Centre, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 625636. Also Friday and Wednesday. • Krafty Kids (pre-school age), Philip Chrsitian...
View ArticleTheatre
Thursday, October 11------------Sunday, October 13• Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, 7.30pm. Gaiety Theatre. £18.50.Wednesday, October 17• The Real Inspector Hound by the Rushen Players, 8pm at the Erin Arts...
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