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Dec 18, 2024 | 
winol.co.uk | Molly Keane
The Tories were wiped out of Winchester in what new Liberal Democrat MP Danny Chambers described as a “perfect storm”. Chambers’ sweep to power makes him the first Lib Dem MP to hold the Winchester seat in over a decade.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
winol.co.uk | Molly Keane
A Winchester mother will be taken to court by the council if she doesn’t pay £1,700 towards her deaf daughter’s transport to sixth form. Christine Wheatley, from Kings Worthy, sends her daughter to a specialist deaf sixth form in Newbury. Up until the age of 16, she received taxi journeys to and from school through her Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), funded by Hampshire County Council. Since leaving school and moving to college, this financial support from the council has stopped.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
winol.co.uk | Molly Keane
Bob Larkin, a Winchester local and former police officer, recently began studying philosophy at the University of Winchester at the age of 75. After graduating from Peter Symonds College earlier this year, his partner and “biggest cheerleader” encouraged him to further his education. “The only way you can find people who want to talk about philosophy is to go to university,” he said.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
salisburyjournal.co.uk | Molly Keane
A sports therapist is running 253 miles to raise money for a children’s hospice charity. Alex Bance, of Spire Injury Clinic in Salisbury, will be running the distance between the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and two ‘Julia’s House’ children’s hospices in Dorset and Wiltshire, completely unaided, all to raise money and bring attention to the charity.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Molly Keane
The Bramshaw Golf Club players who took part in the charity challenge (Image: Bramshaw Golf Club) STAFF and members from Bramshaw Golf Club have raised more than £50,000 for charity. The participants took part in the annual longest golf day challenge, raising money for this year’s captain’s charities, MNDA, Cancer Research UK and the Disabled Golf Association.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Molly Keane
3 1/1 A ROMSEY hotel has helped to raise thousands for charity through sales of “invisible chips”. The White Horse, in Market Place, has been raising money for Hospitality Action, a charity which supports people working in the hotel and catering industry. Diners who choose the “dish” are making a £2 donation to the charity.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
hampshirechronicle.co.uk | Molly Keane
A TOP newsreader has shown his support for a Winchester charity at its latest coffee morning. More than £300 was raised by the Winchester branch of Home-Start, a charity which supports young families in need, at Rick Stein's restaurant in the High Street on July 12. Dozens of supporters attended, including the charity's patron ex ITV and GB News journalist Alastair Stewart OBE. He said he was keen to show his support for the charity's good work.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Molly Keane |Timothy Mo |Ian McEwan
Looking for a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published July 1, 2024You might have concluded from some recent Booker Prize winners that great novels aren’t funny any more.
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Molly Keane |Timothy Mo |Ian McEwan
Looking to start the year with a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published January 2, 2024You might have concluded from some recent Booker Prize winners that great novels aren’t funny any more.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
shepherd.com | David Grann |Geoffrey O'Brien |Molly Keane |Alan Prendergast
Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission. Myfavorite read in 2023…Grann’s epic, true-life tale of shipwreck and mutiny has already been heaped with praise for its brilliant storytelling, so I will focus on a less-discussed aspect: the staggering research behind all those wonderful details about 18th-century navigation, British maritime law, scurvy symptoms, and the like.
