Richard Butt

Jan 22, 2024 | iomtoday.co.im | Richard Butt

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Isle of Man Today. Read our privacy noticeFarming entrepreneur Stuart Meade is so passionate about spreading the word about Manx produce he holds tours at his Ballaugh base. He and his wife Ruth run two businesses – Red Mie (Manx for ‘good things’) and Fire Island, which produces chillies. Red Mie includes selling eggs and egg-laying chickens to smallholders or for pets. It also rears native loaghtan sheep and has ducks and geese.

Jan 21, 2024 | iomtoday.co.im | Richard Butt

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Isle of Man Today. Read our privacy noticeA charity that helps to match school leavers with employers is about to launch a website designed to give young people lots of information about the world of work. Junior Achivement’s Just the Job will have information about the types of jobs available and give advice about applying for jobs.

Jan 6, 2024 | iomtoday.co.im | Richard Butt

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Isle of Man Today. Read our privacy noticeA wine producer from the south of the island would like to see action taken on taxes that affect its business. Ventosus Micro Winery is run by husband and wife Rob and Sarah Matson in Port St Mary. There is nothing new about the idea of small commercial wineries kaing wines using grape juice.

Dec 18, 2023 | iomtoday.co.im | Richard Butt

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Isle of Man Today. Read our privacy noticeHundreds of children have learned all about drama and performance over 30 years thanks to Jacqui Hawkes. Her Stage One Drama School has marked three decades in business and Jacqui, who’s 66, has no intention of retiring. The company has 120 children on its register and Jacqui says that must mean that thousands have been through the school. It began on a much smaller scale.

Dec 10, 2023 | iomtoday.co.im | Richard Butt

I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Isle of Man Today. Read our privacy noticeThe former editor of the Isle of Man Examiner had a huge number of stories to tell. But Robert Kelly’s tales were not only the ones he printed in the newspapers. He researched and wrote about all manner of things from the island’s history. Published posthumously, Manx Myths, Mysteries and Miscellanies tells interesting, unusual and often weird accounts of Manx life.