By Brian Pain 2021 was generally a pretty dreadful year. At the Eye, we made the difficult decision to cancel our planned Faversham...

By Brian Pain At long last most people in Faversham are aware of and concerned by the deluge of new housing planned on the farmland...

By Harold Goodwin, Stephen Atkins and Matthew Hatchwell Faversham people understand what is special about our town and we want to keep it...

By John Wellard Many locals of Upper Brents (myself included) and the nearby Barnfield Estate have mourned the closing of the Brents...

THE MAYPOLE Thursday evening in the somewhat eccentrically decorated Maypole restaurant was fairly busy but we were promptly served by...

Statement of Persons Nominated Rich Lehman (Green Party) @RichLehmannSwaleEast Rich was born and raised in North Kent and has lived most...

Candidates: The current Commissioner, Matthew Scott (Conservative), who in his election statements makes extravagant claims about his...

Statement of Persons Nominated Andrew Birkin (Labour) Welcome, everyone! I have lived and worked locally for over 40 years. I am a former...

Jane Hawkins (Con) I have lived in Faversham for over 50 years and have two adult daughters. I work in Sainsbury’s so by meeting many...

Andy Culham (Con) I am a local business owner running a plastering company in the town. I am honoured to be chosen as your Conservative...

Christopher Cavanagh (Lib Dem) Hi, I’m Chris Cavanagh. I moved to Faversham last year but have been visiting the town regularly over the...

The Kent County Council, Police and Crime Commissioner and Town Council by-elections are due to take place on Thursday, 6 May 2021. With...

By Brian Pain Unfortunately, the main focus of this edition is again on the now seemingly inevitable glut of new housing estates to be...

By Brian Pain It is commonly believed that the UK is suffering from a housing crisis and that is the reason Kent, along with most other...

By Katherine Hutchinson In early November last year, reports began to emerge that a Covid-19 vaccine produced by pharmaceutical firms...

Introduction by Brian Pain In the following section we have provided additional information to illustrate the problems, challenges and...

Tribute by Brian Pain I first met Hugh more than forty years ago when Caroline Ware and I were first getting to grips with restoring the...

By Claudia Heywood I'm elbowing my way out of the small outdoor cupboard labelled ‘Box Scheme’ in a dark pub car park, muddy carrots and...

New to the Faversham Eye this year, we have compiled a Christmas gift guide to help you make the most of what Faversham’s got to offer....

Words by Brian Pain As most readers are acutely aware, the Town is being swamped with new house building and much of our immediately...