Faversham Eye
The Faversham Eye – Telling you stuff somebody doesn't want you to know since 2019...
At the end of last year, we decided to give ourselves a well-earned breather. After rushing out an election special and our Christmas...
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Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 3 min
Faversham Town Council Expenditure Plans 2020-2021 - The Faversham Eye view
The Faversham Eye team was granted a meeting with members of the Town Council who informally presented their budget for the next...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
TOWN BY-ELECTION
Recently two of the Town Councillors elected in 2019 have resigned. Claire Belsom (Ind) represented Priory Ward and Sam Blair (Lib Dem)...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
UPDATE ON THE BRIDGE
We have been contacted by several readers who are concerned that the temporary creek bridge will become a permanent fixture. We feel it...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
THE TOWN JETTY
The lower half of the Town jetty is now in a safe condition and shortly, the Faversham Creek Navigation Company will gently dredge along...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 3 min
ABBEYFIELDS - Outline application for up to 180 dwellings
This outline planning application epitomises the very worst of our current approach to development. We have an opportunistic applicant,...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 8 min
BENSTED'S - CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
By Richard Belfield Bensted’s is an unusual local charity. On first glance, it looks more like an investment trust. According to their...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
STEVE BLOOM - FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Steve was born in Johannesburg, where he developed an early interest in photography, inspired by images in Life Magazine. In the early...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 8 min
ABBEY SCHOOL - A NEW SYSTEM OF SCHOOL RULES
Words by Ruby Bishop Ruby Bishop is studying for her GCSEs at Faversham's Abbey School, which last year surprised pupils and parents by...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
FAVERSHAM LADS
Are any Faversham Eye readers familiar with the faces in these pictures, taken in Summer 1998 by Faversham artist and regular Eye...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
FAVERSHAM RADIO
Words by by Melissa Todd The birth of Faversham radio exemplifies its ethos and spirit. A small group of enthusiasts, all with varied...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 4 min
CLEVE HILL UPDATE 2
By Richard Belfield The recommendations from the Cleve Hill Planning Inspectors are due by May and will then go to the new Secretary of...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 2 min
JASON DE CAIRES TAYLOR
Words by Richard Fleury Hidden beneath the waves of the world's seas and oceans are more than a 1,000 fascinating, ghostly figures, some...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 13 min
Future Health Secretary HELEN WHATELY and the firm that hijacked the NHS
Words by Richard Fleury Cartoon from Martin Rowson Back in 2008, Tatler magazine treated ten fresh-faced young twenty and...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 9 min
FAVERSHAM'S FARM WORKERS
Words by Richard Fleury Pictures courtesy of Edward Vinson Ltd For Faversham farmers, the price of getting Brexit done is losing the...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 3 min
ANN WIDDECOMBE "ENTERTAINING, ENLIGHTENING AND CONTROVERSIAL," OR A FRUIT LOOP?
Words by Richard Fleury Homophobic Brexit Party politician Ann Widdecombe's Faversham 'one-woman show' by has been cancelled due to poor...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 14 min
LITERARY FESTIVAL - REVIEWS
With an incredible array of talent and some seriously big names, this year's line-up took the Faversham Literary Festival to another...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 3 min
ON THE SQUARE - Issue 8
COSGROVE CORNERED A recurring lament at Faversham Eye editorial meetings is “please, please, please, can we have a Cosgrove-free issue?”...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
POST OFFICE – AN APOLOGY TO OUR READERS
Back in September, we predicted that given the appalling track record of ZCO Limited, the new operator of the Post Office, there would be...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 3 min
UPCOMING EVENTS IN AND AROUND FAVERSHAM (March - April)
FEATURES Waterways 7:30pm - 10:00pm at St Mary of Charity • Faversham Voices • Cantiana • Mustardseed Singers • Lowering the Tone • ...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 4 min
THE TASTES OF FAVERSHAM: 6
Curry is now widely considered a traditional British dish, though it only came here from the Indian subcontinent two hundred years ago. A...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 3 min
INCOMING MAIL from Issue 8
Never one to miss a self-promoting gimmick in our ‘local’ press (Fav News 6 February), Whately and her Kentish Tory chums have apparently...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
POETS CORNER - Issue 8
Salisbury Magna Carta Theft Foiled by William Jobsworth A foolish Cantabrian man Cooked up a ludicrous plan To pinch a Magna Carta It was...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
'WIDDY-GATE'
The Faversham Eye was disappointed to learn Mayor Alison Reynolds had planned to attend a 'no holds barred', 'Strictly Celebrity Dinner'...
Faversham Eye
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
FAVERSHAM EYE PROUDLY SPONSORS - FAVERSHAM AUTUMNFEST
9th-15th NOVEMBER 2020 A small and eclectic festival celebrating arts and culture set in Faversham. It aims not only to highlight the...
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