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Feb 29, 20208 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20208 min read
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...
Feb 29, 202013 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20209 min read
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...
Feb 29, 202014 min read
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...
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Welcome to the Faversham Eye's first Christmas Issue.
It's almost a year since we started the Eye with the hope of creating the sort of local newspaper we would like to read ourselves. We...
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Creek Update: Update on the Town Jetty and the Lifting of the Bridge
By Brian Pain Photo by Alex Law On the morning of Monday, 9 December, the huge crane was finally in place and due to lift the swing...
Dec 11, 20198 min read
Faversham Poverty Story
By Richard Fleury With additional reporting by Nancy Brand It is worth remembering, as we sit down to watch A Christmas Carol or Oliver!...
Dec 6, 20192 min read
ELECTION SPECIAL
Welcome to our Faversham Eye Election Special. We are preparing a full Christmas issue to come out on Saturday, December 21 but when the...
Dec 6, 20191 min read
Faversham Eye - Xmas Appeal
The Faversham Eye Christmas Special issue is out on Saturday, December 21 and we’ll be handing out copies in the Market Place as usual....
Dec 4, 20191 min read
Election Special - Candidate Guide
We asked the Faversham and Mid Kent parliamentary candidates from all four main parties for interviews in the run up to next week's...
Oct 19, 20194 min read
Cleve Hill: A Small Problem of Insurance
By Richard Belfield It may well be impossible to insure the Cleve Hill solar farm – that’s the view of insurance industry veterans...
Oct 19, 20192 min read
Cleve Hill: A Possible Conflict of Interest
By Richard Belfield Right at the start of the public enquiry into the Cleve Hill solar farm, Sir David Melville from the Faversham...
Oct 19, 201910 min read
Cleve Hill - The Continuing Story
By Richard Fleury The world’s biggest battery – and the danger to Faversham – just doubled in size. In the last issue, we reported on the...
Sep 7, 20191 min read
Faversham Eye Funding Update
News about how the Faversham Eye will be funded in the future.
Sep 7, 20197 min read
Fraud in Faversham
Faversham couple left devastated by fraudsters
Sep 7, 201912 min read
Cleve Hill – Batteries Included?
Of all the reasons to object to a solar power station at Graveney, the giant battery at its heart is by far the most worrying.
Sep 7, 20194 min read
Lewisham Housing Rumour Debunked
Faversham Eye puts to rest rumours of u hear the rumour about the London Borough of Lewisham buying up homes in Faversham.
Sep 7, 20193 min read
Sewage in Faversham Creek: Facts and Faeces
A look into the polluted nature of our Creek
Sep 7, 20195 min read
Faversham's Post Office Enfranchised
Virtually everyone in Faversham uses the Post Office. The staff are friendly, helpful and well known faces in the town. All that is about to
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