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...
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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, 20201 min read
FAVERSHAM LADS
Are any Faversham Eye readers familiar with the faces in these pictures, taken in Summer 1998 by Faversham artist and regular Eye...
Feb 29, 20202 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20204 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20202 min read
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...
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, 20203 min read
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...
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...
Feb 29, 20203 min read
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?”...
Feb 29, 20201 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20203 min read
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 • ...
Feb 29, 20204 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20203 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20201 min read
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...
Feb 29, 20201 min read
'WIDDY-GATE'
The Faversham Eye was disappointed to learn Mayor Alison Reynolds had planned to attend a 'no holds barred', 'Strictly Celebrity Dinner'...
Feb 29, 20201 min read
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...
Dec 21, 20194 min read
Upcoming Events in & around Faversham (January - February)
Collated by Helen Fisher HIGHLIGHTS FAVERSHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL The opening night features Ned Palmer hosting A Cheesemonger’s History of...
Dec 21, 20193 min read
The Tastes of Faversham: 5
For this instalment of Tastes of Faversham we rounded up some hungry locals to spend a cold November evening sampling a selection of the...
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