Is this the Eye's Most Senior Reader?
Pictured perusing the back page of Issue Six (without glasses!) is 102-year-old May Wellard. “I like to keep up with events in...
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Dec 6, 20191 min read
History Corner - The Referendum to Leave
In 1960, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd held a referendum with the objective of taking back control from the British Monarchy and...
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...
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Hannah Temple - Green Party
Hannah, 33, has lived in Faversham with her husband for three years. An active member of the community, she is an Abbey Physic Community...
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Hannah Perkin - Liberal Democrats
Lib Dem candidate Hannah lives in Faversham and is married with a young family. She runs a vegan catering company and also works in...
Dec 4, 20194 min read
Helen Whately - Conservatives
Helen Whately succeeded Hugh Robertson as MP for Faversham and Mid Kent in 2015. The one thing you can say is that she is loyal to her...
Dec 4, 20195 min read
Jenny Reeves - Labour
Chair of the Faversham Labour branch for the last three years and a popular and active campaigner on local issues Jenny Reeves has lived...
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Who We Are and What We Stand For
The Faversham Eye is independent of any political party or cause. We have one bias and it is a bias we are proud of and which we will...
Oct 19, 20192 min read
Faversham Youth Strike for Climate
Words by Martin Collins Photos: Swale Friends of the Earth It was a lovely blue-skied late summer morning in the park as the marchers...
Oct 19, 20196 min read
Letters from Issue 6
To the Editor, Faversham Eye Feeling a trifle under the weather and – as a septuagenarian – somewhat concerned, I hastened to my local...
Oct 19, 20191 min read
What did the Tories ever do for Faversham
By John Wellard Well, err, Gave us all houses. Lots and lots of ‘em that most locals can’t afford and with no increased infrastructure to...
Oct 19, 20193 min read
The Tastes of Faversham: 4
For this instalment of Tastes of Faversham we spent a relaxing afternoon in the back room of Vino sampling a selection of local loaves,...
Oct 19, 20195 min read
Upcoming Events in & around Faversham (November - December)
Collated by Helen Fisher HIGHLIGHTS UPCOMING MUSIC AT THE HOT TIN Samana (from 7:30pm on 26th October) Laced with eerie, mystical...
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...
Oct 19, 20195 min read
Ask a Councillor - Issue 6
Do you have any questions for our councillors? ‘Ask a Councillor’ aims to help you get answers on the issues you care about, from road...
Oct 19, 20191 min read
Food Festival
With delicious dishes and wonderful weather, this year’s Faversham Food Festival served up a treat for the town. The fabulous foodie...
Oct 19, 20191 min read
Post Office News
ZCO, the company which got the contract to privatise the Faversham Post Office has already revealed its policy for Kent. The first job...
Oct 19, 20192 min read
Faversham Pool gets a Heating Grant
After a year of fundraising, Faversham’s swimming pools can finally replace their ageing heating system. New energy-efficient boilers...
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