At the end of last year, we decided to give ourselves a well-earned breather. After rushing out an election special and our Christmas...

The Faversham Eye team was granted a meeting with members of the Town Council who informally presented their budget for the next...

Recently two of the Town Councillors elected in 2019 have resigned. Claire Belsom (Ind) represented Priory Ward and Sam Blair (Lib Dem)...

We have been contacted by several readers who are concerned that the temporary creek bridge will become a permanent fixture. We feel it...

The lower half of the Town jetty is now in a safe condition and shortly, the Faversham Creek Navigation Company will gently dredge along...

This outline planning application epitomises the very worst of our current approach to development. We have an opportunistic applicant,...

By Richard Belfield Bensted’s is an unusual local charity. On first glance, it looks more like an investment trust. According to their...

Steve was born in Johannesburg, where he developed an early interest in photography, inspired by images in Life Magazine. In the early...

Words by Ruby Bishop Ruby Bishop is studying for her GCSEs at Faversham's Abbey School, which last year surprised pupils and parents by...

Are any Faversham Eye readers familiar with the faces in these pictures, taken in Summer 1998 by Faversham artist and regular Eye...

Words by by Melissa Todd The birth of Faversham radio exemplifies its ethos and spirit. A small group of enthusiasts, all with varied...

By Richard Belfield The recommendations from the Cleve Hill Planning Inspectors are due by May and will then go to the new Secretary of...

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...

Words by Richard Fleury Cartoon from Martin Rowson Back in 2008, Tatler magazine treated ten fresh-faced young twenty and...

Words by Richard Fleury Pictures courtesy of Edward Vinson Ltd For Faversham farmers, the price of getting Brexit done is losing the...

Words by Richard Fleury Homophobic Brexit Party politician Ann Widdecombe's Faversham 'one-woman show' by has been cancelled due to poor...

With an incredible array of talent and some seriously big names, this year's line-up took the Faversham Literary Festival to another...

COSGROVE CORNERED A recurring lament at Faversham Eye editorial meetings is “please, please, please, can we have a Cosgrove-free issue?”...

Back in September, we predicted that given the appalling track record of ZCO Limited, the new operator of the Post Office, there would be...

FEATURES Waterways 7:30pm - 10:00pm at St Mary of Charity • Faversham Voices • Cantiana • Mustardseed Singers • Lowering the Tone • ...

Curry is now widely considered a traditional British dish, though it only came here from the Indian subcontinent two hundred years ago. A...

Never one to miss a self-promoting gimmick in our ‘local’ press (Fav News 6 February), Whately and her Kentish Tory chums have apparently...

Salisbury Magna Carta Theft Foiled by William Jobsworth A foolish Cantabrian man Cooked up a ludicrous plan To pinch a Magna Carta It was...

The Faversham Eye was disappointed to learn Mayor Alison Reynolds had planned to attend a 'no holds barred', 'Strictly Celebrity Dinner'...

9th-15th NOVEMBER 2020 A small and eclectic festival celebrating arts and culture set in Faversham. It aims not only to highlight the...