Whitstable Views

28/05/2026

Three Green Councillors on Kent County Council have issued “Councillor Call for Action” (CCfA’s) to KCC’s Scrutiny committee over the water crisis facing the county, calling for: …

14/05/2026

The small cost of an independent press

The small cost of an independent press

11/05/2026

There will be live music, history talks, drama and family entertainment

24/04/2026

A review of Nigel Hobbins’ I Couldn’t Help But Notice

A review of Nigel Hobbins’ I Couldn’t Help But Notice

27/01/2026

"I believe in magic: by which I mean, I believe in the power of focussed imagination to make a change in the world...."

Four columns from the Whitstable Whistler

21/01/2026

Sick of paying water companies for sewage pollution and water shortages?
JOIN Julie Wassmer on Monday 9th Feb in a pre-hearing protest from 9.15 am outside Canterbury County Court, The Law Courts, Canterbury Kent CT1 1ZA with home-made placards and banners, when I defend my 4-year payment boycott against criminal polluter Southern Water’s unacceptable waste water service in a court action brought against me by their “billing agent”, South East Water, in Canterbury County Court! See

The Boycott Water Bills co-founder faces Southern Water/South East Water in court in Canterbury – MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2026

13/12/2025

by Ian Jasper I returned from the Your Party (YP) founding conference after attending only one day, due to the onset of a heavy cold, the sort which addles your cognitive abilities for a week or so…

06/12/2025

CJ Stone catches up with a book club who have been reading together for the past 40 years

06/12/2025

My latest for the Whitstable Whistler, about the road protest in the 90s that divided the town, and the re-release of my first book, Fierce Dancing:

Whitstable Whistler Winter 2025