Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2008 | Page 5

The Editor
If previous generations had our
current

risk-averse

attitude,

would so many achievements
have been made? The question
arises

with

Eve

Branson’s

approach to raising her son.
Might the Virgin empire had
come about had she wrapped
Richard in cotton wool? Would
our

8

regular

contributor

Tim

Stockdale have got passed the

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selection board for the Olympic
Games if he hadn’t pushed
himself to win? And would

108

Yarmouth’s

former

coxswain

have saved as many people if
he’d not been prepared to put
himself at risk?
Being at the top of the music
industry for as long as Mark
King of Level 42 has, certainly

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54-57 Dad’s Army:

82 Equestrian:

In our Island at War series, we remember the
Home Guard

- Celebration of equines & livestock
- Tim Stockdale looks forward to the Olympic
Games
- Allendale Equestrian Centre celebrates its first
anniversary of its pony club centre
- Rick Dolphin is the newly appointed huntsman

58 Chitty returns:
Postcards from a world tour in a winged car

62-63 Top of his game:
Master butcher, major musician: Andy Gustar of
Hamilton’s Fine Foods talks about hard work and
dedication

66-67 Countryside News:
Tony Ridd looks at wasp spiders, great green bush
crickets and Autumn Tresses.
- Keeping sheep means weighing the value
of their wool.
- June Elford on making hay on the Isle of Wight
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Trust tackle falling
populations of the water vole

74-75 Night light:
Alan Titchmarsh on lighting your garden for use at
night

80-81 Gardening: When it’s
hot it’s chilli:
It’s not too late to cause a riot of colour in the
garden and a rage of heat

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requires stamina and making
a living through art or through
espionage needs dedication.
Then there is the sheer graft
required to make it to the top in

local business.
So many stories in this Issue:
I hope you enjoy it.
Contact - Island Life Magazine:
Unit B18, Spithead Business

89 Fashion Health & Beauty:
It's all about fillers?

Centre, Newport Road, Sandown,
Isle of Wight
PO36 9PH
Tel: [phone]

95 Food and Drink:
Round up of what’s happening in the world of
food and drink
New chef at Hambrough has two Michelin Stars

100 Red red wine
Prepare to be shocked. Tim Flint says you can drink
your red cold

Editor: Martin Potter
Photography: Martin Potter
Feature Writers:
Tim Stockdale, Alan Titchmarsh,
Andrew Turner, Roz Whistance,
Tony Ridd, Philip Hoare, James
Kerr, Terence Willey, June Elford,
Jan Toms, Sally Charrett, Ursula
Thompson

102 Pigs might fly:
Butcher Paul Murphy completes the farm shop

108-109 Taking Liberty’s:
The Interview with the young chef in Ryde

Sales:
Anne Bishop: 07976 009485
Alex Leon: 07795 667467
Distribution:
Tanya Potter - 0781 5286773

112 Motoring:
Citroen Berlingo Multispace and Toyota Yaris

Front Cover:
The Causeway, Freshwater
Photo by: Ian Flegg

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