Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2008 | Page 4

66 108 34 28 contents ISSUE 18 October / November 2008 6 Garlic Festival 28 Lashings See Alex and David up close with a robot. Lashings gain revenge! 8 White Air Great photos from this years fun 30 Under the hammer: Tim Smith celebrates 40 years as an auctioneer 11 Andrew Turner 32 Bestival 08 A study in inequality? Everyone went home muddy and happy... 18 Sam Biles 38 Wilde about Ryde: Selling your home in a credit crunch Jan Toms on the renowned playwright’s Island visit 22 The truth as she sees it: Artist Judith Barton talks to Roz Whistance about her life vision 26 Royal docked: June Elford boards the QE2 to celebrate her life and mourn its end 4 42 Milking Cowes: Now is the time to appreciate our most northerly town, says Jan Toms 46 Small is beautiful: June Elford marks the centenary of Freshwater Bay’s thatched church www.wightfrog.com/islandlife