Island Stories

Our guest this week on Island Stories is dyslexia specialist Jo Rees who has built a huge following across the Island - and around the world via social media

Born and bred in Newport, Jo now lives in …

As Easter approaches, a podcast episode full of hope, spirituality and hospitality.

Island Stories meets Father Xavier Perrin, the Abbot of Quarr Abbey - a place of worship for Roman Catholics and a …

Our final guest of 2023 is Leighton Atchison-Warne, founder of beauty and lifestyle brand Natures Journey, based in Ryde.

Leighton tells us his Island Story - a native from birth, he now lives in San…

Our guest this week is wine guru Helena Nicklin who is no stranger to podcasting - with her popular drinks podcast ‘Bring a Bottle’ and a starring role in three TV series of ‘The Three Drinkers’ on A…

Born and bred on the Island, Major General Sir Martin White is our very first guest for Season 3 of the Island Stories podcast - timed to coincide with the week running up to Remembrance Sunday. 

Sir …

Our guest this week is X-Factor star Mike Christie who lives in Cowes when he's not touring the UK with his operatic 'boy-band' group G4 who've achieved enormous success since becoming runners-up on …

Our guest this week is Island girl Jayne Derbyshire who’s incredible career took her around the world, entertaining thousands of passengers onboard giant cruiseships - before she returned home to the…

Our guest this week is the legendary brewer Anthony Goddard of Goddards Brewery. We talk to him at the company's brand new base in Arreton which has been designed as a brewing ‘experience’ for locals…

This week on the podcast we meet Vicki Haworth - who is changing the way we treat mental health on the Island. 'There's no waiting list here!' - she tells us, explaining how significant funding means…

Our guest this week has sent the Isle of Wight flying high into international skies with his tech company IFPL. Island-born Geoff Underwood has lived here almost all his life - with the exception of …

Our guest this week on the podcast is regenerative farmer Francesca Cooper from Nunwell Home Farm where, alongside business partner Hollie, they provide beef, pork and eggs, delivering to up to 70 Is…

This week we chat with Frank Fletcher who’s been running the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust in East Cowes for 18 years. 

‘A Londoner living on the Island’ - he tells us how the Trust has gone from humbl…

Our next guest is Natasha Edwards - born and raised on The Garlic Farm in Newchurch. Now in charge of the family business, we chat about her Island childhood, how she’s unexpectedly landed a role in …

Next on the podcast, with his ‘Island Story’, it’s Nigel Hartley, Chief Executive Officer of Mountbatten Hospice - arguably the Isle of Wight’s best-known charity. 

Nigel tells us how his passion for …

We are back with more ‘Island Stories’… starting with the Island’s most decorated Olympian, double-gold medallist Shirley Robertson OBE.

Shirley, who has lived here for more than two decades, chats ab…

This week on the podcast we’ve been to meet Charlotte Legg - founder of Duxmore Botanics - a line of natural body care and botanical home fragrance products. 

Her connection to the land has inspired h…

Our guest this week on the podcast this week is Gurnard local Jo Grindley - a woman at the very top of her game in the world of professional sports marketing and management. She’s long been the comme…

This week on the podcast we meet the editor and publisher of the Isle of Wight County Press - who’s worked on the paper for a massive 37 years. Not surprisingly then, he tells us the newspaper is ‘in…

This week on the podcast we meet Dr Hayley Elsmore who’s lived in the West Wight for 20 years and has recently opened a cutting-edge aesthetic medical clinic in Newport - described by one beauty blog…

This week on the podcast we meet Derek Sandy - an Islander who almost needs no introduction. Having arrived here one winter 20 years ago from Trinidad and Tobago, Derek has established himself as the…