Alliance court controversy after death of councillor
This time it’s about the timing of a borough council election to replace one of the most popular members on the authority, the Conservative councillor Julian Stanyer and the former Borough mayor who died last month. Normal protocol, observed voluntarily by major political parties as a mark of respect, is that no one calls for […]
Major cuts to services loom as Town Hall faces £1.7m hole
The shortfall might result in the authority ‘significantly reducing’ its services. As revealed in the Times earlier this year the council emerged from the pandemic in the black. Despite a fall in revenues from car parks, Council Tax, and Business Rates that cost [TWBC] around £8million last year, the authority managed to balance its books […]
Daughter fights for the council seat left vacant by death of her father
Rowena Stanyer, a 37-year-old communication specialist and daughter of Julian Stanyer, was chosen by the local Conservatives after the by-election was controversially called last week on the day of Cllr Stanyer’s funeral. The move involved the Alliance party and led to a break with protocol. The call for an election is not normally pushed forward […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 27th October 2021
Christmas 2021 – festive events across Kent & East Sussex
After last year we all want an extra special Christmas for 2021, so we’ve rounded up some of the best festive events in the area. Novelty Christmas jumpers optional. Santa at Salomons Salomons Estate in Tunbridge Wells gives you not one, but three (!) opportunities to meet Father Christmas this year. Meet the elves and […]
Guest Post: Marlborough House School – From Patch to Plate
The pumpkin patch was a particular success for the green-fingered pupils at MHS and in the Autumn, they harvested their glut of pumpkins. The children proudly delivered them to the school catering team, who were challenged to put some pumpkin surprises on the menu. This turned out to be pumpkin soup, pumpkin and cauliflower salad, […]
Tobias Cornwell, Get Out of My Space, tells the Times all about this unique production
Tobias Cornwell, founder of the immersive theatre group Get Out of My Space tells Eileen Leahy all about their production of Macbeth and why it promises to be a performance with a deeply dark difference… So far, so predictable you might think but if you have ever been to a Get Out of my Space […]
This week we’re in eastern France exploring what Burgundy wines have to offer
Renowned for its distinctive, terroirdriven wines produced mostly from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes respectively, Burgundy is a fairly small, landlocked wine region in eastern France that makes some of the planet’s most sought-after, high-priced wines. It’s Europe’s northernmost fine red wine district where the vineyards – and not the producers – are classified. Given […]
From Tonbridge to Tate: an exhibition of the life and work of former student Anthony Whishaw RA
ANTHONY Whishaw is an intriguing and influential figure who, at the age of 91, still paints daily. The talented artist, who is globally renowned having exhibited at some of the world’s finest galleries, attended Tonbridge School as a boy from 1944 to 1948. And now his alma mater is celebrating Whishaw’s oeuvre by holding an […]
MP and Council call to scrap airport plans
The plans will see air traffic above Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas significantly increase. Campaign group Gatwick Obviously Not say the plans will see 70 per cent more passengers using the airport, generate more than 35 per cent extra flights and increase CO2 emissions by 50 per cent. Martin Barraud, chairman of the group says […]
