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Features

What to Watch in September 2025

Your guide to all the best new films & TV shows coming in September 2025...

Isle Of Wight Events Guide: August 2025 (Part Two)

Here’s your Isle of Wight events guide for the rest of August 2025—highlighting exciting activities on the Island to look out for over...

Playtime: Summer Splash

Keep cool this summer with water, water, water. Sara Whatley has some suggestions for fun water activities for all ages...

Home Style: A Nautical Retreat

After uncovering a coastal idyll by chance, Mandy and Grant McPherson have given the dated property a new lease of life...

Community News

Isle Of Wight Autumn Walking Festival Adds New Walks For October

History, nature, and fresh air all await at this year’s Isle of Wight Autumn Walking Festival.

Rage Release: Smashing Stress And Supporting Wellbeing In Cowes

If you’ve ever wished you could just smash something to let off steam – there’s a place on the Isle of Wight where you can do exactly...

Four 'Affordable' Rental Flats For Veterans To Be Built On Vacant Newport Land

Cowes RNLI Seeks New Volunteers

Cowes RNLI is looking for new volunteers to join its crew and help save lives at sea.

Hidden Island

Win a Traeger Pro 22 Wood fired BBQ For Your Home

We're offering you the chance to win a brand new Traeger Pro 22 BBQ worth £500 from MTL in Sandown!

ONE WEEK ONLY: Win A Pair Of Tickets To Ultimate Earth, Wind And Fire At The Shanklin Theatre

We're offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to this boogie-filled evening at The Shanklin Theatre celebrating an iconic band!...

Win A Two-Night Stay At The Seaview Hotel With Breakfast And Two-Course Dinner

We're offering one lucky Hidden member and a plus one the chance to enjoy a fantastic two-night stay at this beautiful coastal hotel in...

Win A New Composite Front Door From Island Windows

We've teamed up with Island Windows to offer you the chance to win a brand new & fitted entrance composite door worth up to £2000*!...

Food And Drink

Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake

This delicious Strawberry Cheesecake is possibly the perfect summer dessert...

Recipe: Miso Salmon

This excellent recipe uses miso to great effect, creating a satisfying and healthy salmon supper...

Recipe: Summer Pudding

This stunning dessert is a take on a classic British pudding. Celebrate the British summer with ripe, delicious berries bursting with seasonal flavour...

Recipe: Summer Bean Salad with Basil Aioli

This delicious recipe creates a colourful salad that's a feast for the eyes and bursting with summer flavours...

Home And Garden

Gardening: Strawberry Delight

This month, Flo Whitaker focusses on that classic summer fruit - strawberries. Plant them now for a bumper crop next year!

Gardening: Plant a Geranium!

Shady woodlanders, sun-worshippers or rockery characters – there’s a hardy, hardworking geranium for every location...

Homes Extra: Driveway to Heaven

Instantly improve your home’s kerb appeal with a well-designed and beautifully executed driveway, it’s much more than just a place to park the car...

Gardening: A Guide to Watering

Flo Whitaker explains how to keep your garden irrigated throughout summer - and makes an appeal for ‘slow watering’...

Stuff We Like!

Five Best Superhero Origin Shows You Need To Revisit Today

Before the era of cinematic universes and billion-dollar blockbusters, TV dared to ask: What were our favourite heroes like before they...

Five Brilliant Brain Teasers For The Week: Story Riddles Edition

Try to solve each riddle from the story alone—no outside facts needed. Ready? 🧠 1) A Startling Order (Easy) A man walks into a quiet...

Top Five Crisp Flavours That Shouldn’t Have Worked… But Did

Back in the ’80s and ’90s, crisp flavours were a little bit mad. Walkers, Golden Wonder, KP and even boutique brands were experimenting...

Top Five Retro Commercials That Were Totally Unhinged

The ’80s and ’90s were a strange, lawless time for advertising. Companies were desperate to grab attention, and subtlety was not part of...