Blogs

Our experienced LymeOnline writers share opinion and comment on the latest Lyme Regis news in their blogs, plus regular contributions from local organisations

Regular blogs include:

My Isolation Diary – Philip Evans MBE
All Over The Town – Francesca Evans
Lyme Matters – Philip Evans MBE
Flashbacks – Richard Austin
This Month at the Marine – Sophia Moseley
News From Westminster – Chris Loder MP
Hix Recipes – Mark Hix MBE
Turn Lyme Green – Rob Smith
Plastic Free Lyme Regis – Karen Durham-Diggins
Tales of Lyme’s Past – Peter Lacey
Care Links Lyme – LymeForward
Citizens Advice – Mark Vandeweyer
Lyme Regis Town Council

The pioneering vaccinators

15th January 2021 Submitted Content 0

2021 is finally here and let us hope that it is an improvement on last year. One of the things that we can look forward to is the mass vaccination programme against COVID-19 – and hopefully this will ensure a gradual return to normality. […]

‘A momentous day’ in the House of Commons to end the year

14th January 2021 Submitted Content 0

I RETURNED to the House of Commons at the end of December where we ended the year with a momentous day, as the EU (Future Relationship) Act 2020 became enshrined in law. […]

Not just your regular royal

13th January 2021 Richard Austin 0

FOLLOWING in her mother’s footsteps, the queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, or Phillips as she was then, at Bicton Horse Trials. […]

Lyme Regis could be heading the ballot box again

11th January 2021 Philip Evans 1

I WAS disappointed when it emerged that Lyme Regis Town Council’s youngest member, 22-year-old Leon Howe, had decided to give up his seat. […]

Elizabethan Lyme Regis, Part III

29th December 2020 Submitted Content 0

THIS third and final part of my series will feature buildings and places that Elizabethans would have been familiar with. […]

Have yourself a sustainable Christmas – Part II

24th December 2020 Submitted Content 0

MAKING small changes and swaps to some of our much-loved Christmas traditions is easy and can also be fun and creative. […]

Blogs

2020 brought challenges we could never have planned for

23rd December 2020 Submitted Content 0

A KITCHEN garden in the seafront gardens will hopefully be ripe for picking by the summer. […]

To these and many others who helped to keep our spirits high

22nd December 2020 Philip Evans 0

I PROMISED myself that I would not mention the dreaded C-word in this, my last column of this most distressing of years. I am fed up of writing about it and you, dear reader, I am sure are fed up of reading about it. […]

The bright light of Christmas

19th December 2020 Submitted Content 1

2020 has been a memorable year for all the wrong reasons, but it looks like the cosmos will ensure that it ends with an astronomical highlight on December 21! […]

How you helped us through 2020

18th December 2020 Francesca Evans 0

WELL, we made it – Lyme Regis has almost reached the end of this most unprecedented and unforgettable year. […]

A sprinkling of sea salt

14th December 2020 Submitted Content 0

ONE of the early industries believed to have put Lyme Regis on the map was the production of salt from the sea. […]

Have yourself a sustainable Christmas

10th December 2020 Submitted Content 1

IT really is possible to have a great Christmas and keep it sustainable, while also saving money. […]

Capturing the campaign trail

9th December 2020 Richard Austin 0

I WAS sent to a pub on Dartmoor to meet up with future Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and future Tory Prime Minister’s dad, Stanley Johnson, having been there could be a cracking pub lunch on the cards. […]

Despite COVID, council coffers back on track

7th December 2020 Philip Evans 0

GOOD news for the people of Lyme Regis – the town council is not going bust. […]

Find positives amoid the pandemic

4th December 2020 Francesca Evans 0

ANOTHER lockdown survived and LymeOnline is back in print having published in a digital-only format during November. […]

Dating the Dorset dinosaurs

1st December 2020 Submitted Content 0

A RECENT newspaper headline caught my attention where it was reported that the world’s first complete dinosaur skeleton found on the Jurassic Coast had finally been studied in detail and a place found for it in the family tree of dinosaurs. […]