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

And so, it’s goodbye from me

5th June 2020 Francesca Evans 0

WHEN I decided to follow advice and self-isolate for three months, I thought it would be a stroll in the park. We closed our office and decided we would work through the comings weeks, so what’s the big deal? […]

Tragic news forces coronavirus off the front pages

4th June 2020 Philip Evans 0

Philip Evans: My Isolation Diary – Day 77 (Thursday June 4 2020) LIKE many others, I suspect, I have been waiting for the day when coronavirus was knocked off the front pages. But I did […]

How lucky are we to be living in Dorset through these terrible times?

3rd June 2020 Philip Evans 0

TODAY let us be thankful we live in the South West. In fact, let us thank our lucky stars that we live in Dorset. […]

Social distancing is still the key to beating this virus

2nd June 2020 Philip Evans 0

FOLLOWING the distressing incidents at Durdle Door over the weekend, the leader of Dorset Council has written to the Prime Minister calling for travel restrictions to be reintroduced. […]

Last day of spring was more like Lyme in August

1st June 2020 Philip Evans 0

WITH this Mediterranean spell of weather continuing, yesterday – the last day of spring – saw the main beach at Lyme Regis reminiscent of a peak period day with one exception – none of the bars and cafés were open. That’s not to say there was no alcohol about. […]

Maitlis or Morgan: who annoys you most as many discard television news?

30th May 2020 Philip Evans 0

THERE’S a slight but delicious irony in the fact that Newsnight’s glamorous presenter Emily Maitlis has swapped positions with Dominic Cummings, the man who she belittled on air this week, as the country’s bête noire. […]

There’s never been a more important time for the people of Lyme to come together

29th May 2020 Philip Evans 0

Philip Evans My Isolation Diary – Day 71 (Friday, May 29 2020): KEEP faith in your town. That’s the advice to the residents of Lyme Regis from our mayor, Brian Larcombe MBE, writing in today’s […]

A glimmer of hope for Lyme’s small pubs and cafés

28th May 2020 Philip Evans 0

A SLITHER of encouraging news for Lyme’s beleaguered hospitality outlets whose owners have been scratching the heads and wondering how they can re-open their premises, adhere to social distancing rules – and make a profit in the process. […]

Should I be more supportive of the reporters giving Boris such a hard time?

27th May 2020 Philip Evans 2

I’M still struggling with my conscious over whether I should be more supportive of the torrid time my fellow journalists are dishing out to Boris Johnson and his beleaguered Cabinet during the coronavirus crisis. […]

Cummings-gate: Unrepentant and determined to stick it out

26th May 2020 Philip Evans 0

IT’S bound to end in tears. The unprecedented 60-minute grilling of the Prime Minister’s chief advisor Dominic Cummings in the Rose Garden at No 10 Downing Street by the cream of British journalism solved exactly zilch. […]

Cummings-gate: a distraction from steering the country out of lockdown

25th May 2020 Philip Evans 1

IN my last diary entry on Saturday I referred to the Dominic Cummings spat as “a sideshow” compared to the more pressing job in hand of steering the country our of lockdown. […]

Another sideshow spat to put the Prime Minister on the spot

23rd May 2020 Philip Evans 0

BORIS Johnson is in the soup again. Having escaped a criminal enquiry over his alleged liaison with American pole-dancing tech blonde Jennifer Arcuri, our very own blonde bombshell finds himself of the back foot again after his chief advisor, the enigmatic Dominic Cummings, breached the lockdown rules when he developed COVID-19 symptoms. […]