David White
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- Sep 13, 2026
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A look at Isle of Wight composers Trevor Duncan and Albert Ketelbey (opens the original)
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A Victorian stone house neighbouring my property boasts of no blue plaque, but one of its previous owners many years ago had sold an adjoining plot of land on which had been built the house that I now live in. He had been a popular composer of his day and his work had featured in many films and music performances. The house was registered in the name Leonard Charles Torebico which was one of the names of well known composer Trevor Duncan. He was born in 1924 in London with the original name of T
The origins and storied history of the Royal Yacht Squadron (opens the original)
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It's an Isle of Wight institution and Cowes landmark, but why is it called the Royal Yacht Squadron? To answer that question, we have to go back to the 17th century, when formal sailboat racing for pleasure was believed to have been started in the Netherlands. It was introduced to England with the return of King Charles II from exile in Holland in 1660, with a race in 1661 on the River Thames – a competition between two large royal sailing vessels, the Katherine and the Anne, with King Charles I
Tales from the past - smuggling of contraband on the Isle of Wight (opens the original)
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During the 18th and 19th century a very profitable trade existed on the Isle of Wight, that trade being the running of contraband. Spirits, tea, tobacco, and silk were some of the items that attracted the smuggling trade, but on the Island tobacco and spirits were the main items. There was big money to be made in this trade; however, there were risks: imprisonment, seizure of the boat, deportation, and even execution. Coastguard cottages on the Isle of Wight (Image: David White) Amongst the Isla
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