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Isle of Wight Radio 7:00pm - Midnight Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight How Ready Are You For a Holiday Abroad? Arguments For and Against Hopping on a Plane Whisper it: we *might* actually get to fly somewhere warm and sunny this summer. Senior scientific adviser Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, has said if Covid-19 cases in Europe can be driven down to UK levels, holidays might just be possible (although he hasn’t personally booked flights just yet). Meanwhile, the EU is proposing “to allow entry to the EU for non-essential r...

Updated / Sunday, 1 Nov 2020 14:57 From Nazi Germany to Harrods via the White House, Luke Rix-Standing opens the window on the origins of Advent Calendars. From hand-drawn sheets of cardboard to dispensers of chocolate, shampoo, and even diamonds, Advent calendars have been through countless iterations over the years. Now Christmas constants, they have navigated politics, religious rituals, and date discrepancies during their rise to the top. Here is how the humble Advent calendar came to be, from ancient Christian liturgy to the near-infinite varieties on modern shelves… What is Advent? ...