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The Dragon Says: Officialdom Must Beware of Using Social Media

Social media is a multi-mixed blessing, a mind-blowing maze of misinformation, dubious sources, misleading speculation, sometimes wild, but masquerading as fact with tendrils of truth here and there. At worst,…

The Worplesdon Witness January 2021

Jan Messinger with her round up of news and pictures from the parish of Worplesdon. New year’s honour Wood Street Village resident Pamela Hypher received the British Empire Medal in…

Opinion: This Lethal Virus is No Respecter of Softly, Softly Policing

By Martin Giles Some of us will die because a few refuse to comply with pandemic regulations, the statistics clearly show. Soaring Covid infections transmute into more hospital admissions and…

Comment: Tories Must Not Cut Support For Families Suffering the Worst

By Brian Creese chair, Guildford Labour Party When this crisis started, we were assured we were “all in it together”. But time has revealed that those who have the least…

Opinion: I Have a Little List…

By Martin Giles Taking my cue from Koko, the Lord High Executioner, in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Mikado, I have, at the beginning of this new year, drawn up my own…

XX Notes: The Year in Books

Maria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Three months to read one book? Anyone who’s been in a book group with me wouldn’t believe this fact, but that…

Comment: We Admit Our Mistake Over Ash Manor But the Whole Judgement Should Be Considered

Recently, council leader Joss Bigmore said: “Following the Ash Manor Judicial Review case, I’d like to congratulate Mrs Wyeth-Price in successfully bringing the claim, which the council will not be…

XX Notes: Your Guide to Square Eyes

Maria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… Bingeing TV Box-sets in 2020 Usually, about now newspaper columnists offer tips to help their readers survive the festive season. This…

The Worplesdon Witness December 2020

Jan Messinger with her round up of news and pictures from the parish of Worplesdon. Christmas is coming… The parish is fortunate to have some seasonal names all year round.…

Life in Solitary: And a Happy Christmas to You, Whoever You Are

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards The Annual Christmas Card Mystery I get one every year; a Christmas card from someone whose name I can’t quite read or don’t recognise.…