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‘Why should everyone have to fork out because some choose to live on floodplains and cliffs?
13 March 2024This week, Secret Thinker bemoans the rocketing cost of insurance – and begrudges having to pay through the nose due to other people’s risky choices.
‘Mothers earned £4.44 an hour less than fathers in 2023 - is Lily Allen right to say you can’t have it all?’
12 March 2024UK mothers earned £4.44 less an hour than fathers in 2023 - so is singer Lily Allen right when she says ‘you can’t have it all’, asks our columnist?
‘The Oscars is an annual event of distasteful excess and toe-curling fawning’
09 March 2024Our columnist won’t be tuning into the Academy Awards this weekend as he braces himself for fawning on the red carpet on UK breakfast TV shows.
‘Religiously fluid? I always assumed you had to pick a side, like a football fan’
08 March 2024This week, columnist Melissa Todd explores ‘religious fluidity’ after meeting a Methodist Church worker who converted to Islam.
‘In a country that can't feed itself, we are losing land hand over fist’
07 March 2024A decline in farming, the pitfalls of the 11-plus, praise for police and war protests are among topics tackled in this week’s letters to the editor.
‘It’s amazing what you find during a clear-up – faeces, bones and even a baby!’
06 March 2024This week, Secret Thinker reveals the weird, worrying and downright bizarre items he found during a recent clear-up outside a block of flats.
‘Empty shops should be seen as opportunities, rather than mortal blows’
06 March 2024The town centres which see the big empty department stores as opportunities rather than mortal blows will be the ones to survive.
‘In ‘97 Blair danced into Downing Street singing ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ – today young people don’t agree’
05 March 2024Young people today think they’ll be worse-off than their parents and not much is being said to convince them otherwise, says our columnist.
‘Is it time we stop marking war-time anniversaries?’
02 March 2024The lessons of the world wars seem to have been forgotten – so is it time we stop marking key anniversaries in the conflicts?
‘Imposing the strain of the 11-plus on children is unnecessary and wrong’
29 February 2024The unfairness of the 11-plus, the state of the NHS, 'wokeism' and rural inequality are some of the topics tackled on this week's letters page.
‘Imagine if Lower Thames Crossing, Manston Airport and London Resort were all delivered’
28 February 2024Kent was promised millions of pounds, thousands of jobs and better transport links – but having been sold a dream are we all waking up to nothing?
‘Drivers are going nowhere fast on smart motorways that are anything but’
28 February 2024A lack of road infrastructure, the ‘ludicrous’ design of smart motorways and excessive speed restrictions are driving Secret Thinker round the bend.
‘Fed is best...so perhaps it’s time to give families infant formula for free?’
27 February 2024Infant formula is more costly than ever so is it time – asks our columnist – for bold policies like those adopted for the 1940 National Milk Scheme?
‘Our reimagined seaside sites were born from flames of disaster’
24 February 2024When fires ravaged sites in two seaside towns it was hard to see a way back – but they have conformed to modern requirements and prospered.
‘It’s exhausting watching someone die – you daren’t look away for fear of missing their final moments’
23 February 2024This week, KentOnline columnist Melissa Todd explores love and loss as she keeps a vigil at her dying stepfather’s bedside.
‘Cheap and affordable public transport is the only way to get people out of their cars’
22 February 2024The pressure on Kent’s roads, housing, immigration, BBC prejudice and our reliance on technology are among topics tackled on this week’s letters page.
‘If airport fails to take off, will we be left asking “what if?”’
21 February 2024The future of Manston Airport remains in limbo, but will it eventually emerge as a commercial powerhouse or sprawling housing estate?
‘We all have superstitions, but it’s cause for concern when rituals start ruling your life’
21 February 2024From knocking on wood to throwing salt over your shoulder, Secret Thinker considers the quirks most of us have – and when they can become a worry.
‘Most teens aren’t tearing through town centres – instead we’re raising Generation Hermit’
20 February 2024Many perceive today’s youth to be a generation of trouble makers, says our columnist, but the reality is young people are quieter than ever before.
‘The day I met a childhood icon left me purring with delight’
17 February 2024Ten years ago, our columnist met the man who created Bagpuss. As the saggy old cloth cat marks his 50th birthday he recalls the day.
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‘This rat-run bridge isn’t wide enough - someone will be killed soon’
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Boy, 16, found safe after going missing nine days ago
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Only shop in village to shut this week as ‘devastated’ couple leave Kent
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A-road shut in both directions after water main bursts
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Mum joined teen son in smashing up ex’s family home and car
