An accidentally extended episode through no overt production choice, rather the vast amount of chat we had to chip away at to sculpt yet another hour, or so, of topical conversation to keep you informed, awake, or send you off to your slumber, with a nice warm glow.

This packed offering, covers movie likes and dislikes and a family wedding in the auspicious surroundings of an East London town hall with stunning reception in a well-chosen Italian restaurant taken over for an evening of fun, friends, and family.  Where else can we transition through these subjects, never skipping a beat, and ending up telling tales of animated Italian porcine flying aces, and ending the first part with a tale of unintended derring do?  Well, derring actually did, so tune in to find out what happened when derring added a new … ingredient to the mix.

The summer of 2026, and its,so far three heatwaves, would not be complete without a discussion of the closing stages of the 2026 Football World Cup with all the drama that ensued, on and off field.  Significantly we spend time considering the motivation and fear that high-profile international sports competitions force upon participants.  The Corinthian ethos of sports when it meets nationalistic zeal, expectation, and politics, comes under scrutiny.

We wrap up with an extensive discussion on Tim’s experience, with his wife Ella, of their first cruise, enjoying a week onboard P&O’s  Iona visiting the Norwegian fjords, and discuss the many pros of a holiday at sea, and on land, where your bed, dining, and entertainment experiences travel with you.  Again, tune-in to find out the verdict.  Good experience, or not?  Will they book again, or not?

Closing out with some updates on as yet, unlaunched initiatives, and further discussion around the penetration, and labelling of artificial intelligence (AI) output, we demonstrate our ability to continue to pull at threads of earlier conversations.

Enjoy the next few weeks, and be careful out there.

Thanks for listening,

Rory and Tim

Welcome to another full, chat-filled, tank of talk and titbits to fuel your day.  We’re dissecting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, so far (up to the Round of 32), particularly as it affects Scots and English supporters.  Even if the footie you like is not this kind, we hope you’ll take kindly to our gentle meander around the sport that has grown men still kicking an inflated sphere around a piece of grass as their mothers’ frantically try and get them in for their tea.

In other news, we take a squint from behind the sofa at events in Westminster, the hub of UK politics, as well as a side eye towards what’s been going on up in Scotland with a conviction.  By that we don’t mean earnestly, just that someone has been sentenced for theft of funds from the Scottish National Party and we look at the context of that, and what comes next.

Finally, we dissect, the views that led to Kier Starmer’s resignation and his now prolonged departure, as the media salivates at the opportunity to manage and, in many cases, manipulate the political agenda.

Seasoned with talk of the recent heatwave(s), the return to our streets (and off road routes) of the boudain noir (the Black Pudding), the affectionate nickname for Tim’s pedal-powered chariot, as well as a dip into the experiences of the Isle of Wight Festival for 2026 whether in person or via a TV from the cosy comfort of your own home.

Spend an hour with us as we gently twist our tongues around the aforementioned and a little bit more besides to keep you going whilst you go about your much more important business.

Thanks for listening and supporting our little podcast.  You’ll hear us next time, too.

Tim and Rory

Welcome to 7th heaven otherwise known as episode 7 of the fourth series of QWightLike A Podcast bringing you another hour of topical chat and discussion, sprinkled with a little bit of humour, as well as news of travels and travails.  

This episode is the first outing of our new branding for QWightLike, which we hope you like.  A more dynamic visual vibe that moves away from the literal diamond shape of the Isle of Wight and our retro 1950s styling, to emphasise at its core, a heart, reaching out to you all, to share our love of chat, of the island’s rolling landscape, gorgeous beaches, and marine heritage that drives the rhythm of our day.  The heart offers us a broad visual metaphor for the island, cleft, as it is, by the River Medina from Newport to Cowes, complemented by the tick that emphasises all the things we love about living here.  Let us know what you think in the comments.

To business, in this episode we open up with a truly British discussion about the weather extremes we are enduring on the island, and confirm the spectacular shows put on by Mother Nature, enhance and vary the island vistas, as long as we’re wearing the right clothes when the downpours come and the right sun protection at the other end of that spectrum.

Travels, farther afield to Copenhagen and Essex, respectively and severally, by your co-hosts, showcase what there is to see and do, both near and far, and that there is so much more to the world than the Isle of Wight alone.  We do, still, quite like it here.

Seeing other countries close-up creates an opportunity to discuss and compare how they do things differently from us here, on these islands.  Lots of food for thought, we think. We wind up talking about Scottish criminal scandals, the upcoming FIFA World Cup across Mexico, Canada, and the USA, weaving any connection we can find back to our island, with a focus on the upcoming Isle of Wight Festival, taking place between 18th and 21st June, at Seaclose Park in Newport.

With the revamped QWightLike image now filling your thoughts, we ask you to stay tuned for further announcements from us as we move ahead with new ventures that should mature and come to fruition over the coming weeks and months.  We quite like what we do, so this is QWightLike, A Podcast and we quite like what’s coming next.

Thanks for listening.

Tim and Rory

A hearty greeting from Tim and Rory, to our half-a-dozenth episode of our (may the) fourth series, and, as always we have crammed in the usual topical chat and our personal musings on what we’ve both been up to since our last outing. A sprinkler of topics douses you with observations on local elections, on fund raising discos, on birthdays, and, amongst so much more, on the joy of taking delivery of a new car.

With recent island discussions and news roundly focussing upon a perfect storm of road closures to facilitate work on critical infrastructure improvements, we ride our torrent of chat rapidly around a whirlpool of stories, from engaging with MPs, to parental pride.  

The steam whistle of joy takes us from the island to a family-run restaurant in Inverness, almost as far away as you can navigate from us on the north island, via the Caledonian Sleeper.  We’re big fans of weaving public transport together with enjoyable experiences whether on or off the island.  There’s much more to come in future episodes.

There is a distinct whiff of fete in the air as we discuss Gardening Galore in Rookley held on Sunday 3rd May 2026 and preview Riverfest taking place in Newport on Saturday 9th May 2026. Something for everyone as the sun continues to kiss our brows with warm days as we canter towards mid-summer and the plethora of things to do here on the island.

It means a lot, that you continue to listen, and as we see our regular listener count continue its inexorable rise towards total podcast domination on this island. If we're not there already, we're really close.

So, thanks for listening.

Tim and Rory

A slightly delayed post-production window, caused by DJ duty preparation, and the ensuing recovery from a 4 hour non-stop set, sees us deliver the 5th episode of our 4th series, somewhat within the vicinity of our normal cadence.

A packed chat, explores a host of subjects but we delve deeply into 2 key areas of increasingly topical relevance to us all.  The first is the looming local government re-organisation in England, and we clarify, how this has a minimal impact upon the Isle of Wight (Ed. Phew!) but a significant impact upon our neighbours just across the Solent.  Tim provides a robust explainer on the changes following briefings from those close to the changes and Rory probes a little to add confusion, and ultimately a little more clarity in his own mind.

Our second deep dive is something we can’t reveal until you’ve listened to the episode.  So, listen to the episode and to our analysis of the subject.  It’s a rich subject that we’re engaged with wholly and have some intelligently different current assessments that we explore in the podcast.

Our usual housekeeping miscellany of trips, attractions, and entertaining pastimes on and off the island, bookends the pod.  There’s always something to do and therefore, lots to talk about.  So stay tuned for more episodes ahead as we chat for the sake of it, and for you.

Thanks for listening.

Rory and Tim

A travel-packed episode brings the bustle of Barcelona to our island shores as Tim walks us through a recent fun-packed trip to the Catalan city sharing all the delights of sightseeing and the culinary diversions enjoyed on the way.  With family in variously, Sheffield, Kathmandu, and Japan, Tim introduced the concept of how science has annihilated distance.  A theorem ascribed by Tim to Evelyn Waugh in Brideshead Revisited, and by others to Karl Marx.  Take your pick, it all makes sense.  

Rory’s travel diorama took us closer to home to Farnham in Surrey followed by a visit enjoying family birthdays and the sights and tastes of Old London Town.  You’ll have to listen carefully to find out how Newcastle got thrown into this eclectic mix of visits en vacances.

Activities whilst away included Rory attending a party with a traditional DJ mixing up the toons which clever link enabled Rory to advertise the West Wight Sports and Community Centre’s Spring Hop, a daytime disco, where Rory will be spinning the platters to provide the music to keep the floor full in this fund-raising endeavour.  Set your calendars to the 18th April, 2026 folks, 3-7pm, tickets via the Centre.

Homeward bound and our boys discuss their domestic gardening duties as Spring forces its way into focus as lawns are mowed and beds readied for planting duties.  We’re introduced to Rookley’s pirate groundsman - once you’ve trimmed a mainsail what else is there to trim but the Dedmans’ lawn.

Be sure to tune in to find out the location of the island’s worst cup of coffee, and by way of balance, a pointer towards the best cup of coffee (Flat White is the reference order) that our diamond isle has to offer.  This might yet become the long promised and much vaunted regular feature.

Time flies by when you’re podcasting and as time ran out we’re already planning episode 5.  So little time and so much to share.

Thanks for listening

Tim and Rory

The podcast equivalent of feeding the five thousand with sparse chat representing the loaves and the fishes is brought to you by Tim and Rory with a little help from our friend, Ed Blake of Ventnor, who operates a successful fishing business.  Rory’s loaves (and buns) ensure we have bookends for a full menu of topical chat both in the studio and out on location.

Tim meets up with Ed at Ventnor’s Spyglass Inn to chat about fishing, roads, ferries, Ventnor, and rugby, matters which concern most of us islanders.  We’ve also generated a fun moment to share, and celebrate, with Ed, who had an opinion on our previous incursion into producing podcast promotional jingles … with a little help from the AI helpers lurking around computers these days.

We also cover some of our own activities on and off the island, from afternoon tea in Wivenhoe to pottery painting inspired by Picasso in Eccleshall near Sheffield.

From spouting support for the ‘Port (local football) to shouting “gardyloo” at swimmers off the Wight (following reports of combined sewage overflows) we make sure you’re covered in all aspects of human endeavour that affect our island home, and those dwelling upon it.

Chess games with a cruise ship 2nd officer and local government re-organisation aren’t natural bedfellows, but here, on QWightLike A Podcast everything goes in a harmonious exchange of human experiences..  If only that were true elsewhere in the world.

Tune in to QWightLike for a dose of gentle fun, occasional serious frustration, but largely celebrating the joy of life in all its guises.  Check out our Instagram account for some evidence of elements of this episode of the podcast.

Thanks for listening, as always, as we aspire to greater punctuality in future..

Tim and Rory

Then we’ll begin this episode 2 with some island chat about exciting new hospitality discoveries compared against favourite old haunts, before encouraging you to buckle up as we swerve headlong down our very own Cresta Run of fast-paced political observations, all before hurtling down the icy slopes of topical chat to find Brits discussing the weather, foreigners, and sport.

We criss-cross the news highlights and linger over the Winter Olympics, before previewing Six Nations rugby battles ahead.  Tim lays out his theory about British sporting successes, so do let us know if you agree, or can add to our list of sports and pastimes, at which Brits tend to do unusually well.

As always, we sprinkle our chat with island references, name drops, and encouraging reviews encouraging us all to get out and about.  We wrap up this shiny episode by reviewing Alice Roberts’ new documentary series buffing up stories of Britain’s myths and folklore concerning the Holy Grail.  The island has many attractions and perhaps we can add to the already frenzied hut for fossils on our shores with chiselling as we comb our chines for fragments of grail shards or even just recollections of tales of yore.

These 2 old fossils will be back next time to showcase our fresh haul of information, commentary, and probing analysis.

Thanks for listening, and do let us know if you have any tips for interesting stories for us to follow-up on.

Tim and Rory

OK we’re back.  It’s a new year.  It’s a new series of QWightLike A Podcast and we’re being talked of as the longest running podcast on the Isle of Wight, by those close to the Isle of Wight podcast scene.  As our fourth year of continuous talking whilst podcasting commences we kick-off with our first resolution putting more structure into our episodes in a vain attempt to compress time whilst expanding content.

So here goes.  We kicked off our social calendar on the island with a visit to the much-loved Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight, for breakfast and open up 2026 with an explainer on what this delightful attraction has to offer.  From plate to shopping basket, from nature walks to log-fired saunas, there’s something for everyone at this family run enterprise that puts the B Corp into and the King’s Award for Enterprise.

Even if garlic is not your thing, and we had one of those in our party who was able to dip their fangs into a deliciously creamy porridge with forest berries, there’s something for everyone in both the menus and the experiences.  Make a visit next time you’ve got some free time for food and fun down on the farm.

Next up we attempt to describe the interest and buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) which is potentially touching all our lives either directly or indirectly.  A scholarly discourse ensues, trying to unravel what it is, where we can find it, and is it a good thing for our species.  

Listen in to this first episode to find out how we’ve deployed AI tools to bring you some exciting new aural phenomena, right into your headphones, buds, or speakers.  Let us know if we have tamed the beast or, alternatively, if we have supped with the devil?

Wrapping up this first outing of 2026, may the fourth series of QWightLike A Podcast always be with you, we unwrap some of the brilliant presents we gave and received at Christmas ‘25.  There’s some corkers in there so tune in to find out what being good meant for us both on Christmas morning.

Thanks for listening and for staying a robust audience, we know a strong disposition is required, encouraging us to continue our journey of aural accumulation, and we promise to bring you yet more of the same in the months ahead.

Tim and Rory

As December speedily runs out of days we offer up a festive-readiness edition of our pod, that is light on festive readiness, but leaves hints that something big is looming just around the corner.

Acutely aware of our respective obligations to contribute temporal and digital seasonal pronouncements, we prevaricate around topical news, trips, and island discoveries.  This may or may not be our pre-Christmas episode, as frantic planning continues in our production office, so we sprinkle in a little festively fungible fun that can be taken to be seasonal, or not.

From bananas slipping up folk on island beaches, to new adventures in breadmaking, and new professional bakery discoveries in Godshill, we take trips to Youlgrave, to Hackney, to Hampstead and home.

If this is our last outing of the year, we are looking forward to our Christmastime with family and friends, and want to thank you all for listening to us throughout the year.  If we squeeze out another amuse-bouche in advance of the festive season then you can be sure we’ll sprinkle it with our usual mix of topical chat, domestic updates, and island happenings.

We’re delighted to report that we have some looming competition on the New Year horizon, as a new Isle of Wight podcast has just this week soft-launched their new output flying under the banner, Talk the Wight, a cool title, almost as cool as QWightLike A Podcast.  We wish the team there every success in their new endeavour, and hope they have as much pleasure doing it as we do.

Thanks for listening.

Tim and Rory