Our third outing of 2025 starts off with a review of the last few weeks on and off the island. Tim has now concluded his course of radiotherapy in Portsmouth which involved mid-week hotels and further therapy in charity shops, which become are fast becoming a recurring theme and so stoke the competitive boilers of our co-hosts with a challenge for episode 4. Tune in to play along with us.As you know by now we both quite like the Isle of Wight so we dedicate a portion of this serving of chat to discussing our recent experiences of the coffee shops scene here on the island. In particular, we riff around the theme of competition between sit down restaurants and sit down coffee shops. Let that percolate through the filter paper of your mind and make your own decision if our conclusions leave you feeling like a flat white or a frothy cappuccino.Similarly, from coffee shops to talking shops and much of the recent news from the Isle of Wight Council's Cabinet acceptance of the Labour Government's new local government initiatives has us frothing just like a cappuccino.Our recurring theme of medical ailments is this week propped up by news of a broken foot to complement the recent spate of attention grabbing diagnoses from your less than sturdy co-hosts. News of the Beckham wannabe and the broken metatarsal allows us to march from comedy film titles such as Bend it like Dedman through other topical news events as we hobble towards the inevitable big discussion concerning events in the United States of America. Should we be worried, amused or angry? Probably a combination of each of these options will be the findings of our dissection of recent events as we bemoan once more the incessant march of populism that erodes the quality of life for all of us but the few who feed untruths into the popular discourse.Still, on that happy note, we’re glad that you’re here and contemplating listening to two guys (three guys short of a burger chain) putting the world to rights. Come and join us.Thanks for listening.Tim and Rory
