Thanks for mentioning this Paul and Ruth as I am sure C&S are not aware of it.

I will pass it to them, just in case you haven't already done so.

Just tried it on my Android phone and Galaxy Tab and the drop down links work fine on both every time. Indeed, on the Tab,  the site margin links either side are there as usual, but neither appear on the ipad, only the middle section. 

So looks like it's an IOS compatibility issue with parts of the site or links that IOS ignores, with both my i Phone 5 and iPad running IOS 8. 

I've tested this using an iPhone 4 running iOS 7, and and iPad 4 running iOS 6 and it's the same as iOS 8, sometimes the drop down menu works, sometimes it doesn't. It always works on my 8 year old MacBook running Snow Leopard on both Firefox and Safari browsers.

I still find it odd that it sometimes works, I could understand it more if it never worked  

Hi Paul and Ruth,

Sorry to hear you've been experiencing problems with the site, but many thanks for letting us know.

The main left-hand menu should now appear on your tablets in landscape mode, or if it's an iPAD then it should appear in portrait too.  

I intend to replace the top drop-down menus with something more reliable and mobile friendly over the next few days, and also put in place a proper footer menu in the center column.

Thanks again for the feedback it's always greatly appreciated.

Chris & Sar 

Hi Chris & Sarah

I've got left hand menu back both in landscape and portrait on iPad, thanks. The drop down menu under Latest and Explore are also working - for the moment 

Thank you for all your hard work. 

Thanks for addressing the issues mentioned. My iPad now has the full webpage showing and Menu links on the left all work fine. It's still not happy with the drop down ones which I now don't need to use in any case.

the iPhone has adopted a different strategy of still only the middle section showing but the Latest> drop down menu now works though I rarely use it for Poe.