Having led a guided walk around ‘early medieval Canterbury’ for delegates on the second day at the ‘Negotiating Power in the Early Middle Ages’ conference organised by Charlotte Liebelt, with […]
Yews, Jews, Aliens and Canterbury World Heritage Site – a busy week
Today we reached ‘Y’ in the Heritage A – Z so if you would like to find out about the difference between Irish and English yews, then check this out: […]
Paul Bennett, Canterbury UNESCO and Jayne Wackett
Last night a packed lecture theatre of students, staff and the public were treated to a great lecture by Paul Bennett, Visiting Professor of Archaeology in the Centre for Kent […]
Canterbury’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and Medieval Faversham
Last week I was in Belfast giving a paper at Queen’s on ‘Starting a new life in Ricardian and Henrician Canterbury’ at the ‘Migration to the Margin’ conference, while Dr […]
William Somner, Archbishop Laud and Canterbury
It has been an interesting and busy week, and before I get to the William Somner conference on Saturday, I thought I would just mention that it was great to […]
Folkestone, Faversham and Canterbury – medieval saints and other matters
Now that we are in March, I thought this week I would start with news of the book launch next Thursday which features Gender in Medieval Places, Spaces and Thresholds, […]
Challenging times throughout the centuries
I thought I would begin where in a sense I left off, and now that the programme for Women’s International Day and Women’s History Month is now up on the […]
Medieval queens, Anglo-Saxon saints and a Roman fort – another busy week
Apologies about the short notice, because the Anglo-Saxon Candlemas concert is taking place on Saturday 2 February at 7pm in SS Mary and Eanswythe church, Folkstone. This is part of […]
Apocalypse – in Anglo-Saxon terms by Katy Cubitt
Firstly some news about what will be taking place next week. Next Tuesday Abby Armstrong, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis just before Christmas, will be giving a paper on […]