Today I’m going to begin at the end and work backwards, and the particular end I’m focusing on is that of a very good friend of the Centre, as he […]
St Thomas of Canterbury and his legacy
In many ways this week the topic that has kept reoccurring is Thomas Becket. However before I get on to St Thomas of Canterbury I thought I would just mention […]
Kent History and Archaeology: exciting times
First some advance notice: Dr Lesley Hardy will be giving a lecture to the Lyminge Historical Society on Tuesday 3 November at The Tayne Centre at 7.30pm. She will be […]
Canterbury’s Medieval History and Archaeology
This week has been busy, what with trying to finish off editing ‘Early Medieval Kent’ and attending the Fifteenth Century conference that this year took place at the University of […]
Monarchs at the Medieval Canterbury Weekend
Jeanette Earl mentioned that she had seen a report in the Independent on Thursday, in which the 60 plus writers of the Historical Writers Association had conducted a poll recently […]
Medieval Weekend and New Centre Projects
This week has been quite quiet in terms of matters relating to the Centre, but it is worth recording that the smart new flyer for the Medieval Canterbury Weekend has […]
Medieval Canterbury Weekend
Keeping with the same theme as last week for the first part of the blog, my joint enterprise again involves this Centre, the partner organisation being Canterbury Cathedral Archives and […]
Magna Carta and The Play of Adam
Although I hadn’t actually intended to be in the city to see the Magna Carta parade, I happened to be there and so joined the crowd to see the band, […]
Magna Carta, Canterbury and Faversham
Last Saturday it was great to see how many people had come to Christ Church to see Tim Jones’ archive film of various Canterbury places and people from the early […]