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 and Canterbury
Yesterday I joined about a hundred people in Old Sessions House at Canterbury Christ Church for the conference organised by Professor Louise Wilkinson, in conjunction with Canterbury Cathedral Archives and […]
Kent records and artefacts: the future?
Today I attended a presentation by several leading officers of the Smarden Local History Society to members of the Council of Kent Archaeological Society about records and record keeping within […]
The Great War in Kent
I spent today at the Centre’s study day entitled ‘How the Great War changed Kent, 1914–1928’ which took place at Old Sessions House. Even though the number of participants was […]
Magna Carta and Canterbury Cathedral
Today I met members of the group who are putting together an exhibition at The Beaney in Canterbury, from 13 to 28 June, on ‘Our Great Charter’, which represents their […]
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 […]
Canterbury’s early film makers
Last Saturday I attended a screening of archive films of Canterbury presented by Tim Jones, a senior lecturer in film studies at Christ Church, for the Oaten Hill Society. These […]
Joan Thirsk’s academic great-grandchildren
This week I am going to use the blog spot to give you Rob Gainey’s response to the recent ‘New Directions in Kent History’ conference because as a current Christ […]
Chaucer and Canterbury’s Royal Pilgrims
Even though the coming election continues to dominate national and local news, I thought I would look elsewhere for my short topic this week. Yesterday I took two groups of […]