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 […]
Canterbury and Dover through the ages
This week I thought I would report on a variety of matters linked to the Centre. In terms of the chronology of the events, I’ll start with that relating to […]
Canterbury and Hythe in the Middle Ages
In some ways the summer academic conference season resembles the grouse season, even though the timings are not as precise, in part because the end of the summer term varies […]
Exploring Christ Church Gate
Having highlighted Leonie Seliger’s wonderful talk about the Ancestors stained glass windows last week, I thought today I would focus on another of the cathedral’s experts. I first met Heather […]
Ancestors Exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral
Moving between the two universities in Canterbury, but not really being part of either, means that in some ways I cannot help but develop a split personality. However, it was […]
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 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 […]