I thought I would start with a couple of things from Dr Diane Heath’s NHLF-funded ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ project. Firstly, she said they had a great time in Canterbury Cathedral […]
Historical Research – the exciting county of Kent
I thought I would start by saying I have been notified that the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 History Weekend (Friday 28 April – Sunday 30 April) website will be live […]
Tudors & Stuarts 2023 – coming soon!!
This week is a case of playing catch up, firstly mentioning Dr Diane Heath’s highly successful ‘Medieval Animals Heritage’ pre-Christmas extravaganza and then her ‘Amulets’ conference at the Science Museum […]
Community care – medieval and modern times
Before I mention two events Dr Diane Heath is holding in the very near future, I thought I would again flag up the dates for the Tudors & Stuarts 2023 […]
Finding people from the past – Lossenham and Canterbury
Another milestone – this is the 400th blog!!
Highlighting Dover’s Maison Dieu
This week the focus is Dover, and specifically the Maison Dieu, but before I get to that, I thought I would just mention a few other matters involving the CKHH.
Exploring Kent’s history – and having fun!
Even though there have been exceedingly momentous events taking place this week, perhaps of even greater concern for historians, especially medievalists having witnessed the televised proclamation of an English monarch […]
Dragons, Magna Carta and reading charters
It is possible some of you may have seen the ‘Kent Day’ article published online on Thursday 26 May https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/celebrating-kents-history-and-heritage which, as noted in the CKHH blog last week, is […]
Text and image in Kent history – new projects and exciting discoveries
As reported a couple of weeks ago, Dr Claire Bartram is very busy working collaboratively on a couple of projects that dovetail beautifully with her research expertise on books, book […]