I was fortunate enough this week to attend Richard Eales’ lecture on ‘The English and the French in Norman Kent and Canterbury’ as part of the winter programme run by […]
Bell Harry in Canterbury and a Cambridge play
This week I’m going to start in mid sixteenth-century Cambridge because yesterday I was leading a seminar on a comedy entitled Gammer Gurton’s Needle that was probably performed at Christ’s […]
A native American in Canterbury
By and large I’m going to stick to the early modern theme this week, not least because I attended an exceedingly interesting lecture on Wednesday by Dr Catherine Richardson (University […]
From Augustine to Becket
A few days ago I met up with Ian Coulson to discuss the final volume in the History of Kent series: Early Medieval Kent, 800–1220. This series, sponsored by Kent […]
From Magna Carta to the Prebendaries’ Plot
The last week has brought to light some fascinating discoveries. Firstly it was great to hear about the uncovering of Sandwich’s own copy of the Magna Carta that was unearthed […]
Canterbury’s medieval literary history
I think I will start with Professor Peter Brown’s lecture from last night when he gave a masterful account of Canterbury’s literary history between 1340 and 1420, a period that […]
More words and also other artefacts
Last night I joined more than a hundred other people who had come out to hear Professor Richard Gameson give a lecture at the Canterbury Cathedral Archives for the local […]
Exploring written words in the archives
Last night I attended a fascinating lecture on ‘The Men behind the Pen’ by Imogen Corrigan and I was struck once again by just how vital the preservation of books, […]
Road to Runnymede and beyond
I am sure that, like me, many of you have been listening this week to Radio Four with Melvyn Bragg where amongst others Louise Wilkinson, Nicholas Vincent and David Carpenter […]