Last night (Tuesday 21 November) we were treated to a fascinating case study by Professor Alan Stewart concerning how the Strangers came to Sandwich in Elizabeth I’s reign. Consequently, this […]
‘Beastly Latinists’ and the Unicorn at Canterbury
Now to the second blog for the week to clear the decks for Professor Alan Stewart’s lecture on Tuesday 21 November at 5pm in The Michael Berry Lecture Theatre, Old […]
Aliens and Strangers – more exploration of Kent sources
Stop press! An update from yesterday, we have decided due to current conditions and the weather forecast for today to postpone Dr Catrinia Cooper’s FCAT/CKHH Lecture this evening. It will […]
Medway History Showcase 23 plus upcoming events
Apologies about the absence of the CKHH blog but IT at CCCU ‘lost’ all the university’s blogs again on Friday 13 October and everything ground to a halt while they […]
Exciting Kent presentations and the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2024 to come
I thought I would start by again drawing your attention to the Medway History Showcase on Saturday 21 October. To book your free tickets go to: Royal Engineers Museum Tickets, […]
Exploring heritage in Dover, Canterbury and east Kent
Just as an alert to regular blog readers, this is the last CKHH blog until it restarts early in September. Not that this means we aren’t doing anything over August. […]
Exploring Dover and Kent in Tudor times
After the excitement of Michael Wood, it is a more local focus this week, but hopefully no less interesting for that. Consequently, before I come to the exhibition and workshops […]
Michael Wood’s Becket Lecture and other gems in Kent
Before I come to the main section of the blog this week on Michael Wood’s brilliant Becket Lecture on Theodore of Tarsus and Hadrian, ‘A Man of African Race’, I […]
Looking forward and catching up with ‘Medieval Animals’
Before I get to Diane’s and Caz’s contributions on ‘Skin and Bone, Wood and Stone – Round 2!’, I thought I would report that after a short trip to the […]