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Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury churches

Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury churches

I’m going to begin with a couple of buildings, although I’ll save Canterbury Cathedral’s great south window until next week except I will thank Heather Newton for showing me around […]

3rd June 20166th June 2016 academic, Blog Posts, Canterbury, conference, Events, Kent, Lecture, local and regional history, NewsLeave a Comment on Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury churches
Shakespeare, lighthouses and the sea

Shakespeare, lighthouses and the sea

I’m going to keep to a maritime theme this week. Firstly Dr Martin Watt’s one-day conference on ‘Richborough through the Ages’ has now sold over seventy-five tickets which is excellent. […]

25th May 20162nd June 2016 academic, Blog Posts, Canterbury, conference, Events, Kent, Lecture, local and regional history, London, Middle AgesLeave a Comment on Shakespeare, lighthouses and the sea
Chaucer’s Canterbury and Shakespeare’s Dover

Chaucer’s Canterbury and Shakespeare’s Dover

I thought I would keep it short this week, not least because I’m pretty busy doing things for the Medieval Canterbury Weekend. Just in case you have missed this the […]

22nd March 201623rd March 2016 academic, Blog Posts, Canterbury, conference, Events, festival, Kent, local and regional history, NewsLeave a Comment on Chaucer’s Canterbury and Shakespeare’s Dover
Restoration Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells

Restoration Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells

Normally I would not associate January with a great crop of lectures, but this January has been exceptional. Indeed there have been so many that last night brought the Anselm […]

27th January 201627th January 2016 Blog PostsLeave a Comment on Restoration Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells
Canterbury, the Centre and knitting

Canterbury, the Centre and knitting

Now that the Canterbury Christ Church campus is almost deserted, the students having finished last Friday and only a few stalwarts in the School still working in their offices today, […]

12th January 201612th January 2016 Blog PostsLeave a Comment on Canterbury, the Centre and knitting
Rescuing ducks and liberating sows – the ‘Kentish Tithe War’

Rescuing ducks and liberating sows – the ‘Kentish Tithe War’

For those who were at the Centre’s first event of the new academic year, a joint occasion where the Centre was in partnership with the Agricultural Museum, Brook, they experienced […]

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Kent Cricket and a Tudor Mansion

Kent Cricket and a Tudor Mansion

Being busy trying to edit the last in the Kent History Project series: Early Medieval Kent, 800–1220, which needs to be finished and off to the publisher by the 1 […]

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Canterbury and Hythe in the Middle Ages

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 […]

2nd July 201515th December 2015 EventsLeave a Comment on Canterbury and Hythe in the Middle Ages
Ancestors Exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral

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 […]

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