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Millions of words must have been written in praise of Canterbury since Chaucer wrote his Canterbury Tales in the late fourteenth century. And indeed most of them, whether reverential, spiritual or just appreciative, have hardly been misplaced. It is a truly wonderful...

Magdalena’s birthday was coming up and so was the inevitable question – where should we go to celebrate? Every year had followed a similar pattern; a trip to London involving a museum or exhibition; a nice meal and culminating with taking in a West End show. Well,...

‘Dirty Dartford; peculiar people. They bury their dead above the steeple’!   What a strange way of starting a blog post about a Dartford history, but like many an old saying there’s a grain of truth in the dig at the folk of this corner of North West Kent. The...

Say that you’re going to Whitstable and before you can get past the end of the first sentence someone is bound to mention Oysters. And do you know why? The height of the industry was in the mid Victorian era when millions of oysters were raised annually. The stretch...

Scotney Castle It was supposed to be Sissinghurst but we ended up at Scotney. No, not the words of a long lost Victorian music hall song but an account of our adventures one day last week. And so we swopped the Castle and sculptured gardens of writers Vita Sackville...

These days a visit to Margate has something for everyone. From the thrill of Dreamland’s retro rides to the esoteric appreciation of new exhibitions on offer at the Turner Gallery. With ever improving access from London, it’s a corner of Thanet that’s fast cornering...

We first intended to go to Reculver about 16 years ago. We were on holiday in Margate and visited Herne Bay for the day. From the promenade the striking twin towers of St Mary’s Church loomed ahead in the distance. The towers jutting upwards, the ruined church...

What’s Faversham famous for? Beer fans will need no reminding that it’s the home of Shepherds Neame – England’s oldest brewery which was founded in 1698. The brewery can be visited on special tours but Faversham can claim to be the site of an even older industry that...