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Exploring Canterbury Cathedral’s medieval glass

11 November 2026

Just to say Tudors & Stuarts 2027 (30 April to 2 May) is definitely up and running as there has been a flurry of ticket sales already, which is great…

Launching Tudors & Stuarts 2027 and much more!

28 October 2026

STOP PRESS! The Tudors & Stuarts Weekend 2027 website is now live thanks to Ben Cornwell’s creative work on it and Kieron Hoyle checking that the ticketing system is again…

From Miracle Tales to Medieval Feasts

13 October 2026

An update on Tudors and Stuarts 2027, the programme is complete except for the last abstract which will be coming in any time now.

Saintly Archbishops and Pastoral Care texts – exploring the Middle Ages

27 September 2026

For this second, much shorter blog of the week as a way of getting up to date, the two events are John Manley’s presentation to the Kent History Postgraduates group…

Nightingale Lecture 26 plus

23 September 2026

Having just received this very sad news, I want to pass it on to readers of the KCHH blog because Prof. Paul Bennett was such a great person in so…

Fifteenth Century conference in Canterbury

10 September 2026

The major report this time is on the highly successful Fifteenth Century conference that took place at the University of Kent during the latter part of last week. However, before…

Forthcoming history events and Canterbury choughs

27 August 2026

I guess for many the August Bank Holiday still denotes the end of one academic year before moving into the next, which at the University of Kent, as indeed for…

Canterbury deer parks and education in Tudor Faversham

16 July 2026

Here are items as advance notice for September. Firstly, the annual Fifteenth Century conference, which this year will be at Canterbury, is being organised through MEMS by Dr David Rundle…

Cinque Ports conference – Maison Dieu, Dover

4 July 2026

Now to Dover, and last Friday and Saturday (26 and 27 June) was the Cinque Ports conference at Dover’s Maison Dieu – thereby keeping the hospital theme going and the…

Lewes and Canterbury – more fascinating history

3 July 2026

Well, it has been another action-packed week from last Wednesday until we move into July which means sandwiched between talks for the Lewes Priory Trust and the Canterbury Commemoration Society,…