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Showcasing medieval studies – from troublesome kings to international trade

11 March 2026

As we are now into the second full week of March, we are less than 2 months away from the Canterbury Medieval Weekend on the 1-3 May.

Medieval Kent – shipbuilding, coins and the Canterbury Blackfriars

25 February 2026

For the last two weeks of February, I have several events to report on involving Canterbury and Kent’s history that I hope will be of interest. These are shipbuilding in…

Exploring aspects of Kent’s past

15 February 2026

Before I come to the main report about the highly successful ‘Exploring Kent History’ day that took place yesterday (Saturday 14th February) in Special Collections and Archives at the University…

2026 – Canterbury Medieval Weekend and much more

11 January 2026

As this is the first KCHH blog for 2026, I’m going to outline what will be happening this year involving members of the Kent History Postgraduates (KHP) group, and linking…

Top Ten of 2025

23 December 2025

Well, 2025 has been an interesting year, especially the move from CKHH to KCHH and the new website beautifully designed by Ben Cornwell – many thanks Ben. However, because of…

Kent History Postgraduates plus Gloucester

11 December 2025

Interest in the Canterbury Medieval Weekend is growing, and we now have fliers at museums, libraries and exhibition centres in many parts of Kent. If you haven’t yet investigated the…

Lots of exciting Kent MEMS events in 2026

27 November 2025

I’ll come to some updates on various planned events in 2026, but I thought I would mention that it is excellent to see word is getting out, which means we…

Medway History Showcase and forthcoming events

29 October 2025

I thought I would start with some extremely exciting news, Ben Cornwell who is designing the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2026 website thinks that it will be ready to go live…

Conserving Heritage – in Kent and Canterbury

25 September 2025

The new academic year is a time of transition. Consequently, I’ll start by bring news of those among the CCCU Kent History Postgraduates who have completed or almost completed their…

History lectures in Canterbury

11 September 2025

Having spent part of last week at the Fifteenth Century conference at Durham, which was an interesting and pleasurable experience, it might be worth mentioning that the 2026 conference next…