local and regional history

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History Postgraduates and Canterbury Medieval Pageant

3 July 2020

Dr Diane Heath and I will be delighted to receive photos of your medieval animal ‘tile’ designs, so please do send them in and we will send out your certificate.…

Medieval Pageant and schooling now and then

24 June 2020

Having caught up with Dr Claire Bartram, as Co-Director of the Centre, and Dr Diane Heath, the Centre’s Research Fellow, I thought I would report on their involvement with the…

Kent History Postgraduates and late medieval Sandwich

18 June 2020

I thought I would begin by reporting that we sent our roundup of pre-modern Kent and Canterbury online resources to Dr David Rundle on Monday and hopefully soon it will…

MEMS Lib and Canterbury rebels

10 June 2020

This week I thought I would start with a collaboration between the Centre and MEMS at Kent as part of their new online initiative. Led by the Kent team comprising…

Kent History Postgraduates and food in the Middle Ages

4 June 2020

Before I get to the topic for this week – food and its uses in medieval Kent, I thought I would flag up an initiative by the Graduate College if…

Exploring book culture and the Gough Map

28 May 2020

I thought I would start this week by telling you about an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in the History of the Book and who would like to…

Maritime Kent and other research topics

20 May 2020

This week I thought I would catch up with what Dr Diane Heath has been doing recently, as well as where I and my fellow editors are with Maritime Kent.…

Exploring remembrance at Canterbury

13 May 2020

This week I thought I would take my cue from the events of last weekend and the idea of significant anniversaries – the international remembrance of VE Day 75 years…

Clocks and Kent History Postgraduates

7 May 2020

As we hopefully begin to get some idea of the government’s timetable and strategy regarding how to get out of lockdown, I thought this week I would use the idea…

Hospitals and the sick – then and now

29 April 2020

As we are almost into May and lockdown measures are still in place, I thought this week I would take the blog back into the Middle Ages, which I’m sure…


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