Articles from 2026
October
September
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…
August
July
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,…
June
Celebrating Kent at MEMS Fest
21 June 2026
I thought because things are currently very busy, it makes sense to report on the latest meeting of the Kent History Postgraduates, the Kent topics in three presentations at MEMS…
Faversham, Canterbury and Sandwich – exploring history and heritage
12 June 2026
Starting with events coming up in June, we have MEMS Fest, which is a celebration of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent. This will be on…
May
Catherine Richardson’s Renaissance Lecture
23 May 2026
For this week, Jason Mazzocchi has kindly provided a report on Professor Catherine Richardson’s Renaissance Lecture which took place on Thursday 21 May. Unfortunately, I had to miss it because…
Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026
8 May 2026
Well, I think we have made a successful transition from Canterbury Christ Church University to the University of Kent for the History Weekends.
April
Studying conflict in society – medieval to modern
25 April 2026
This week has seen continuing preparations for the Canterbury Medieval Weekend, hence many thanks to Karen Brayshaw and her colleagues in the University’s Special Collections and Archives, to Ryan Perry…
Exciting times – bringing leading historians to Kent
11 April 2026
To start where I left off last time, there has been progress on the exhibition to go with the Canterbury Medieval Weekend, which will be based at the Templeman Special…
March
Thinking pilgrimage – Canterbury, Eastbridge and Maison Dieu, Dover
26 March 2026
This week marks the installation (in former times called the enthronement) of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to hold that office. As I’m sure you will…
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.
February
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…
January
Why Kent maps (and friars) are exciting
28 January 2026
It was exciting this week to see the advert for the Canterbury Medieval Weekend in the monthly History Extra magazine. Thanks too for publicity through the Kent Archaeological Society and…
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…
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