Category: Blog
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New Year, Old Books: On choosing to read more, and show some shelf-restraint
Making New Year’s resolutions for 2025, dragging myself out of a reading slump, and writing about books related to Kent and Medway.
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Origin Story: The Man of Kent and the Kentish Man
What’s the difference between a Man of Kent and a Kentish Man, and what it’s got to do with William the Conqueror?
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And Now For Something Completely Different: 12 Favourite Podcasts to Celebrate International Podcast Day
To celebrate a phenomenon that has brought me many hours of top-notch earfood, I’m sharing 12 of my to favourite podcasts with you. Read on for recommendations and some podcast episodes involving Kent!
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Bison and Foxes and Bears, Oh My! Visiting wonderful Wildwood
A summer day out at Wildwood, where we met bison, foxes, lynx and more!
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The Nao Victoria: A maritime marvel comes to Medway
A visit to the replica Nao Victoria, the first ship to circumnavigate the globe, and the story of its seafaring achievements.
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Our Feathered Friends in the North
The story of a breathtaking trip to the Farne Islands in Northumberland, and why you should always pack a jumper if you’re travelling to the North East.
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Done: Deal – A handy guide to this beautiful seaside town
A guide to restaurants, pubs and things to do in Deal, one of the prettiest seaside towns in Kent.
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Mr Kipling’s poem about Medway
It’s World Poetry Day, so what better time to look up some poems about Medway? Here’s one from Rudyard Kipling.
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Great places to eat on Watling Street
Four great places to eat on Watling Street in Medway, and a little bit of local history.
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A Most Wonderfully Suitable Book: ‘A Portrait of the River Medway’ by Roger Penn
Here was a book that was a long from home! Discovering ‘A Portrait of the River Medway’ by Roger Penn in Barter Books in Alnwick.