The Canterbury Commemoration Society summer party - it's a 'come as you are' affair. www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/event/the-ce...

New blue plaques for Canterbury - and more to come!

Fascinating new project from our colleague Maria Diemling. www.jhek.org

Applications are open for Scoping Grants worth £3000! Apply by 18 June to have an independent consultant produce an expert collections report on a full or partial archival collection. Apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/2)

Did Reynolds set a short story in Kent? We'll be checking the blog! gwmreynoldssociety.com/blog/

And last but not least, Teddie Bigley's article about a visit to Herne Bay called "Suffocation on Sea" www.kent-maps.online/21c/suffocat...

Drum roll please, for the second Applied Humanities placement student's article 'How Christianity came to Kent' by Eliot Cathrow www.kent-maps.online/churches/chr...

We have three fantastic new articles from Applied Humanities students who have undertaken a 40 hour placement with Kent Maps Online. Let me introduce Helen Counsell's Fort Pitt Grammar School www.kent-maps.online/built/fort-p...

"His eldest son being now able to take charge of the shop and business, Mr. Smith resolved to travel for a month or two. He accordingly went to Ramsgate, where he enjoyed much intellectual pleasure in the prospect of the glorious ocean, and the fine vessels which continually appeared in the offing.”

'Let's do the time walk again!' was in Sandwich yesterday, catching up with Museum Manager Natasha and the volunteers (including CCCU student Rosie). Some of these postcards will be coming to the project's open access website, thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

We are keeping our fingers crossed for our friends at Dover Maison Dieu who have been nominated for two prestigious museum awards including community engagement. They have involved us in Dover at Night and Marconi Day events. Good Luck, Martin and Katie awards.museumsandheritage.com/2026-shortli...

Holiday in Broadstairs - 1970s style... screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/1050/

For anyone who hasn't seen this yet! www.folkestone-tc.gov.uk/ftc-and-kcc-...

This beautiful poem was written by a Benedictine nun of Minster Abbey. amethystmagazine.org/2026/04/30/g...

”And really”, added Mr Pickwick, after half an hour’s walking had brought them to the village, “really for a misanthrope’s choice, this is one of the prettiest and most desirable places of residence, I ever met with.” www.kent-maps.online/dickens/pick...

Always a fun evening! www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/event/the-ce...

This is a great project - let us know if you want to be involved!

Allan Brodie will be talking about Dreamland in the next free seminar with the Seaside Heritage Network on 6 May. seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...

One for the creative writers - fascinating article by Jeremy Page on poetry in the South East. 'After Hours' was written in Margate library, in case you're wondering! issuu.com/ingenue.maga...

youtu.be/8cWSYLdbynA?... Awake, awake, sweet Garden of England

It's International Marconi Day with a huge event taking place in Dover www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk/whats-on/mar... and although Kent Maps Online can't be there in person, we are hoping that you get good weather conditions for transmission. www.kent-maps.online/19c/19c-marc...

It's Friday - and some fantastic news from Folkestone! www.folkestone-tc.gov.uk/ftc-and-kcc-...

In Deal or Sandwich? Hope to see you there! www.sandwichkent.co.uk/events/salt-...

Just tell me where you are and I'll come and meet you. What could possibly go wrong?

With apologies for the spoilers - here are some of the ways we are working with new partners, building on our Let's do the Time Walk Again! project (funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund). about.konfer.online/post/bridge-...

Hoping to see some of our CCCU community at this free workshop. It's archives, it's creative writing and drama. And you don't even need experience in either - because that's what we're there for! students.canterbury.ac.uk/events/archi...

A new collaboration for KMO - we're going to be working with Digital Drama on their Salt and Stone project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Contact them through the link below if you are interested in volunteering in Sandwich or Deal area. www.digitaldrama.org/project/salt...

Some wonderful photos are being digitized as part of the National Heritage Lottery Funded project 'Let's Do the Time Walk Again!' I wonder who the guy in the white trousers is? Deal Museum, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

Digital exhibition by CCCU Heritage MA student Edd Hodsdon 2https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e38798f7c4cc461a80ddafe2ac5ca109

Thoughts from KMO artist Lisa Hawkins lisahawkinsfineart.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/a...

This is to promote a talk by our former colleague at CCCU, Dr John Bulaitis. So now he HAS to write something for KMO, isn't that how it works? www.cantcommsoc.co.uk/event/the-sw...

No orchards left in the Garden of England are the lyrics of a song my son wrote, let's hope it's not true. www.wincheaporchards.org

Thank you for coming to our curator's talk yesterday at CCCU! We do indeed offer free student membership and host a series of free online talks each month! Find out more at www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/join

Great talk yesterday by curator Andy Ward from Kent Archaeological Society. And they offer FREE student membership - what's not to like? @kentarchsoc.bsky.social www.kentarchaeology.org.uk

We've been asked if anyone knows of creative writing groups in Sandwich or Deal. Please get in touch if that's you!

We are updating our platform. Apologies for broken links as we move our images over.

What a lovely group of people - thank you to the Shepherdswell & Coldred History Society for proving Dickens right this evening!

They've been categorizing, inventorizing and now digitizing. The first postcard has been uploaded for the National Lottery Heritage Funded project Let's Do The Time Walk Again. Congratulations, Deal Museum!

And speaking of rivers... Shout-out to anyone in the Medway!

Do you have something interesting to share about the History and Archaeology of the ancient county of Kent, then please reach out to us to submit to our Spring KAS magazine! The deadline for receiving copy is 27th February 2026. Guidance for contributions below:

The same, but not the same. St Peter's Place in Canterbury 1909 v 2022.

In case you hadn't guessed, we're doing an inventory of our images at the moment. Here's another one of Broadstairs - the earliest known image of Fort [Bleak] House, no less!

Shy, retiring Broadstairs - never a place to boast about its literary associations.

There is just over a month until the ARG Fieldwork Forum taking place on Saturday 21st March 2026 at Lenham Community Centre. Join us for a practical guide to archaeological field recording! Tickets cost £15.00 for non-members and £10.00 for members: members.kentarchaeology.org.uk/events 🏺

The 17th Century document that nearly became a lampshade #Kent #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...