Harold ll (Harold Godwinson) was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England because, unfortunately for him, he…
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The Bayeux Tapestry Returns Home: A Sussex Story Nearly 1,000 Years in the Making
Few historical artefacts capture the imagination quite like the Bayeux Tapestry. Stretching almost 70 metres in…
Kent National Trust Properties at Christmas
By Lyn Funnell Some National Trust properties and gardens have a Christmas theme and we visited…
Knole at Christmas
By Lyn Funnell I’d never been to Knole before, although our daughter Rana and Granddaughter Isabella…
Ten of the Oldest Pubs in Kent
By Mike Gerrard Kent, known as the “Garden of England,” is home to some of the…
The Crazy Lexicon of Kent – the Garden of England
Well last week I looked at old Sussex words so it seemed only right to take…
Exploring Colourful Old Sussex Words and their Meaning
As well as being mixed species (man and woman – whoever thought that would work as…