First-ever television picture transmitted – a Maltese Cross!

TV inventor John Logie Baird makes resounding international history and uses the Malta/St John’s Brigade medallion…

John’s Favourite Article of 2024 The Jewel of Kent

By John Silverton Dear reader, a question. Who connects the following event and places: a fatal…

Mim’s Favourite Article of 2024. Lewes Lass in South Africa on The Kings Hotel, Brighton

By Miriam Erasmus The Kings Hotel In June I was travelling throughout Kent and Sussex with…

From Sussex to a Medieval Tower in Scotland

One of the great things about living in the Home Counties is the ease with which…

High Teas & Posh Sandwiches.

By Lyn Funnell The Earl of Sandwich was the person who made the sandwich popular. It…

The Gallivant, Camber, Sussex.  Best Boutique Hotel, 2024

By Lyn Funnell As soon as we step inside the front doors, our eyes are greeted…

Newhaven’s Seaside Secrets

By Lyn Funnell Newhaven in Sussex has been a route to France for centuries. It’s an…

Lewes Racecourse Commemorative Event

By Lyn Funnell   I was horse-mad when I was in my teens. As I lived…

Tasty Local Recipe; Kentish Twice Laid Fishcakes

There are still fishing boats of different sizes right along the Kent and Sussex coast. Fishing…

A Day in Bexhill-on-Sea

By Lyn Funnell Bexhill-on-Sea is the official name of the Sussex seaside town, but it’s now…