Kent Maps Online

Kent Maps Online is an interactive Digital Humanities project exploring the county’s rich heritage, using multi-disciplinary lenses to research and present historic, literary & geographical records. Travel through the site to find answers to questions you haven’t thought of yet. www.kent-maps.online

The latest blog from the Kent Centre for History & Heritage: kchh.org/miracle-tale...

Planning our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social event at the Maison Dieu in Dover. In this picture our student interns are working out which smells best evoke the historic objects from the building's collections. #BeingHuman2026 Booking link maison-dieu-dover-town-hall.designmynight.com/6a85b3d5e05f...

Announcing our new mentorship scheme, where you will be assigned one-to-one or group mentoring if successful. For more information about how to apply to become a mentor or a mentee, please head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-mentors... Deadline: 30th November 2026

This is not a tired advertising gimmick, it's a heads up! Tickets are going fast for our free #BeingHuman2026 event 'Gaol, Drains and Dunkirk' at the Maison Dieu in Dover. Escape room designed by CCCU student interns.

MA Heritage students try out the "In Broadstairs with Dickens" trail pure.canterbury.ac.uk/en/publicati...

The Best of Times bookshop and cafe in Broadstairs. Obviously in need of tote bags, and we just happen to have some that fit the theme...

Remember to book your free ticket for our 'Gaols, Drains and Dunkirk' event on 13 November at the Maison Dieu, Dover. Get in touch if you have questions! @beinghumanfest.bsky.social www.designmynight.com/uk/restauran...

Magic The Gather Zine ISSUE ONE is finally being scanned in and I'm wrestling with bleed to get this sent to the printers! "For Magic Players Who Prefer Paper..."

Some amazing images have been digitized by the Sandwich Museum volunteers as part of the National Lottery Heritage funded project 'Let's Do the Time Walk Again!' commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

Thank you to the brave souls who attempted the "Walking with Dickens: A Victorian Pilgrimage". We were almost blown away and had to retreat to Bleak House. Never mind, that's why we designed the audio trail, so do download the Gazooky app pure.canterbury.ac.uk/en/publicati...

And if we all get soaked doing the 'In Broadstairs with #Dickens' digital trail, we can take refuge in The Best of Times #Bookshop with 'The Letter Game' (featuring a poem about Dickens at the Albion).

It's the WILKIE COLLINS & CHARLES DICKENS IN BROADSTAIRS conference today, that's why we're making our featured articles about Collins and Dickens www.kent-maps.online

Kent #poetry alert! The Letter Game worplepress.com/product/the-... See also Canterbury Festival, local independent bookshops and community stores. @cccubookshop.bsky.social @folkestonebookshop.bsky.social Barham Village Store barhamvillagestore.com Plunder Books plunderbooks.com

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The Ballad of Salt and Stone is now ready to listen to on Kent Maps Online www.kent-maps.online/21c/21c-ball... @digitaldrama.bsky.social

We've got an Open Day coming up at CCCU. So here's a guide from one of our Creative Writing students - this may be particularly useful if you are neurodivergent, but also helpful if you're not. Please share widely! www.canterbury.ac.uk/navigating-o...

Join us for the branch's first event of the year. Dr Fern Riddell's lecture is based on her highly acclaimed recent book Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen (2025), a provocative re-evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown.

City of Ghosts Festival was fun! I was able to share the work we do on Kent Maps Online to highlight authors and their relationship with the Kent landscape and I got to talk about Rev Richard Harris Barham and the Ingoldsby Legends.

KMO's Carolyn looking very happy, after making the shortlist for the inaugural poetry competition of Maidstone Lit Fest. A great night of live poetry, accompanied by loaded fries. And did anyone see that beautiful moon tonight?

Fab launch events for the Ballad of Salt and Stone. This was a really fun project to get involved with, so thank you Digital Drama, @heritagefunduk.bsky.social and the local communities who came together to rewrite a bit of history! We'll be sharing it online soon... #NationalPoetryDay

SO much energy at today's meeting on CCCU campus with our #BeingHuman2026 student interns. Next week we're taking them to the Maison Dieu in Dover to meet community partners including Dover Local. @sas-news.bsky.social

Fantastic William Burges conference at Dover Maison Dieu yesterday highlighted Burges' links with Kent including the amazing Bailey tomb at Ightham

Visit this spectacular wildlife haven with historic cathedral views mailchi.mp/15505b319104...

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The 2026 Being Human Festival programme is now live! Running 5-14 November 2026, & over 230 events in 38 towns & cities across the UK. There is a wide range of events rooted in humanities research with our festival theme 'Crossroads'. Read here: bit.ly/4halWX1 #BeingHuman2026 @sas-news.bsky.social

A very happy weekend and a dose of Dickens, thanks to #HeritageOpenDays Imagine this arriving on Christmas Eve in 58 boxes and all the instructions are in another language...

Congratulations to Herne Bay, winner of the Bucket & Spade List 2026! Reposting this poem about the town, in celebration. seasideheritage.org.uk/bucket-spade...

Kent Maps planning meeting today. Lots of developments a-foot. New search engine and integration of vimeos.

Artwork by KMO contributor Heather Murdoch for Carolyn's new poetry collection The Letter Game (coming out from Worple Press next month). We love it that everyone sees a different word in the teacup!

For anyone starting university this month - at CCCU or elsewhere. Here's a guide to 'Welcome Week' by Creative Writing student Alice King. www.canterbury.ac.uk/new-students...

Coming to Canterbury - although of course, ghosts never leave in the first place... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-of-gh...

Visit us on Saturday 19th September to celebrate #HeritageOpenDays 2026! Enjoy… 🗝️ Tours of the archives* at 10am & 2pm 📜 A mini exhibition titled 'Every Day's a School Day: Learning and Literacy in Bygone Kent' *Pre-booking required: 📧 archives@kent.gov.uk ☎️ 03000 420 673

Thank you for the reminder @kentmapsonline.bsky.social FINAL day of voting TODAY so fans of #hernebay pier and #margate #shellgrotto can show their support at seasideheritage.org.uk/bucket-spade...

Margate Shell Grotto or Herne Bay pier? We’re almost out of time to vote for this year’s #Bucketandspadelist #seaside #heritage winner. But KMO’s Carolyn just happened to be in Herne Bay this morning, and yes it was raining… @seasideferry.bsky.social

We have some new articles in production which we hope to share in the autumn, but for now, enjoy these beautiful sunflowers near Sandwich

Eaten a sprat today, anyone? Michelle catches up with the volunteers at Deal Museum as part of our Lottery Heritage funded project ‘Let’s do the time walk again!’ blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/...

What is it like to be a mature, neurodivergent student at CCCU? Here's what Creative Writing student Louise has to say. And KMO's Carolyn will be on campus tomorrow for the Clearing event - so if you're curious, come and say hello! www.canterbury.ac.uk/new-students...

In 1901 Mabel Ryall was Junior Assistant at #Folkestone public #library. In 1926 the library decided to appoint a female assistant of 25-35 years of age, with a starting salary of £150 going up by £10 pa. Ryall was appointed, but left on her marriage in 1928. Does anyone in #Folkestone know more?

Interesting to learn that @kentarchives.bsky.social Kent Archives have been cataloguing records relating to Maidstone and Canterbury prisons. We have entries on both at KMO - see www.kent-maps.online/19c/19c-conv... for Ben Bethell's work on Maidstone Convict Prison.

National Year of Reading Talk on Susie Nethersole, Kent's forgotten rural writer, done and dusted! Now for the journal article!

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@profserious.bsky.social is getting serious about Arts & Humanities. But how serious is serious? A 🧵part 1/3 1) How many of these questions could/should be asked of all subjects? (Me: all). 2) Where are universities' actual costs for different subjects (research & teaching) in this assessment?

Inaugural Maidstone LitFest Poetry Competition 2026 - deadline coming up! www.maidstonelitfest.org/poetrycomp2026