Half term is sorted with these spooky Halloween events in Kent

There’s humour galore in the artist’s cameos of Folkestone life

Leeds Castle is inviting children to celebrate its 900th anniversary by entering its writing challenge

Our selection of top events and diary dates for this month in Kent

The 2018 festival line up champions local talent alongside global superstars in two weeks of music, theatre, comedy, dance and much, much more

Feel like a character in an Agatha Christie novel as you traverse through the Kentish countryside with a four-course dinner and Champagne aboard a vintage steam train

For the first time ever, England’s biggest festival of heritage and culture will take place across two weekends - and it’s all free

Lenham Heath artist Clive Lennard on the challenges and pleasures of portrait painting

Drone technology is evolving at a startling rate, allowing trained operators on the ground to get a bird’s eye view in seconds. Here’s how Kent looks from the sky

An ambitious open-air First World War Centenary service this September hopes to see 4,000 Kent residents in attendance

Come along to the UK’s leading French property show which returns to Olympia London on 16-17 September

Keep your children’s brain cells ticking over during the summer weeks ahead with these fun and inspiring ideas

Ben Roddy – best known as The Marlowe’s pantomime dame – is to star in Return Of The Unknown, a major new work to mark the centenary of the Armistice

Many of us grew up with Ladybird Books, but who were the artists who conjured up this colourful, engaging backdrop to our childhoods? A new exhibition at The Beaney reveals all

The 2018 Kent County Show will pay tribute to the fallen of the First World War as well as being the region’s showcase event for farming, countryside and rural life

This energetic, riotous adaption of colour, magic and song will have you singing along, tapping your feet and smiling from ear to ear

Walk in Samuel Palmer’s footsteps and enjoy the stunning scenery around Shoreham

Deep in the darkest Kentish Weald lies the Big Cat Sanctuary where, if you dare, you can get up close to lions, tigers, jaguars and panthers

Stars of Call the Midwife took to The Dockyard to launch the official tours at the location which turns 400 this year

Six of the seven rarest species of bumblebee in the UK are found in Kent, and here are five of the best bee spots

We are delighted to launch the ninth Kent Life Garden of the Year Awards and are looking for the best community gardening projects, school gardens and amateur gardens in Kent

This Spring Bank Holiday Chilham Castle will host The Globe in five performances of a trio of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, ending the weekend with the much-loved Chilham Chase. And it’s in honour of one remarkable woman

Kent Life’s sixth Food & Drink Awards are in full swing and we would like to encourage all readers to make their nominations in as many categories as they wish. Supported by our headline sponsor Clague Architects and associate sponsor, Neptune Canterbury