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The volunteers conserving Kent's historic ships

Monday, November 18, 2019 Words: Caroline Read. Photos: Manu Palomeque
The motor tug Kent and her little sister, the 1966 tosher tug Fearnought, are moored in Chatham Maritime Marina and both are under the care of the South Eastern Tug Society (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life meets some of the people working hard to save our historic vessels from the scrap heap

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Kent's true crime: 10 grisly murders

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Words: Stephen Roberts. Photos: Manu Palomeque
HM Prison Maidstone today: in 1831 14-year-old John ‘Any Bird’ Bell was executed for murder in Maidstone Gaol (photo: Manu Palomeque)

A scream pierced the foggy night, then all was silent, save for the sound of scurrying footsteps. Murder had been committed. Dare you read on?

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10 of the best wedding venues in Kent

Monday, November 4, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt
Enchanting woodlands surround Salomons Estate (photo: Tali Photography)

Barn or castle, golf club or famous public school - the choice is endless for couples looking to tie the knot in Kent

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The young Kent farmer taking his Plaxtol farm into the future

Monday, November 4, 2019 Words: Julie Friend. Photos: Manu Palomeque
Tom Cannon at Roughway Farm in Plaxtol (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Meet the young man determined to take his family's fruit and cobnut farm into the future

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New £20 note to feature JMW Turner and Margate's Turner Contemporary

Thursday, October 10, 2019 Samuel Mathewson
New £20 note featuring painter JMW Turner (photo: Bank of England)

Unveiled at the Turner Contemporary on 10th October, the new note will match the polymer £10 and £5 notes

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Celebrity Interviews

8 coastal towns in Kent and their literary roots

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Words: Caroline Millar. Photos: Manu Palomeque
Sun Cottage, Dungeness, where writer and filmmaker Derek Jarman lived for many years (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Join us on a literary journey around the Kent coast to see how it has inspired writers over the centuries

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Jamie Cullum: 'The left-field jazz that you can dance and lose yourself to is what Cheltenham does well'

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Katie Jarvis
Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum will be showcasing songs from his new album at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival - and it's going to be emotional

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Danny Boyle to mark 100th Armistice Day on Folkestone beach

Monday, October 22, 2018
Filmmaker Danny Boyle at Folkestone’s Sunny Sands (photo: Tabatha Fireman/Getty Images for 14-18 NOW)

The film director is inviting people around the UK to mark Armistice Day at the beach

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November 2018

William Golding: inspired in Kent

Monday, September 10, 2018 Words: Stephen Roberts. Photos: Manu Palomeque and courtesy of Judy Carver
William Golding playing the piano c. 1928 (he got the job at Maidstone Grammar School because of his music qualifications)

Did William Golding's years as a schoolteacher in Maidstone help inspire his classic novel, Lord of the Flies?

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September 2018

Hockey player Grace Balsdon: from Chilham to the Athletics World Cup

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Compiled by: Sarah Sturt. Pictures by: Simon Parker, Rebekah Taylor and Frank Uijlenbroek
Kent hockey player Grace Balsdon (photo: Rebekah Taylor)

Kent hockey player Grace Balsdon on playing for England at July's Athletics World Cup, growing up in Chilham and healthy food swaps

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May 2018

Charity

5 animal sanctuaries in Kent you can visit

Monday, July 15, 2019 Words: Caroline Read. Photos: Manu Palomeque
Buttercups Goat Sanctuary in Boughton Monchelsea is the only registered goat charity in the UK (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life celebrates the local charities offering safe homes to abused or unwanted animals in the county

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ellenor charity: caring at Christmas

Monday, December 10, 2018 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
Mascot Ellie joins Father Christmas and ellenor staff including Linda Coffey (third from left) and Tanya Ring (far right) (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life looks at the contribution ellenor makes to patient care at Christmas, in the hospice and through its community palliative care teams

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December 2018

Hospice charity ellenor: 3 families' stories

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque
Andrew Turnbull and his sons Maxwell and Lucas (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life meets three families with young children being supported by the hospice charity ellenor

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June 2018

Calor launches £50,000 national grant scheme for rural communities

Friday, March 2, 2018
Calor Rural Community Project

Rural communities throughout the UK could be eligible to receive funding via the Calor Rural Community Fund from energy provider Calor

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Born to run: rescued greyhound and owner become jogging companions

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 WORDS BY: REBECCA DURRANT PICTURES BY: MANU PALOMEQUE
Keen marathon runner Jane Wren and her rescued Greyhound on Hythe seafront

A shared love of running has sparked a special bond between a retired greyhound and his devoted owner from Hythe who never intentionally set out to find a canine jogging companion

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January 2018
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