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Gemma Arterton: From Gravesend to Hollywood

Monday, August 12, 2019 Words: Peter Wallace. Photos: Shutterstock and Warner Bros

In 2010 Gemma Arterton played the lead in Tamara Drewe, a modern reworking of Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Madding Crowd

From starring in and producing movies to lining up a future director's chair, Gravesend's own Gemma Arterton is making her mark on Hollywood in typically no-nonsense fashion

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Ad Feature State boarding school in Kent: what are the benefits?

Thursday, August 8, 2019 Words: Samuel Mathewson

There are many benefits to boarding schools: enhanced facilities, more comprehensive education and good pastoral care, sometimes at a very reasonable price. We spoke to Duke of York Royal Military School's principal Alex Foreman about the benefits of the state boarding school

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Paws on the shore: Readers' dog photos

Monday, August 5, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Kent Life readers

'This is Ralph, our two-year-old standard wire-haired daschund. He's so lazy we have to practically drag him out for a walk but once he's at the beach, he loves digging in the sand. We particularly like Botany Bay as it's so clean and reminds us of Europe. Words and photo by Manu Palomeque'

The response to a request for photos of your dog at the beach was phenomenal. Meet some of Kent Life readers' four-legged friends

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Meet Paul Barrett, Kent's new High Sheriff

Monday, July 22, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque

Paul Barrett in the uniform of the High Sheriff of Kent (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Paul Barrett never says no to a sporting dare, but this year he's taking on a whole new challenge as Kent's High Sheriff

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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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Celebrity Interviews

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 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

Pam Ferris in 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Sarah Sturt

Kent-based actress Pam Ferris is voicing the part of Grandma in a new adaptation for TV this Christmas of a children's classic. Words by: Sarah Sturt. Pictures: Channel 4 Television

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December 2016

Charity

5 animal sanctuaries in Kent you can visit

Monday, July 15, 2019 Words: Caroline Read. Photos: 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

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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