Kent Life's new columnist, BBC Radio Kent broadcaster and producer Andy Garland

PUBLISHED: 03:46 21 June 2012 | UPDATED: 21:30 20 February 2013

Andy Garland on the latest happenings BBC Radio Kent and how he manages to balance work and family life on next to no sleep

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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

December 2018

A century of women’s achievement in Kent

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Words: Stephen Roberts. Photos: Manu Palomeque, Thomas Alexander and courtesy of the contributors

Trudie Easton’'s suffragette portrayal at the September 2018 Festival of Flowers at Leeds Castle (photo: Thomas Alexander)

Celebrating the centenary of women being allowed to vote in a UK General Election, we look at leading Kent ladies, then and now

4 great shops to buy local Christmas gifts in Kent

Monday, December 3, 2018 Words: Caroline Read. Photos: Manu Palomeque

West End House Gallery gifts (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Nothing beats a unique, hand-picked present from one of Kent’s superb galleries, spciality shops and gift stores. Here are just a few to whet your festive apppetite

December 2018

4 Kent craftspeople: from blacksmith to woodcarver

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Words: Caroline Read. Photos: Manu Palomeque and Thomas Alexander

Oast cowl restorer Darren Hole (photo: Manu Palomeque)

In the digital age, it’s good to know there are still skilled crafts being done by hand. Meet four Kent craftspeople keeping traditional methods alive

September 2018

20 fascinating facts about Kent - part 4

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Dame Ellen Terry bought Smallhythe Place in 1899 after seeing it while out in her pony and trap (photo: Manu Palomeque)

In the fourth of our series, we look at 20 facts, theories and mysteries connected with the always intriguing Garden of England

October 2018

Wild foraging: 3 of Kent’s professional foragers

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Words: Caroline Read. Photos: Manu Palomeque

While some of us call nettles and dandelions weeds, others think of them as lunch. We meet Kent’s professional foraging tutors

October 2018

Armistice 100: Kent remembers

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Words: Vicky Hales-Dutton. Photos: Manu Palomeque & the contributors

Rochester Cathedral’s church service on 11 November will be followed by an Act of Remembrance and wreath laying at the War Memorial

As the world prepares to mark 100 years since the Armistice was signed and the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918 after four bloody years of war, Kent Life looks at how our county will commemorate this momentous centenary

November 2018

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

November 2018

Artist Yvonne Hutchcraft’s Folkestone paintings

Monday, October 8, 2018 Words: Diana Crampton. Pictures: Manu Palomeque

Yvonne Hutchcraft in her Folkestone studio (photo: Manu Palomeque)

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

September 2018

20 fascinating facts about Kent - part 3

Saturday, September 29, 2018 Words: Mica Bale. Photos: Manu Palomeque & Stuart Adams

Dungeness has been recognised as one of 165 Important Plant Areas in the UK (photo: Stuart Adams)

In the third of our series we look at 20 facts, theories and mysteries connected with the always intriguing Garden of England

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