Fabric of Ashford weaves magic back into the High Street
Ashford’s High Street will come to life with an explosion of colour this weekend (Sat 17 July) as beautiful fabric creations decorate the Bandstand and town centre as part of…
Canterbury museum joins National Portrait Gallery partnership
Canterbury’s Museums and Galleries service has become one of 12 organisations in the country to join the National Portrait Gallery’s National Skills Sharing Partnership. Over the next two years, all…
Recovery Poem to light up Ashford this summer
Photo: Ben Raine How do we commemorate what’s been lost as we start to take tentative steps out of lockdown? What do we want to hold onto and grow? What…
Makeover for unique seafront shelter in Deal
Seafront shelters are being renovated – Carl Ashington (left) from the repairs team is pictured with Cllr Oliver Richardson A seaside shelter on Deal Seafront has been renovated by Dover…
Topping ceremony for JVC’s creative dance studio in Ashford
Photo: Igor Emmerich One of Kent’s largest cultural infrastructure projects has achieved a major milestone in the development process. Jasmin Vardimon Company’s new and much anticipated creative hub takes shape,…
Kids make it snappy to show off Dover’s best bits!
Winning photo by Daniel de Souza aged 12 Young people were invited to take part in a council-run photography competition as part of the Great British Spring Clean. They were…
Ashford launches ‘rubbish’ wildlife photo competition
To celebrate the impending arrival of a new fleet of Biffa trucks Ashford Borough Council is hosting a photo competition through Aspire Landscape Management, the council’s grounds maintenance service, to…
Looping the Loop brings ‘School of Acting’ to Theatre Royal Margate
School of Acting Thanet-based theatre and live performance company, Looping the Loop CIC, is launching ‘School of Acting’ inside Theatre Royal Margate this month. The project for 11-16 year olds…
A Stitch in Tea Time for Kearsney Cafe in Dover
The Kearsney Stitchers pictured above (left to right): Rosie James, Pauline Danson, Wendy Ward, Susanne Leggatt, Bev Williams Five finely decorated textile panels inspired by two of Dover’s best-loved public…
Dover Museum re-opening pushes the boat out with £1.25p portrait!
Queen Elizabeth (Image © Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery) A 400-year old portrait of Queen Elizabeth I resplendent in parliament robes takes centre stage at the re-opening of…