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15 November 2020
Restrictions on travelling abroad have left many Brits opting to holiday in the UK, here we take a look at the history of holidaying in Kent.
13 November 2020
As Olivia Coleman returns to our screens as Her Majesty the Queen, we take a look at all the times the royals visited the county.
12 November 2020
We take a look at the life and work of prolific writer HG Wells, who fell in love with a Kent seaside town.
11 November 2020
Built in the 1960s, the motorway has played a big role in the history of the county's transport network.
10 November 2020
From the bones of saints to the bloody tunics in which they were murdered - we take a look at some of the most intriguing religious relics.
09 November 2020
In the run up to Diwali and to mark ten years since the opening of the Gravesend Gurdwara we look back at the history of Sikhs in Kent.
05 November 2020
We explored how Kent is linked to Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of November 5, 1605.
04 November 2020
From ruined hill-top castles to floating hotels, Kent has its fair share of abandoned buildings - here we look at some of the most interesting.
03 November 2020
A trip to the county's seaside isn't the same without sampling the local shellfish - but which are the best? We name Kent's King of the Shellfish...
02 November 2020
One man remembers the highs and lows of his time doing National Service shortly before it was abolished.
31 October 2020
A new Facebook page has unearthed a spooky series of previously untold Kent ghost stories.
28 October 2020
A sad result of the pandemic is the huge number of job losses and shops being forced to close. But some local traders have bucked that trend.
27 October 2020
A new book features a host of fascinating photographs capturing the glory of the county's football grounds over the decades.
25 October 2020
They lived in castles, built fortresses along the coast and had secret love affairs in our stately homes, the Tudors have a long history in Kent.
25 October 2020
An extraordinary act by a vicar from Kent to ensure he profitted from the slave trade reveals an incredible secret hidden for nearly two centuries.
22 October 2020
From Annie Get Your Gun to Hamilton, Kent has incredible links to the world of musical theatre.
21 October 2020
In Kent's most socially deprived district, we speak to the people who live there to find the stories hiding behind the statistics.
19 October 2020
A 26-year-old woman from Kent is the legal guardian of 14 Tanzanian children, some from an orphanage which shut and others rescued from the streets.
19 October 2020
A photo of a man who had died 140 years before featured in newspapers around the world when taken in 1986. This is the story of how it came about.
18 October 2020
From a people smuggler caught after 28 years on the run, to a burglar found the next day on a stolen bike, here are tales of prison escapes in Kent.
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