Book reviews: Canterbury in the Great War, Aveling & Porter, and the history of the Biggin Hill bus
Last tank standing: the fate of the Great War’s terrifying battle machines. By Crispin Whiting
From Red Lion to Custard Cat: some of Kent’s amusing pub names are random. Some are not. By Paul Skelton
The railway that ran over a canal: how the iron road came to the Medway towns. By Bob Ratcliffe
Perhaps it was the view: an acclaimed East German writer settled on the Isle of Sheppey in the 1970s. Nobody is quite sure why. By Mike Gunnill
Gothic revival for Pugin gem: the Ramsgate hotel that brought nothing but grief for its creator is now being developed for the community. By Andrew Rootes