Sep-Oct 2022
Bringing Kent’s history to life
£3.99–£5.00
Bringing Kent’s history to life
£3.99–£5.00
Tooty Rootes, a driving force: a world-conquering motor firm rose and fell in Maidstone, leaving a fabulous HQ that will at least be saved. By Paul Tritton
Nelson and Whitstable: the old salts’ stories seemed unlikely, but maybe there’s a grain of truth. By Mark Harrison
The Beatles in Kent: Chatham was the furthest south that the Fab Four had travelled. That date, in the winter of 1963, was the first of many visits to the county. By Allen Whitnell
The great shippe swallower: the Goodwin Sands are the graveyard of 50,000, and must be protected for their maritime heritage and as haven for sealife. By David Steed
Smugglers and a poor rhino called Clara: a trawl through 18th-century newspapers finds adventure, crime, punishment, and cheese sales. By Andrew Rootes
Oxo chief spent a fortune on village he loved: businessman who inherited his father’s empire set about modernising the company and expanding his estate. By Mike Gunnill