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title: Bygone Kent Magazine Jun-Jul 2025
description: Explore fascinating stories from Kent, featuring history, literature, and local legends. Discover captivating articles and unique products in our latest magazine issue.
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- Bygone Kent Magazine | Bringing the County's History to Life
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# Bygone Kent Magazine
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**Inside This Issue: Stories to Surprise, Stir and Delight**
**The Forgotten Genius** – Discover the bittersweet tale of Canterbury’s elusive tribute to Christopher Marlowe. A moving reflection on art, memory, and local apathy. *By Andrew Rootes*
**Disaster off Lydd** – She was a beauty: fast, sleek, copper-clad. But one fatal misstep sealed the *Enchantress’s* fate. A gripping maritime mystery. *By Susan Scullino*
**Thomas More’s Final Journey** – Beheaded for his beliefs, smuggled by his daughter. The astonishing tale of how a saint’s skull ended up buried in Canterbury. *By T. J. Guile*
**Eliot’s Margate Muse** – How the seaside saved a poet. From nervous collapse to literary triumph, explore the unexpected inspiration behind *The Waste Land*. *By Mike Gunnill*
**Satire with Bite (and Groan-worthy Puns)** – Victorian wit meets political protest in a rare relic of rebellious publishing. Laugh, wince, and think. *By Christine Rayner*
**Planes, Trains & Village Tales** – From a Sopwith Camel crash to a curious railway adventure: Crispin’s collection celebrates the quirks of Kent.
**Pluck’s Gutter or Bust** – 400 dreamers, one fundraising festival, and a field full of stories. A joyful ode to ambition, music, and muddy fields. *By Chris de Coulon Berthoud*
###### Latest issue!
# Vol 46 | Issue 3 - Jun/Jul 2025
A captivating mix of local history, lost legends, literary tales, and quirky true stories from Kent, packed with charm, intrigue, and unexpected discoveries.
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# About Bygone Kent
### Established over 40 years, Bygone Kent is a treasure trove of the county's history published six times a year and available in electronic or printed versions.
Published by Bygone Kent Ltd
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