Shane Record is once again teaming up with The Church Street Project to raise some money for their excellent cause, with another Sandcastle competition (info below) : THE 2009 FOLKESTONE SANDCASTLE COMPETITION!! SUNDAY JULY 12th Raising money for The Church Street Project, a registered charity providing Creative Therapy and Counselling to children in Shepway. Could [...]

Mr Nick Spurrier from Friends of the Folkestone Book Festival would like your attention for the information below: For this year’s Short Story Competition entrants should submit a fictional historical story. It can involve love, mystery, crime but must be set in the past and either be connected in some way with an historical event [...]

(Article by Nick Spurrier) Proposals for a new museum for Folkestone are under discussion within the town, following a report written by Sam Hunt, of the Kingsghurst Consulting Group. The report was commissioned by the Folkestone Heritage Working Group* which has been meeting regularly over many months to discuss the possibility of setting up a [...]

Hey, you out there, Pavement Pounders need your assistance. ‘Artist David Lay and Writer Maryanne Grant Traylen who run Pavement Pounders which will be offering Guided Walks as part of the H.G. Wells Festival in September would like to hear from anyone who was involved in the building of the channel tunnel and has a [...]

Are you in need of some portrait or commercial photography?, well look no further, as Wendy van Halderen-Moss, one of the minds behind Chimaera Gallery has launched a new venture.

The Leas is rightly, highly valued for it’s superb walks with views towards France over the Channel. I took this photo on my cameraphone, one autumn as the lamp-posts that line the path, were being painted. Obviously, this helps protect them from the elements, and keeps them looking nice, but holidaymakers and strollers are not [...]