A drizzly Sunday relaxing indoors, was enlivened by the throaty roar of (what I thought at the time to be – see comment below), a Mustang flying over the sea, past our flat. Presumably linked to the Euromilitaire event on at the Leas Cliff Hall…

You may have noticed that down Tontine Street a new music/lounging/drinking venue is alive.
Up and running in the now closed Bank Gallery at number 46, Adam, one of the brains behind Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury, has opened up this new sister location.
The S&G team paid a visit on the opening weekend at the [...]

We spotted this rogue rabbit whilst out walking in the Holywell area of Folkestone. Unlike the numerous claimed sightings of big cats, this animal was definitely real, of normal size, and really has either escaped captivity, or been abandoned.

Hello there! After an impromptu summer break, the S&G team are back to spread the word about our lovely Folkestone.
Due to the summer beauty we were bathed with here down in Folkestone (the most hours of sunshine for the whole of the country) we could be found, splashing around in the sea, swimming [...]

It’s time for HEVY WATCH #05.
Not much has changed on the Hevy Music Festival site today.

Welcome to day four of Hevy Watch.
Seems today has been quite eventful on the Hevy Music Festival Site…….

It’s time for Hevy Watch #03.
More activity today with the main fence perimeter looking like it’s all complete, and to be honest, the ‘Festival’ site looks pretty small.

Welcome to HEVY Watch #02.
Today I can confirm we have activity, portaloos, workmen, fencing, the lot, all on the Hevy Music Festival site.

Welcome to the first outing in the ‘Hevy Watch’ series.
Hevy Music Festival is coming to Folkestone this Saturday the 1st of August, and will take place on Folkestone seafront.
No information has been released about where it actually be situated, but judging by the carparks they are using it will more than likely be [...]

Am I the only person to have noticed that a van belonging to Benenden school has been parked for well over a month opposite the Quarterhouse in Tontine Street? When it first caught my attention, I thought that some members of the school were either visiting the new theatre or staging some sort of dramatic [...]

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 YOU be [...]

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 in [...]