EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
KENT CHRISTMAS GIFT LIST 2026
Find some amazing locally-created gifts for this Christmas in Kent!
IN CONVERSATION WITH… BLISSFOOL
We talk about the 6AM crew, not having a genre and leaving things to the last minute…
Aylesham on Film: Documentary ON KENT MINING VILLAGE
Nina Shen’s four-year portrait of a Kent mining village fighting to keep its carnival alive
FOOD FOR THE SOUL: Thanet’s Prime Eats
From community food to Prime Eats, how Kanndiss Riley is cooking up a free-from food revolution
ESOTERIC KENT: Historic Homes & Spooky Stays
Columnist Anna Willatt, aka Esoteric Isle, goes on the hunt for the county’s most curious getaways
Words With Your Self: Medway Lit Fest Authors 2026
Columnist Zahra Barri speaks to Kentish poets Charlotte Ansell and Jake Nathan ahead of their appearances at Medway Lit Fest 2026
KENT NEW MUSIC: SOUND SCOUT - MIXTAPE #48 (NOV-DEC 2026)
Reviews Ft: Jude Ness, Samuel Ashton & The Instincts, Pollena, Star.One, The Ovines and Apostol
WITNESS THE KNITNESS: The Make Shed, Kent
Claire Gordon, founder of Goudhurst’s The Make Shed, on continuity, retaining textile skills and borrowing from nature
DRAWING A CROWD: Margate Illustrator Amber Anderson
Amber Anderson on live scribing, drawing conversations and doodling on Porsches
WIN A SURPRISE EVERY TIME: Artist Maximillian Boxer
Artist Maximillian Boxer on creating over selling, scratching the itch and having a taste for the unexpected
Log off: Could Kent bushcraft bring a generation back to nature?
The Bushcraft Bus founders on fires, foraging and finding freedom outdoors, words by Angela Symons
A Place I Almost Remember: Kent Photographer Lily Heywood
Lily Heywood on her favourite images and why they don’t necessarily need a literal translation
CHRISTMAS IN GRAVESEND: WHat’s on in 2026
Experience the atmosphere, entertainment, festive shopping and social moments of #ChristmasInGravesham in 2026
CHRISTMAS IN CANTERBURY - WHAT’S ON IN 2026?
Discover your traditional Christmas in Canterbury
THE SINDEN Theatre AT CHRISTMAS 2026
Tenterden’s The Sinden Theatre announces festive line-up