A RECENT damning article on Dover by Andrew Anthony has caused widespread upset in the town. Some of the comments in Mr Anthony’s piece serve to distort it and paint an unreasonably negative picture of Dover. Coming at a time of genuine distress over our Tier 3 grading, it felt there was a touch of…

Is this the winter without end That never quite begun? Corona, Ciara, Denis, Jorge It’s really not much fun. Panic, hoarding, daily warning We’ll hourly update Social distance boosts resistance “You must self isolate”. Hand gel, masks, stockpile, The Scream. Sanitise each day. And should you even dare to try a Chinese takeaway? But, chronic…

Amid the neon and sound at the recent Cheriton Light Festival artist Kate Beaugié brought a dimension of gilded serenity with her installation Gathering Folkestone-based Kate’s work drew a steady flow of visitors to All Souls Church, an ideal backdrop to the installation. Gathering comprised seven gold leaf covered cubes spaced around the candlelit ambience of All…

Folkestone Book Festival 2013 – The Quarterhouse.   Talk by UEA lecturer in American literature, Sarah Churcwell, about her book Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of the Great Gstsby – followed by Baz Luhrmann’s film. Also published in January/February 2014 “Folkestone Creative” magazine.   Fitzgerald fans packing this Gatsby screening had their appetites…