Community: unity.
A personal reflection by Cllr Jane Darling This morning I read the article in the Herald about Roger De Haan’s undeniable contribution to our town, and it prompted me to reflect on my thoughts about...
Author: FPP manager
Public service at a crossroads
Grace Hill Library and the wider context of a democratic deficit: Cllr. Jane Darling (Folkestone Town Council) sets out her views and appeals to Kent County Council to act now. The Actions of KCC...
To 2024 and beyond!
So this is Christmas… (John Lennon) Next week closes off 2023. As usual, a series of bigger bangs, fiery flashes and planet pollutants will mark the new year by scorching skies around the globe....
Literature? Splendid stuff!
A final contribution to the entertaining and informative series of blogs– loosely linked to the history of Folkestone Library –by Professor Carolyn Oulton, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University ‘He had no doubt...
Mooching around….
One of a series of blogs with entertaining snippets of social history by Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christchurch University It is a hot day in late Victorian Folkestone, and your stiff layers of...
Who’s in charge here?
Free tickets for the Library campaign and Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A personal reflection after 3 months of The Save Our Library campaign by Jon O’Connor. A little Latin does you good – the...
See-Saw campaigning
An update on the Grace Hill Library campaign to date has been published recently: it shows the range of activity and the powerful support of the local community. As a result, politicians ranging from...
Women and the Library
Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christchurch University finds yet another entertaining and thought-provoking insight into the story of Grace Hill Library…. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Young woman to her brother,...
Dickens ragged steps and amateur twaddle
Another article from Professor Carolyn Oulton on the curious history of Folkestone’s Library and one of the more famous contributors to the collection of writers locked away inside Grace Hill! It was meant to...
Reading in the Rain
Grace Hill Library early history…. A series of blogs written for the Save Our Library campaign by Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christchurch University If you’re finding it hard to think about summer reading...