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...
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Folkestone Free Library: Beginnings
Professor Carolyn Oulton School of Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University Books have always had the power to cause trouble. Ironically the Folkestone Free Library catalogue for 1884 includes Mary Braddon’s Taken at the Flood among other...
Disgraceful: Grace Hill library betrayal
The shocking announcement by Kent County Council that Folkestone’s main public library is to close has sent ripples of rage throughout the local community. Politicians are carefully setting our their position ahead of the...
Integrated healthcare reinvestigated
Briefings are underway with the new Integrated Care Board having a ‘duty to consult’ with community organisations, local authorities and others to pull together a more coordinated approach to healthcare and well-being. While this...
Folkestone Future
As we approach the local elections on May 4th, Star Wars fans will enjoy the coincidence with the annual calendar joke they share of ‘May the fourth be with you…!” We need some sense...