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Folkestone is in Country Life this month

A little feature on the regeneration. What regeneration? Sounds like this article was written a few years ago, they even have a quote from the long departed The Quarter magazine... Nice to see anyway, hope to see some more progress to live up to the ...

What's on here and across the Channel?

Well someone just emailed to suggest picking up a copy of "Coast To Coast" magazine (does it have Fred Dinenage and Fern Britten on the cover?) but you can also see what's going on the homepage of the Gerald...MORE than sixty summer festivals and eve...

Ever feel lacking in skills?

I do, all my skills are in software, if the power went off tomorrow I'd be SUNK! I wish I had more hardware skills, not just computer hardware, but general mechanics and making and fixing things. Here's an interesting article along those lines from w...

I had some points about the date today

Is it a bonus day for employers, we still get paid the same amount though we're working an extra day etc, though these thoughts were all inspired by BBC Breakfast, and [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7269816.stm this BBC article]] covers all the...

Rotunda / seafront masterplan starting to move ahead

Billionaire Roger De Haan has revealed he is in negotiation with a number of companies which will become partners in the venture to realise his popular Masterplan vision.The former Saga boss will redevelop the redundant site to provide benefits inclu...
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I knew I'd heard somewhere Neil Gaiman was from Portchester

It says so in this Time article... He's 11 years older than me, so I'm not likely to have bumped into him around the town.

Windebanks of wield.

in a recent article in HGS magazine someone tracing north hants windebanks mentionned the wield lot, and stated that they were supposed to be a colateral branch of the windebanks descended from Sir thomas Windebank of Haines Hillhurst, Berks 1538 - 1...

It's a deal

Been too busy with work, so missed if this was in the Herald or not, but according to ickent Mr DeHann and Mr Godden have done a deal for the seafront land! This is great! I think!ROGER De Haan and Jimmy Godden have done a deal for the seafront at Fo...

Charles Perrault fairy tales, in Dutch

Illustrated by Harry Clarke, Check it out here...Henry "Harry" Patrick Clarke (1889-1931), born in Dublin, began his work life first at an architect's office and then as an apprentice at his father's stained glass art firm. He studied art at the Dub...

The Gay Train

New video of a song by my friends MJ Hibbett and the Validatorsvideo is by Rob Manuel, of b3ta fame.All stop watching it, so it streams more smoothly for me... More Hibbett updates, courtesy of his newsletter:ITEM! After months of hard work (honest!)...

That lot in nearby Cheriton...

Something or other about stopping youths hanging around near your house, from Young People Now magazine...The alleyway might have been a bit dirty but at least it was somewhere to hang out...I'm sorry, I'll be back with more amusing videos ASAP....

Web 2.0

Thinking about myspace again today, as I looked at it yesterday, there was some piece in the guardian today about how Q Magazine "hilariously" made up a band and generated a buzz about them using myspace. I am a bit out of touch with modern pop music...

Topless teacher

Could you make it up? The Harvey Grammar School teacher who stepped in to replace the teacher from who left after it was alledged that he'd looked adult material on a school computer has also been asked to leave; this one for appearing topless in a m...

Fareham makes the national news again

From the Daily Mirror:BAY City Rollers star Les McKeown was booed and heckled by angry fans during a comeback concert.They claim the 50-year-old singer, recently cleared of drug charges, stumbled on stage 90 minutes late and forgot song lyrics.Fans d...

Dennis, rubbish

Had another lot of GRIEF over our subscription to "The Week" (no I can't even be bothered to link to them, it's a magazine with the week's news stories in from around the world). It's not turned up for a few weeks, but I see the standing order's stil...

Lone Star Comedy

MATT WELCOME (our headliner comes finely recommended from our twin club in cranleigh, where he has ripped the roof off not once, but twice! he displays a sharp, snappy skill for comic writing and claims to deliver more gags per minute than any other...
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French speaking baboons at Port Lympne

According to BBC's 100 things we didn't know this time last year, zoo keepers at Port Lympne wild animal park in Kent are having to learn French to communicate with the baboons which had been raised in French zoos. The same feature also teaches us th...

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Lone Star Comedy Update - it's a double header

REGINALD D HUNTER (returning to the club after a revelatory headline performance last year, Reginald D. Hunter is the epitome of American cool, often described as the 'Samuel L. Jackson of stand-up'. His material, his stage presence and all round ge...
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BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Full steam ahead

Investment has been at record levels and high profile projects, such as the new dedicated fast line from Folkestone to London, and the inter-city track upgrade from London to Glasgow, are starting to come to fruition, says the BBC... quick, this succ...

Keira Knightly

She'll catch her death going out like that... From Esquire magazine apparently.

Folkestone in the Sunday papers

Nothing sordid (this time) a two bedroom property in Earls Avenue was one of the recommended "why not escape to the seaside?" properties in the Sunday Mirror property magazine this week, priced at 140k. Bargain!

What sort of shop, any idea?

Can't think what sort of shops we want in town really, there seem to be too many selling tat down that way... Something nice and cosmopolitan I think, selling continental magazines and coffee at eight pounds a cup!

So The Quarter is gone then

Not the actual creative quarter, just the free magazine, according to a story in this week's Folkestone Herald. The July issue will be the last one. No idea if they will keep the website going, or just let it gently expire.So, if you have a gig or ev...

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RE: Stoke Newington by the sea

Sorry I realise this is a bit old now but I'm just writing to reassure you that not only does The Quarter magazine still exist, but we keep a close eye on this website to find out what's happening (since nobody actually seems to tell us!).I'm sorry y...

Did you know..?

Saga magazine is the biggest subscription monthly in the UK, and the editor is Winston Churchill's granddaughter Emma Soames? Read more in The Herald, (not The Folkestone Herald)......

Haircut

So do we get a picture then? So of a pre- post- haircut thing you get in HEAT magazine?

A detail of that Needless Jam picture

Took that one this weekend, got right up close to it, you can see it is pieces cut out of magazines, more like postcard sized though.

The sound of sadness

WEIRD noises coming from out the back last night, someone banging pans possibly in Abney Park? Heard it again this morning, and NO! It's one of our neighbours rattling a cat food tin and shouting out for their pet. This makes me sad! Please come home...

Make Magazine

Make is available from Amazon, well fancy that! Priced more like a book than an issue of a magazine though, even with that discount... this is something to do with Philip Torrone, of www.engadget.com I'm sure. It's a mag aimed at those who want to t...

Ugandan Discussions: Private Eye Covers

I like this, Private Eye covers, going back to the very first issue...

93 Feet East

BANG Magazine launch party, free booze! Plus another band, was it The Libertines again?