Does Canterbury have anything in common with ancient Athens? Are we living out the lessons of moral philosophy — or are we closer to living in a jungle? What did lockdown teach us? And what are Trump and other populists showing us about our democratic values? Richard Norman, Emeritus Professor…
Julie Board has worked with hundreds of people in Canterbury, helping them to help each other without expecting anything back. She talks to Neasa MacErlean about how she has approached this in the Women’s Institute, the Hub Cafe, the Fridge Food Bank and the Re-pair Café. (The photo shows Julie…
How did our GP surgeries work together during lockdown? What role did the Canterbury Mosque play? What changes will we notice when we consult our medics in future? Dr Timothy Noble of the University of Kent’s Medical Centre gives his personal account. When I was first asked to write an…
How has the gay community developed in Canterbury over the last few decades? Neasa MacErlean talks to one man who prefers not to disclose his name about his changing experiences in the area over the years. We run this interview partly to mark the unfortunate cancellation of Gay Pride this month…
Stephen Kamara (pictured) of Black Lives Matter Kent was one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) march which attracted 300 to 400 people to Canterbury city centre on Saturday, 6 June. Kamara, 22, is an Accounting and Finance student at the University of Kent where he is…
Sam Snoad, managing director at the Castle Street Dental Practice, and her husband, Richard Snoad, a specialist dentist at the practice and its co-director, talk to Neasa MacErlean about the effect of coronavirus on dentists; and what patients can expect as Lockdown ends. As the NHS was ring-fenced, dental patients…
We are marking Mental Health Week with an article from Dr Tim Noble, head of the University of Kent’s Medical Centre. Dr Noble has been a partner at the University Medical Centre for over twenty-five years where all the practitioners have an interest in student health with an emphasis on…
We were told by a source close to the hospital on 25 April: ‘The policy at Ashford Hospital is for medical and nursing staff to have full Personal Protection Equipment (proper FFP3 mask, full length fluid resistant gown, face visor, gloves) only if they are performing an aerosol-generating procedure such…
Stephen Peckham is well-known in Canterbury for his work on Air Quality. He also has a global reputation for the work he does as Director of the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent. One of the roles of the Centre is to examine the relationship between…
When I was out on my permitted daily exercise the other day I was reading Greta Thunberg’s Climate Change Speech to the UK Parliament on 23rd April 2019 — exactly a year to the day! It’s a real alarm call to our politi-cians at both national and local level to…
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