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Published: 2:48 PM April 22, 2021    Amit Chaudhuri, Otegha Uwagba and Roisin Kiberd are just three of the fabulous creative minds speaking at this years Folkstone Book Festival - Credit: Creative Folkstone The Creative Folkstone Book Festival The Shape of Things to Come  is back and bigger than ever in Folkstone this summer. Running from Friday 4 to Sunday 13 June 2021, there is plenty of bookish fun to be had both in Folkstone and at home. British author, poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay...

Published: 12:16 PM April 14, 2021    Grab a cup of tea, a homemade honey and lemon tea or your regular cuppa, and find out how to start living a slow life here in Kent. - Credit: Jovan Vasiljević / Unsplash If this pandemic has taught us anything, taking a step back and slowing down is sometimes exactly what is needed to reconnect us with our lifes purpose or with one another. Here are some ideas to get you on your way to becoming a slow living guru Social distancing has made us all crave ...

A SUSSEX MP is paid £37,000 a year as an adviser to a children’s care provider. Conservative MP Tim Loughton is paid the figure “for an expected commitment of 12 hours a month” but refused to tell The Argus what it entailed. The payment has been revealed in the latest release of the House of Commons register of financial interests. According to the document, the East Worthing and Shoreham MP acts as an adviser to the board of the Outcomes First Group, formerly the National Foster...