Kent Cricket Heritage Trust

January 7, 2017

I’ve been helping out the recently established KCCC Heritage Trust with curatorial advice on their collections. Care and cataloguing are the priorities and they have a great collection to share more widely. It was a privilege to handle material like the original 1876 scorebook for WG Grace’s 344 against Kent – the first ever score over 300 and his highest. There are many memories of the 1970s glory years to bring a tear to the eye of us Kent fans, but also an eye on contemporary collecting.

Hand-held Heaven

October 21, 2015

Was published in `Best of British’ in June. The ice cream weather may have gone, but it was lovely to see my piece, subtitled `The golden age of ice-cream’, fronting up this summer-themed issue.

`Belvedere Village’ to be published in `Bygone Kent’

April 16, 2015

`Belvedere Village – Victorian Prayers and Profit’ is a primary source- based article on the rapid development of Upper Belvedere in the 1800s. It’s a tale of pubs and patrimony, crooks and committees, old salts, villas and watercress. `Bygone Kent’ is the magazine of Kent’s history and `Belvedere Village’ will appear shortly.

`Just one Cornetto!’ to appear in `Best of British’

January 24, 2015

Remember Mivvi, Heart or Kinky? `Just one Cornetto!’, a nostalgic look back at the golden age of the hand-held ice cream will appear in `Best of British’ in the summer.