Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at King's College London, UK. As Hugh of Horsea (nicknamed Mauclerc) scraped Becket's brains out on the paving stones in the north transept of Canterbury ...

Labelled the 'UK's postcard city' by UK Hidden Gems, Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Kent, and ...

Oliver Postgate (of Bagpuss fame) and Naomi Linnell (from Canterbury Cathedral Library) created this 15.5 metre cartoon frieze in the 1980s to tell the story of Thomas Becket. They took ...

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The world’s last working sea-going paddle steamer is to return to a Kent harbour for the first time in more than 20 years. A replica of the kind of ship of the Spanish Crown for maritime ...

Thomas Becket (1120?-1170), Archbishop of Canterbury. Sitter in 14 portraits.

The world’s last working sea-going paddle steamer is to return to a Kent harbour for the first time in more than 20 years. A replica of the kind of ship of the Spanish Crown for maritime ...

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Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and the Hill. He is also the program director of the National Journalism Center. For my friends, ‘context.’ For my ...

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The earliest surviving part of the building, the chapel, was consecrated in his presence. It was built as a medieval hospital ...