Hythe’s Tale From the Crypt
Steve Ladner finds out why so many human remains are stored in one place. BBC Radio Kent’s Secret Kent series.
Hop Pickers Tragedy at Hartlake
Steve Ladner finds out how disaster unfolded in the River Medway near Hadlow.
Radical relationships at Sissinghurst
Steve Ladner explores the LGBTQ+ history at one of our most famous house and gardens.
The tale of Samual Plimsoll
The Victorian MP and social reform campaigner is remembered in Folkestone. Jo Burn reports.
Murder in Seal Chart
It's 1908 and there's a murder, poison pen letters and suicide. Stever Ladner has more.
From Chatham to The White House
Chatham's historic dockyard is where Steve Ladner sought out the tale of a famous desk.
The lady launchers of Dungeness
As the RNLI marks 200 years of saving lives at sea, Steve Ladner speaks to one of few remaining women on hand to launch the Dungeness lifeboat. Photo Credit: RNLI Dungeness.
History, deer and the Fab Four all in one place
We sneak inside Knole Park in Sevenoaks with Steve Ladner.
Inside the smallest pub in Kent
The Little Gem in Aylesford, affectionately known as the smallest pub in the county and dating back to the 1100s, was closed and derelict for 10 years.
Wouldham's hero
A man buried in a village churchyard next to the River Medway, played a key role in one of this country's key battles. Steve Ladner went along to find out more.
Roman secrets in a Tudor place
There are many hidden treasures at Smallhythe Place. Steve Ladner has been for a look.
Tragedy on the 'Princess Margaret'
As the RNLI marks 200 years of saving lives at sea, Steve Ladner hears the story of Dover's cross channel catastrophe. Photo Credit: RNLI.
'I knew Chatham's gates would close'
Straight out of school, John De Rose began his apprenticeship at Chatham Dockyard. Jo Burn went to meet him. Photo Credit: Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.
Hadlow's towering heart
It dominates the landscape but is it a castle, a church or something completely different? Steve Ladner finds out.
Cobham's empty tomb
Close to the bustling A2, Steve Ladner finds a folly to human behaviour.
Where war gave way to beauty and calm
Step inside the history of Hole Park Gardens with Steve Ladner.
The story of the black Windmill
It's Rolvenden Windmill and it only survives because of an awful accident.
'It even smells like a Lancaster'
A replica cockpit of an Avro Lancaster Bomber has landed in Manston. And the public can take it for a spin. Jo Burn reports.
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