For the second year, Chiddingstone Castle is recruiting witches and wizards aged six to 10 to join the Castle’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to help the Headmaster on a magical mission! The event takes place during half term week Thursday, Friday and Saturday 25, 26 and 27 October – 10.30 to 4.30pm. Activities include: Meeting the school’s headmaster. Flying lessons. The dark arts and crafts. Singing, dance and games practice. Potion making. Awards for best dressed and e

Ethical community coffee brand Esquires Coffee is launching a new store in Tunbridge Wells. Opening on Tuesday 28 August, the new store will offer a great range of Fairtrade and organic coffee, teas and chocolate, as well as tempting food from brunch and lunch through to dinner, and children’s menus. Vegan and veggies among you will be delighted to learn that the coffee shop will be offering much loved classics as well as healthy, vegan and vegetarian dishes – all available t

A new Little Waitrose has been opened at Shell St Johns, with a ribbon cutting, attended by The Mayor of Tunbridge Wells, Councillor Len Horwood and Shell retail and alliance strategy manager, Ed Hall. To mark the opening, the first 1000 customers making a purchase in the new store received a free Waitrose branded hessian bag. Ed Hall said, ‘We are pleased to announce the re-opening of Shell St Johns. Working with Waitrose, we are bringing an updated and expanded store to our

Hop along to Kent Life in Maidstone on 8 and 9 September 2018 for the annual Hops ‘n’ Harvest Beer Festival. With a packed programme of activity planned for the weekend, festival goers can enjoy a great atmosphere while listening to some fantastic live music and sampling up to 50 varieties of locally brewed beers, ales and cider in the beer tent. Take in the pleasant aromas of the hops while witnessing and taking part in the hop making processing including picking some of Ken