Refreshing wines for alfresco spring sipping
With the new season’s welcome balmier, sunnier days and lighter evenings, it’s time to shift the mood and find refreshing, convivial wines for get-togethers. It’s time to explore the many world-class wines on our doorsteps here in Kent. And if you want to taste and find out more about superb local wines then be sure […]
Dunorlan Park to host Jubilee celebrations
A series of events will take place at Dunorlan Park on Friday, June 3, starting at 12.45pm to mark Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne. At 1pm a military parade will be at the War Memorial attended by the Mayor and Vice Lord Lieutenant. At 1.30pm a colourful carnival-style parade will head to Dunorlan […]
St George’s Day lunch returns and raises thousands for cancer charity
The St George’s Day lunch at The Spa Hotel had to be cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic, but it returned last Friday (April 22). Organised by a group of Tunbridge Wells businessmen known as The Exiles, the lunch and charity auction in aid of the Pickering Cancer Drop-in Centre in Monson Road, was attended by […]
BID produces film to promote the town centre’s attractions
Covering the area of the Business Improvement District (BID), the short film features Kent singer Miss Holiday Swing twirling through shops, arcades, and cultural venues, meeting sunny smiles and waving shopkeepers. Addressing the issue of changeable spring weather head-on, the music chosen for the film is Miss Swing’s ‘April Showers’, and the singer deploys a […]
After decade in development the town’s cultural centre is set to open its doors
Named after the town’s turn-of-the-century suffragist and supporter of working women’s rights, the Amelia Scott complex incorporates a new library, museum, archives, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s (TWBC) Gateway, Kent County Council’s (KCC) register office, the Tourist Information Centre and Kent Adult Education (KAE) centre. The £21million complex, was first conceived back in 2013 with unanimous […]
Divorce changes see a ‘flurry’ of activity for town’s family lawyers
The biggest shake-up of divorce laws in half a century came into effect earlier this month and allow couples to end their marriage jointly, without pointing the finger of blame. Law firms in Tunbridge Wells told the Times the change has led to a ‘pick up’ in the number of cases that followed a ‘lull’ […]
Charity delivers record number of food parcels as cost of living bites
Dawn Stanford, operations director of Nourish Community Foodbank, said emergency food deliveries are up around 50 per cent and that the charity is now relying on its own financial reserves to keep people fed after food donations have also dropped off. She is blaming the rise in fuel and energy prices, along with hikes to […]
Residents find homes for 140 Ukrainian refugees
Under the scheme, people with a spare room in their home can provide it to those fleeing Putin’s assault in the Eastern European country. As of April 19, Tunbridge Wells had been allocated 141 visas under the scheme, which does not include visas issued to family members who arrived on a different scheme. The government […]
Comedian slammed for scathing attack branding town ‘arrogant and ignorant’
A comedian has launched a scathing attack on Tunbridge Wells – despite trying to sell tickets for a show in the town. Stewart Lee, who rose to fame as a double act with fellow comedian Richard Herring in the 1990s, is planning a performance at the Assembly Hall Theatre on May 12. Mr Lee, who […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 27th April 2022
