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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Finding Canterbury on the map

If you ever though you knew exactly where everything was, a German website has designed a game where you have to drop a pin on exactly where a selected city or village is.

One of their many locations available is Canterbury. To be able to play the game contestants simply need to go onto a google map provided by the website which has had all road guides and place names removed. Once you have dropped the pin, the computer will tell you exactly how far you were from the actual town.

The Map Game is the brain child of Marek Luthardt from Unterfoehring in Germany. He said: "The original idea for this kind of map game came from TV quiz shows in Germany, where such games were played. I asked myself whether there existed such a game online - Google Maps would seem a good base for this type of quiz. There are some games like this out there, but none of them uses Google Maps, nearly all require Flash and/or a registration to be able to play. So The Map Game was created in March 2009 and since then experiences growing traffic and usage."

To access the game or to get in contact with Mr Luthardt go to http://www.map-game.com/



Canterbury University hosts first ever media awards

Canterbury Christ Church University held a competition, organized by the media department for its students to propose and develop new marketing campaigns for some local charities.

Some of the charities involved included Kent Cancer Trust, Build a School and Thanet Animal Group.  At an awards ceremony on the 3rd May the five projects put forward by participants were presented and the judged.

The winning group called Degree Advertising, who were working with Build a school, made the best campaign. The group held fund-raising events in schools with t-shirts and other promotional material.



Ann Page, from the charity Build A School, said: “I was extremely impressed with the hard work and dedication  put in to help us develop ideas on fundraising and to raise the profile of our new sustainable living Tickbird Visitor Centre in Malawi. We are very excited about using some of the ideas in our future advertising and fundraising campaigns."

With such success from this project, the media department at Christchurch are planning to carry out similar events in the future

Dryness hits the county

This spring has been one of the most dry in recent years. The lack of rain has meant the possibility of a drought hitting Canterbury and the surrounding area across the summer. However, resisdents have been told not to worry.


Monday, May 16, 2011

Chaucer eat your heart out

Students from St Mary's University College in Twickenham will be recreating Geoffry Chaucer's Canterbury tales. The undergraduate students will be playing around the Ham Green area on Saturday 21st May.

Westgate Meuseum spectacular to open to public

The old Westgate in Canterbury, once one of the main entrances to pilgrims and visitors from around the world is being renovated into a new museum.


The tower museum originally faced closure due to lack of visitors, but a group of Canterbury businessmen raised money to help get the building and museum renovated. The meuseum now under new management is due to open its doors in late spring.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Echo and the Bunnymen and may others for Lounge on The Farm

Local Canterbury festival Lounge on the Farm are going to see Echo and the Bunnymen headline this year on Merton farm.

the Liverpool group famous for songs such as 'the killing moon' and 'seven seas' will be joined by The streets and Ellie Goulding this July. Thousands of people come to the city to see the sites plus attend the festival.

But what does having such a big headliner mean to our city. Jamie Stephens, from BBC radio Kent said:

" having such an amazing band like echo and the bunnymen is amazing for  both the festival and our city. with an international reputation were bound to see echo and the bunnymen fans from around the world coming to see them."

The festival which kicks off in July still has tickets available which can be found at: http://www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk/

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Greeks of Canterbury!

If it's down at Manolis' Taverna or out in the Cuban Greeks are always out and about in Canterbury. As a community of students, chefs, lecturers and Residents problems back in the homeland are proving to be a big worry.