Climate Matters and Staying Warm

Climate Matters and Staying Warm

This month’s column is a practical look at how following our ancestors’ advice can reduce the energy we use to heat buildings, in both home and business settings. Heating buildings accounts for nearly a quarter of UK CO2 emissions, largely from heating private homes...
Manston Airport Development Consent Order Leave to Appeal

Manston Airport Development Consent Order Leave to Appeal

The Ramsgate Society strongly welcomes the decision on 7th February by the Right Honourable Lord Justice Warby, sitting in the Court of Appeal Civil Division, to grant leave to Appeal against the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to allow the Manston...
THE CLOCK HOUSE – Small Steps are Good Steps

THE CLOCK HOUSE – Small Steps are Good Steps

The first part of 2024 has been a period of rethinking after missing out with the Heritage Lottery Fund and therefore looking forwards around how best to reshape the Clock House project. As the great Douglas Adams said, it’s important not to panic! The result? Good...
Climate Matters January 2024 on COP28

Climate Matters January 2024 on COP28

Welcome to another edition of Climate Matters. We’ve recently had a major climate conference, COP28, and I’d like to share my thoughts about its conclusions and the future it paints. COP28 (Conference of the Parties) is the 28th United Nations Climate Change...
Free Illustrated Script  from Paul Lewis

Free Illustrated Script from Paul Lewis

We are delighted to have ended the talks programme for 2023 on a particular high when we were able to reinstate the postponed presentation by Paul Lewis on ‘A Tale of Two Towns: The Seaside Life of Wilkie Collins’. Paul will be known to many as the presenter of...