Following on from her highly-popular talk on Aphra Behn two years ago, Charlotte Cornell returns to speak about the inns, public houses, and taverns which have formed a major part of the history of Canterbury over the last millennia.

Offering refuge to weary pilgrims to the city or as social hubs for local citizens, how have these hostelries shaped and influenced local architecture and culture?

Cornell will reveal more about some of the characters who once trod the cobblestones of Canterbury in search of refreshment.