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WELCOME TO YOUR OCTOBER EDITION. We all know Canterbury is a great place to live and work, and over the last fi ve years the city has benefi tted from being a Business Improvement District. It is now celebrating the start of a second fi ve-year term and on page 11 we look at the BID’s history along with the plans for helping drive further environmental and cultural improvements. Staying in the city, we shine the spotlight on Burgate, the Cathedral Quarter, and celebrate a feast of arts and entertainment as the Canterbury Festival kicks off with our exclusive interview with headliner Laura Mvula and festival director Rosie Turner. Just in time for half-term – and Halloween – we round up some spook-tacular local days out for all the family. And talking family, our 4-page autumn Planning for Later Life extra is essential reading for living life to the fullest. If you’re looking for an autumn getaway, check out our guide to Venice. There are all of our regular reads too, plus if you’re feeling lucky there’s the chance to win dinner for 4 at the Pearson’s Arms in Whitstable.


Sarah editorial@indexmagazine.co.uk PUBLISHER Stephen Gurney EDITOR Sarah Hamilton-Walker


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