Any tourist from Canterbury, Dover or Rochester, visiting Stockholm and chancing to walk through Medborgarplatsen (Citizen Square) yesterday afternoon would have had a very bizarre experience.

As they entered the square, a black-clad Goth girl would have offered them a black paper flag with the word Kent on it. They would then have walked into a crowd of young people, some dressed as zombies, many crying, gathered around a large black banner bearing the name of their home county. There was even a dog. looking rather down in the mouth, with a Kent banner on his doggy jacket. If they’d asked, they’d have been told: “This is it. The end of Kent. The very last day! Would you like to join our Kent funeral procession?”

Yikes! Time to ring home and find out what in heaven’s name has been happening?

No need to panic Kentish maids and Men of Kent!

As some of the AW know, Kent is the name of an Eskiltuna band who played the final date of their farewell tour yesterday. Founded in 1990, they announced that they were throwing in the towel earlier in the year by means of a spooky YouTube video. The news rapidly » Continue Reading.