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Paul Bennett – “Let us now praise a famous man”
The Society is sad to announce that Professor Paul Bennett has died. He did more than anyone else since the 1980s to discover and preserve the archaeology of Canterbury and […]
A Heritage Like No Other
On 1 October Dr Ken Moffat is publishing his 144-page poem interweaving his time in the city with its remarkable literary heritage. It’s a very special work in three voices: […]
DRAMA AHEAD: DATE FOR DIARY!
As part of the celebrations welcoming the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to this country, CCS and the Canterbury Shakespeare Festival are staging a brand new historical drama, The Tapestry, […]
IN OVER THEIR HEADS
The grand finale of the CCS season of 2025 to 2026 was a stimulating talk by Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh on Nicholas Faunt, the Canterbury Mayor. Nicholas and his fellow citizens […]
Your Opinion Matters!
We have two shortlisted maquettes from students at EKC for the Michael Steed Toleration Memorial. It will stand in the grounds of the renovated castle. Both are wonderful. Assuming we […]
Roaring Raffle
The 2026 CCS Fundraising Raffle, drawn at the 2026 Summer Party, raised over £600 for our current projects. Our most sincere thanks go to all the individuals and organisations who […]
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Have you seen the Alluvia statue in the River Stour in Canterbury? Created by international artist Jason deCaires Taylor, Alluvia will be formally presented to the public and handed over to Canterbury City Council at 6.30 pm on Sunday 22 September.
Love that locals are freaking out over the new Alluvia statue in the River Stour Canterbury, inspired by Ophelia from Shakespeare's Hamlet - which is said to have been inspired by a 16th century drowning in the Stour.
Especially as it lights up at night - amazing and terrifying
“She should be #Canterbury’s most famous daughter and it’s an absolute crime that she isn’t” – the opening words from @CharloCornell who spoke to us recently about #poet, #playwright & #spy, #AphraBehn: https://www.rotarycanterbury.org.uk/canterbury-rotary-news/aphrabehn-cornell.html
#womenwriters #canterburyhistory #canterburykent
383 years ago today, Aphra Behn (Johnson) was baptised in the village of Harbledown just outside of the city of Canterbury. To meet & be amongst the Aphra experts of the world, you need to be booking for THE conference 2nd - 4th July 2024 @UniKent See bio for booking link.
Yesterday our chair, Stewart and @CharloCornell @AphraStatue went to see the Canterbury-City-bound sculpture of Aphra Behn in all her sandblasted glory at the foundry & met up with the wonderful sculptor Christine Charlesworth to discuss installation, signage and cobbles (!)
The statue of Aphra Behn heading for Canterbury city centre being polished and inspected at the foundry. She’s nearly there: just finishing, trimming, some words & detail to go. What a stunning statue she will be @canterburycc @AphraStatue @CCCU_Culture @UniKentEnglish @mems_ukc
