Our 2023 AGM was unusually well attended. Not that the annual reports or elections were especially riveting, but following routine business, the Society was given a fine conducted tour of […]

In the foundry, 6 mm of hot molten green wax has been painted into the silicon rubber mould of the statue that Christine Charlesworth made (see previous images) to produce […]

This remarkable image from the studio of the incomparable Christine Charlesworth shows the artist removing the rubber mould from the original clay version of the statue. The mould and its […]

Sculptor Christine Charlesworth has encased the clay model of the Aphra Behn statue in rubber and resin. The casing is divided into bolted sections, each of which will be cast […]

On Wednesday 31 May, the intrepid Aphra Behn readers chuckled and snorted their way through a cut version Aphra’s bawdily complex drama, The Rover Part II. Commissioned by James Duke […]

The first ever joint meeting with the Canterbury Branch of the Historical Association, held on Thursday 4 May,  was an undoubted success. The packed hall in the King’s School greatly […]

Gathered around a maquette of the proposed new statue of the playwright, on Wednesday 26 April, twelve members of CCS and their friends spent a highly enjoyable evening reading Christopher […]

We are delighted to announce that the Society’s project to provide the City Cemetery with a new location signboard has come to fruition. The project was driven by Trustee Julian […]

Christine Charlesworth is making splendid progress with the Aphra Behn statue. Having covered the skeleton (‘armature’) with little sausages of damp clay, she shaped these into the rough form of […]