On 23 February 2024, the Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Councillor Jean Butcher, opened a permanent exhibition of a model of Whitstable Harbour as it was in 1923, at the South […]

Thanks to generous donations from local businessmen Paul Abbott and Paul Roberts, the Society has reached its £75,000 target for the Aphra Behn statue. We are hugely grateful to them […]

It’s looking good for Jason deCaires Taylor’s fine Alluvia underwater statues in the Stour beside the Westgate. After years of neglect, thanks to CCS and with the backing of the […]

On Friday 1 December, Julian Waltho, Canterbury City Guide and Chair of the Canterbury Branch of the Historical Association, got the Society’s Christmas Party off to a cracking start with […]

The Society’s statue of Aphra Behn, playwright, poet and spy, is almost finished. After being cast in sections, the piece was welded together and sand blasted (hence her pale complexion) […]

CCS Chair Stewart Ross and Canterbury Society Chair Hilary Brian joined forces to talk to the Kentish Gazette about opposition in both their societies to the Council’s plan to sell […]

We have learned of the death, in April this year, of Robin Hawkins, a longstanding member of the Society. We send our commiserations to Erica, Robin’s widow, the other members […]

On the afternoon of Saturday 16 September, the last fine day of the summer, 16 members escaped the turmoil of the High Street and found refuge in the delightful tranquillity […]

It is with great sadness that we report the death after a long illness of our hugely respected President, Michael Steed. Following his retirement from a notable academic and political […]