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Aphra Behn Prayer-Poetry Workshop
St Paul's Church Church Street, Saint Paul's, Canterbury, United KingdomAphra Behn may be best known for her plays, but she also wrote some fascinating poetry – and not all of it as risqué as her reputation suggests. On 18 November 2023, Professor Elaine Hobby and Dr Astrid Stilma led a workshop on Behn’s intriguing poem ‘A Paraphrase upon the Lord’s Prayer’, first published in […]
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Inspirational Women of Kent co-creation workshop
A fantastic visit back to Canterbury and the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge to spend the day researching inspirational Kent women through the ages. Led by digital humanities expert Dr Catriona Cooper and facilitator and content curator Helen Crutcher, the group took the life of Aphra Behn, plus a guided tour of the Beaney's […]
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Aphra Behn wine, made by Kentish vineyard Barsole
Canterbury Wine Festival Westgate Hall, Westgate Hall Road, Canterbury, United KingdomAphra Behn wine, made by Kentish vineyard Barsole, features at the Canterbury Wine Festival, Westgate Hall.
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Exhibition at The Beaney, High Street, Canterbury. ‘Canterbury’s Aphra Behn (1640-1689): Literature’s best kept secret’
The Beaney House of Arts and Knowledge 18 High Street, Canterbury, United KingdomThis exhibition celebrates the startling achievements of this daughter of London stage every season for over 50 years and a novella, Oroonoko, the first fiction in English to centre on a rebellion of enslaved Africans.
