Aphra 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 […]
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 […]
Aphra Behn wine, made by Kentish vineyard Barsole, features at the Canterbury Wine Festival, Westgate Hall.
This 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.
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation.
A year of events celebrating the life and works of the first woman professional writer in English and daughter of Canterbury, Aphra Behn (1640-1689).
