Public Talks

Christine will illustrate through her photographs the whole story of creating the bronze statue of Aphra Behn. Starting from her initial idea, through making the clay sculpture on a special armature, making the mould sections, followed by casting in wax for the lost wax process at the foundry. You will then see photographs of pouring […]

This talk by Charlotte Cornell from the University of Kent shines light on new archival evidence rooting Behn firmly in county dubbed 'the garden of England'. Charlotte will explore Behn's links to the villages of Harbledown, Wye and Sturry, the city of Canterbury itself and Behn's mother and father's links to wider Kent.

This talk by