July 03, 2020
An exploration of life under lockdown will be at the heart of the reopening of The Beaney House of Art of Knowledge.
The Beaney will open its doors for the first time since closing in March on Tuesday 21 July.
October 02, 2015
Daren Kearl is the Community Development Librarian for Canterbury and Swale District and is based at the Beaney. His role includes working with partners and the local community. A series of blogs on things you probably didn’t know The Beaney offered… 5th to 11th October is Dyslexia Awareness Week, so I’m going to highlight some […]
November 18, 2015
This past week I have been making miniature models made from some of the drawings I shared with you on the last blog post. While drawing I really let go of any thoughts of function and utility and let the creativity run free and as a result the sketches were quite playful. I have tried […]
February 27, 2015
Nicky Thompson was Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. You can read her blog posts here and on her blog Pebble Press. The last time I was lucky enough to have a writing residency was a few years ago, at the Little Blue Hut in Tankerton. The Little Blue Hut was all about space, the quiet […]
July 29, 2015
All the staff at Canterbury Library are gearing up for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge – Record Breakers. Every summer all public libraries in Kent join in with the Summer Reading Challenge which is a national initiative run by The Reading Agency. This is the biggest reading promotion that we do in Kent and is […]