Additional interpretation: Aphra Behn
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A new European privacy law came into force in the UK on 25 May 2011 which aims to give website users more control over the information the website collects about them. The Canterbury Museums & Galleries website uses cookies to store information on your computer. This allows us to improve our website, and without them, […]
Writing in his autobiography, Oliver Postgate lavishes considerable praise on Peter Firmin regarding his contribution to the design and creation of the Clangers’ realm, yet his account of Joan Firmin’s contribution is much more economical: “Joan Firmin knitted them and she dressed the ladies, Mother Clanger, Tiny Clanger and the aunts, in patchwork coats”.1 With […]
September 06, 2016
With a month left to see the free exhibition Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr at The Beaney, Visitor Services Officer Sam Hurn assesses another possible eccentricity particular to the English – always thinking you can do the same as the professionals. Photography exhibitions are a peculiar thing. I have worked and visited […]
August 03, 2016
It’s fair to say any new acquisition is exciting, but occasionally an item enters the building creating a stir amongst staff; something so good you can’t quite believe you’re lucky enough to get to work alongside it, and so beautiful you can’t wait to tell everyone. This month that item is a – what I […]
June 02, 2016
Do you enjoy heritage? Would you, or someone you know, like to learn new skills and be inspired by collections at the Beaney and Canterbury Cathedral? If so, The Beaney and Canterbury Cathedral are hosting a selection of FREE Textiles and Mixed Media creative workshops for adults with sight loss living in Kent. Workshops are […]
August 26, 2015
In 1632 Cornelius Johnson was King Charles I’s official ‘picture-drawer’ and a peer of Anthony Van Dyck (the most famous artist in his day). He was an incredibly talented artist but was pushed into the background by the arrival of Van Dyck. Johnson has subsequently to be relegated as an obscurity of British Art. That […]