The poet, writer and dramatist Aphra (Astrea or Aphara) Behn (1640?-1689) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey, near the steps up into the church. Thomas Sprat was Dean of Westminster ...

Aphra Behn followed Shakespeare and Milton yet ... Behn found further success with poetry and novels. The Fair Jilt is often regarded as the first fiction novel by a woman, while her most famous ...

Playwright, poet, spy. Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn with Professor Elaine Hobby and director Loveday Ingram who has given Behn's play The Rover a South American carnival setting at the RSC.

Christine Charlesworth, who designed the statue of Behn, said ... and have a conversation with her." Poet and writer Charlotte Cornell is from A is for Aphra, the local group behind the project ...

Her Majesty arrived in Canterbury high street to reveal the bronze figure Aphra Behn – who was born to a Kent barber in the 17th Century, and then went on to lead an extraordinary life.

Image caption, The statue of Behn (pictured ... to stand and have a conversation with her." Poet and writer Charlotte Cornell is from A is for Aphra, the local group behind the project to get ...

Queen Camilla unveiled the Aphra Behn statue Following the unveiling ... Two schoolchildren who won prizes in the Canterbury Festival’s Poet of The Year competition also read their winning ...

Free Thinking - Aphra Behn. 1066 and the South Coast. Mark Thompson Proms Poetry Competition Free Thinking - Thames Estuary Festival, Jatinder Verma, Arne Næss Free Thinking: Energy and Landscape ...

His grave, a few yards away from that of his friend and fellow writer Aphra Behn, has a faint inscription just with his ... Next to this are deposited the remains of Thomas Brown, a poet not the least ...

The Queen unveils a statue of 17th century playwright and poet Aphra Behn. During her visit to Canterbury, Queen Camilla revealed she has adopted a rescue puppy after she was left heartbroken by the ...