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• 13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 7th May 1998

  Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• Abbey Marks Shakespeare Anniversary

  Monday, 8th August 2016

  Westminster Abbey marked the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a wreath laying during Matins on Sunday 7th August 2016.

  William Shakespeare Wreathlaying

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

  Sunday, 7th August 2016

  Sermon given by The Reverend Dr Paul Edmondson, Head of Research, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

• William Shakespeare

  Playwright

  Shakespeare was buried at Stratford upon Avon in 1616 and it was not until 1741 that a statue to him was erected in Poets' Corner.

• Poets’ Corner

  Poets’ Corner Westminster Abbey is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here.

  Notable people

• 32nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 11th May 2017

  Salley Vickers addresses the crucial role of the arts in giving shape and form to abiding intangible realities, suggesting the vital importance of nurturing the imagination through the arts in an increasingly secular society.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2019

  Sunday, 26th May 2019

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2019: ‘Those who love me will keep my word.’ We all believe that words matter. They are memorable, they build connections,.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2015

  Sunday, 27th September 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Sermon at a Service of Morning Prayer in Thanksgiving for the Life of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

  Sunday, 11th April 2021

  A sermon remembering the life and work of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

• Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016

  Sunday, 25th December 2016

  Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016: What’s in a name? What’s in a name? The famous quotation from Shakespeare assures us that a rose by any other name would smell as.

• Jerusalem Chamber

  The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.

  Architecture

• Sermon at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2018

  Sunday, 4th November 2018

  Sermon at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2018: I wonder if you ever experience dreams? I wonder if you ever experience dreams? I suspect that you do, because most of.

• Sermon at the The Whitehall Carol Service 2018

  Tuesday, 18th December 2018

  Is it possible or sensible to talk of a Golden Age? And if so, when might there have been a Golden Age?

  Whitehall Carol Service Dean of Westminster

• Sermon given at A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Alleyn’s School

  Friday, 18th January 2019

  It is a pleasure to welcome the community of Alleyn’s School to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Edward Alleyn’s educational trust.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2021

  Sunday, 14th February 2021

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2021: For St Peter it doesn’t get much better than Moses and Elijah. ‘Let us make three dwellings’, said Peter,.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618)

  Sunday, 28th October 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618): Do we see the hidden reality in the life of Sir Walter.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2020

  Sunday, 13th December 2020

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2020: Putting right what was wrong. Ten years ago, I was appointed Dean of Bristol.  A friend sent me a.

• Stained Glass

  Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day.

  Art

• 30th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 21st May 2015

  The Reverend Lucy Winkett asks what can the Church say about the Christian requirement for mercy as a public value? Is the quest for purity as damaging as it is noble? Do our public conversations confuse sincerity with truth? And is there any such thing as innocence?

• 7th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 7th May 1992

  Delivered by John Fenton at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1992 and at Lincoln Theological College and Keble College, Oxford.