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28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Dame Averil Cameron gives the 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on Constantine's Vision and the Church Today - From the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) to the twenty-first century.
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24th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 14th May 2009
Delivered by The Reverend Professor Alister E. McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry & Education King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 14th May 2009.
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31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 26th May 2016
Roger Scruton, philosopher, public commentator and author, gives the 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic of The Sacred, the Profane and the Desecrated.
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18th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 8th May 2003
Delivered by The Reverend Professor Duncan B Forrester, New College, The University of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2003 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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2nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 21st May 1987
Delivered by The Rt Revd Simeon Nkoane CR, Assistant Bishop of Johannesburg at King's College London.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2003
Monday, 24th February 2003
The Basis of Anglican Fellowship in Faith in Organisation is the rather stodgy title which Bishop Charles Gore gave to an Open Letter he wrote to his clergy in the Diocese of Oxford in 1914.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2000
Tuesday, 14th November 2000
My title reflects a famous conversation between Charles Gore and William Temple. Temple himself describes it like this: Bishop Gore once said to me that he paid visits to St. John as to a fascinating foreign country, but he came home to St. Paul.
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Fraternité talk: When the English spoke French
Thursday, 18th April 2024
Join James Robinson, Interim Director of Collections at the V&A, to discover the complex and interdependent relationship of England and Continental Europe throughout the Middle Ages.
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English and The Arts tours
Visiting the Abbey with your secondary class is guaranteed to be a memorable experience as you explore the building to discover over a thousand years of faith and history. Our experienced guides link the Abbey to your course of study, offering both highlights tours or something more specific bringing the Abbey to life. Discover information about guided tours, costs and school bursary visits to Westminster Abbey.
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29. George I - the king who couldn't speak English
Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.
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'Plain English letters'
When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.
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Fraternité tour: Sororite!
Saturday, 2nd March 2024
Join us this Women’s History Month to explore the stories of some of the remarkable women who are woven into English and French history.
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Lunchtime concert: St Margaret's Consort
Wednesday, 12th June 2024
A musical journey through 500 years of English history.
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A guide to coronations
Coronations are events in history that you may heard of, read about or seen in a film, but the details are a little vague. What is a coronation and why do they happen? Find out answers to these questions and more in this introductory guide.
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Queens Consort of Westminster Abbey
Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.
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The rough trade of politics
On 18th October 2021, Westminster Abbey welcomed Parliamentarians to St Margaret’s Church as we mourned the tragic death of Sir David Amess MP.
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New Abbey Choir CD celebrates neglected Tudor composer
Friday, 2nd March 2018
The Abbey Choir celebrates the release of a new CD on Hyperion Records today, Friday 2nd March. Conducted by James O’Donnell, who also plays the organ interludes on the disc, Missa Videte miraculum is a compelling introduction to the work of early Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – c. 1557).
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Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Philanthropist and Statesman
In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
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Frances and Charles Burney
Writer, Novelist, Musician and Priest/Minister
In a window in Poets’ Corner is a memorial panel to Fanny Burney. Her father Charles, musician, has a memorial in the north choir aisle.