The context of this morning’s Gospel is perhaps not quite what it seems. We are familiar with this teaching, Jesus encouraging his disciples not to worry, either about their life or their food and ...
The 20th century’s finest actor, Laurence Olivier, had deep religious roots that played a vital role in his craft. Over three ...
The Dean, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, sat down to discuss poetry, history and faith with comedian Frank Skinner. Maddy ...
Pilgrimage is having a moment. Even as census results suggest a declining commitment to Christianity in the UK, ancient ...
It’s mostly dead pigeons, and the odd bird’s leg. Someone else saw a woodpecker. There’s a peregrine falcon who hunts pigeons ...
How would you describe what you do? We’ve made and repaired a lot of vestments and hangings. Copes, chasubles, stoles, altar frontals… We’ve done them in gold, we’ve done them in white, red, green, ...
This was at his own wish. He wrote in his will "that my name be inscribed in plain English letters on my tomb... I rest my claims to the remembrance of my country upon my published works...". Dickens ...
What does a day in the life of an organ tuner look like? The Abbey organ has just under 7,000 pipes and it’s spread around the building. The general regime for tuning the organ is one full-day visit ...
Research showed that, while as many as 71 per cent of churches had some sort of digital expression at the height of COVID, today that number is about 31 per cent.
For starters, locking everything up is a complex job. The Abbey has many doors. Jenny, an ex-hospitality worker and one of the increasing number of women being recruited, brandishes an immense bunch ...