The Dean, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, sat down to discuss poetry, history and faith with comedian Frank Skinner. Maddy ...

The 20th century’s finest actor, Laurence Olivier, had deep religious roots that played a vital role in his craft. Over three ...

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 ...

If you have experience with embroidery, tailoring, or plain sewing and would like to join the Guild, email Minor Canon and Sacrist Helena Bickley-Percival at: helena.percival@westminster-abbey.org.

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.

In 1933 – the same year that Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany – Bonhoeffer moved to London where he became pastor to two German-speaking churches, including the congregation of that little ...

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 ...

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 every fortnight. The tuner arrives to coincide with the ...

Appointed Dean in 1620, Williams found favour with James I and within a year was also Keeper of the Great Seal and Bishop of Lincoln. His fortunes fell under Charles I  (who Williams had alienated ...

It was only by walking, by travelling at the natural human pace, that small, surprising details – a tombstone, an information sign hidden in the reeds, the strange clank of a gate, the December sun ...

Fergus Butler-Gallie is an author and the Vicar of Charlbury in Oxfordshire. He was the winner of the 2023 PG Wodehouse Essay Prize. His most recent book, 12 Churches: An Unlikely History of the ...