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Charles Gore Lecture 2022
Tuesday, 5th April 2022
Professor Anna Rowlands gives the annual Charles Gore Lecture on The Roots of Trust: theological and political reflections on trust in troubled times.
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The organs
Thousands of people visit us each year to hear our famous grand organ, a fine five-manual Harrison & Harrison instrument installed for the 1937 coronation.
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Princess Margaret, daughter of George VI
Princess Margaret was the second daughter of King George VI and the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. She married at Westminster Abbey in 1960.
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Wesley Carr
Writer, Dean and Priest/Minister
The ashes of Dr (Arthur) Wesley Carr, KCVO, Dean of Westminster from 1997-2006, were buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey on 24th April 2018.
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Abbey Spectacular!
Daniel Cook plays a collection of classic organ music on the grand organ of Westminster Abbey
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VE Day 75
On 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill announced that the Second World War in Europe at an end. This was VE Day or Victory in Europe Day.
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Ashes of Dr Wesley Carr buried in the Abbey
Wednesday, 25th April 2018
Evensong on Tuesday 24th April 2018 was followed by the burial of the ashes of the Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr KCVO, who was Dean of Westminster from 1997 to 2006.
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Queen’s Almsman and Abbey Oblate reads for podcast
Sunday, 5th July 2020
Dr Mariama Ifode-Blease, Abbey Oblate and Queen’s Almsman, reads from St Matthew’s gospel for Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, released today.
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Fabian Ware
Soldier
Major General Sir Fabian Ware, founder of the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, has a memorial stone in St George's chapel.
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Gordon Roland-Adams
Musician
The ashes of Leslie Gordon Roland-Adams, Head Master of Westminster Abbey Choir School, 1988 to 1997, were buried in the vault of the Islip chapel.
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Walter Porter
Musician and Composer
Walter Porter, singer and musician, was Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1639-44. He was buried in St Margaret's on 30th November 1659.
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NAFAS
In the east cloister, just north of the Chapter House, is a stone with an emblem of a lozenge with a flower design inside it.
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Peter Holder
In his role as Sub-Organist Peter Holder is the chief musical assistant to the Organist and Master of the Choristers, playing the organ for the Abbey’s daily services and accompanying the Abbey Choir in recordings and concerts.
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Sarah Siddons
Actor
In the chapel of St Andrew is a larger than life-size white marble statue to Sarah Siddons, reputed to be the country’s finest tragic actress.
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Lord Robert Manners
Sailor
In the north transept is a monument, known as The Three Captains memorial, commemorating Royal Navy captains William Bayne, William Blair and Lord Robert Manners.
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The Reverend Dr James Hawkey
The Reverend Dr James Hawkey is Canon Theologian at the Abbey, with particular responsibility for theological study and teaching.
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The Choir
The Choir of Westminster Abbey is renowned worldwide. Comprising thirty boys and twelve adult singers, its main focus is to sing the daily choral services.
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Abbey to light up red for 25th anniversary of Modern Martyrs
Thursday, 6th July 2023
The Abbey’s west front will be floodlit in blood red as the sun goes down on the evening of Saturday 8th July to mark the eve of the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the modern martyrs.
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Workshop: Dignity and Trauma
Wednesday, 22nd November 2023
Westminster Abbey Institute brings together a panel of speakers for a lunchtime symposium on Dignity and Hostility.
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Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard
Tuesday, 22nd March 2022
Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard: Today is a day to unite against evil..