Westminster Abbey and Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Visitors can book tickets for dates in July and August and visit the many areas of the Abbey as before.

We are also open for worship and you are welcome to join us at our daily services. You can also attend individual prayer from 10:30am – 1:00pm, Monday – Saturday, but this is subject to change.

Some COVID hygiene guidance remains in place.

Past Institute lectures

Justice

Justice is a characteristic of a civilised society. Where is it to be found? In structures of government; institutions; individuals? Is it the same as fairness?

Justice needs to be seen to be done or resentment flairs, but should it be punitive, retributive, restorative or rehabilitative? Can justice that attends to individual heartbreaking cases also be fair and transparent? Can it acknowledge the place of mercy, grace, generosity, sacrifice, and undeserved forgiveness?

Video

Westminster Lecture: Fair enough? Justice in the 21st Century

James Hawkey, Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey and The Right Honourable Jack Straw

Westminster Lecture: Can institutions be just?

Dr Claire Foster-Gilbert, Director, Westminster Abbey Institute, and Baroness Butler-Sloss

Westminster Lecture: Is a just society possible?

The Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster, Rector of St Margaret's Church and Chair of Westminster Abbey Institute, and Mark Ormerod, Chief Executive, Supreme Court