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  • Poet Laureates

    Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner.

  • Westminster Abbey Honour for Poet Philip Larkin

    Wednesday, 17th June 2015

    Westminster Abbey is to honour the poet Philip Larkin with a memorial stone to be dedicated next year.

    Philip Larkin Poets' Corner

  • Poets’ Corner

    Poets’ Corner Westminster Abbey is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here.

  • Art, Imagination and Public Service

    Art, Imagination and Public Service explored questions by bringing public servants into conversation with visual artists, poets and musicians.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 23rd July 2017

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2017: God in the dock ‘All rise!’, the voice shouts across the room; and the judge with wig and gown moves.

  • Elgar: Great is the Lord & other works

    Undisputed masterpieces and lesser-known gems feature in this comprehensive survey of Edward Elgar’s sacred choral music.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2016

    Sunday, 27th November 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Sub-Dean, Canon Theologian, and Archdeacon of Westminster.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 10th June 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018: The extraordinary truth is that the grace of God abounds in the ordinary for us all, whether we know it or not..

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 13th February 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022: “What will you be satisfied with?” Last year was the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine.

  • An Ash Wednesday Reflection

    Wednesday, 5th March 2025

    Join The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, as he explores the significance of Ash Wednesday, and how it helps us enter into the season of Lent.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2016

    Sunday, 8th May 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019

    Sunday, 22nd September 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Lancelot Andrewes Next Wednesday the Church of England remembers Lancelot Andrewes. Among a number of significant appointments he became Dean of Westminster.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Annunciation of Our Lord 2024

    Monday, 8th April 2024

    If we can but bear it, we will see that all around are the fields of paradise.

  • Sermon preached at the Festival Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor 2024

    Saturday, 19th October 2024

    What should be the pilgrim’s imprint upon the earth?

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2016

    Sunday, 27th November 2016

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2016: The Bird of Paradise “Driving last year in the red wilderness of Australia’s Great Sandy Desert, again and again I.

  • Royal Wedding Address

    Friday, 29th April 2011

    Address given by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Richard Chartres, KCVO Bishop of London.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2015

    Sunday, 22nd March 2015

    Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2017

    Sunday, 5th November 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White Sub-Dean and Canon Theologian.

  • Sermon given at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2017

    Sunday, 24th December 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 29th July 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity: Throughout the year, at Morning Prayer and at Evensong, we hear readings read from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Throughout.

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