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• Sermon given on the Fourth Sunday of Lent

  Sunday, 22nd March 2020

  I think I may be reaching for the poetry books too often. So, begging your pardon for another poem, let us begin with Roger McGough.

• Wall paintings

  Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.

  Art Christianity

• Abbey collection to support Cambridge University scholarship

  Thursday, 21st November 2013

  A collection taken at a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of C S Lewis will be used to support a new scholarship at the University of Cambridge in honour of the writer, scholar and Christian apologist.

  C S Lewis

• 34th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 9th May 2019

  Sir James MacMillan argues that the search for the sacred did not end with modernity in music and that it has grown and become complex.

  Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucarist on Trinity Sunday

  Sunday, 31st May 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Address Given at The Service of Thanksgiving and Re-Dedication to Mark the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain

  Sunday, 20th September 2015

  Address given by The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) Jonathan Chaffey QHC RAF, Chaplain-in-Chief, Royal Air Force.

  Battle of Britain Sunday

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

  Sunday, 10th July 2016

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday of Advent 2016

  Sunday, 27th November 2016

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints’ Day 2017

  Wednesday, 1st November 2017

  Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2018

  Sunday, 14th January 2018

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence

• Sermon at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2018

  Sunday, 27th May 2018

  Sermon at Evensong on Trinity Sunday 2018: It is God "that breathes fire into the equations of the universe." Next month, on Friday 15 June, a Service of Thanksgiving will take place here.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018

  Sunday, 2nd December 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018: Today we start the new Church Year with the beginning of a new season of Advent. Today we start the.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Lent 2019

  Sunday, 24th March 2019

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Lent 2019: Where will I end up? Before the city of Venice arose from its salty lagoon, raised on sunken piles.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2019

  Sunday, 4th August 2019

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2019: The vice which constantly seeks more possessions. In March this year, the UK Government Statistical Service released the UK’s statistics.

• A reflection for Passiontide

  Sunday, 29th March 2020

  At first glance, the site of Auschwitz Birkenau and the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria della Concezione appear to have very little in common.

• Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022

  Sunday, 3rd July 2022

  Sermon given at Civic Matins 2022: What are you supposed to be? That interests me this morning. Let me take you back nearly 500 years. In December 1540, the City of Westminster.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2022

  Sunday, 14th August 2022

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2022: When God peers into my life, what does he see? Who am I and, for that matter, who are.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2024

  Sunday, 17th March 2024

  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday after Trinity 2024

  Sunday, 16th June 2024

  The kingdom of heaven is like...

• Abbey bells

  Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.