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Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations. Westminster Abbey celebrates the occasion with a special service that takes place on the second Monday of March each year.

P.G. Wodehouse

Writer, Playwright and Novelist

A memorial to Sir P.G. Wodehouse was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in September 2019. The stone is near the memorial to Noel Coward.

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Listen to the reflection

A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse

Friday, 20th September 2019

HRH The Duke of Kent attended the dedication of a memorial stone to PG Wodehouse at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th September 2019.

PG Wodehouse Poets' Corner Memorial dedication Special Service

Luke Flintoft

Composer, Musician and Priest/Minister

The Reverend Luke Flintoft, composer, was a Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey from 1720-1727 and was buried in the south cloister on 6th November 1727.

Tommy Thompson

The gilded stone cross on the west gable is a memorial to Thomas (Tommy) G. Thompson, Secretary and Executive Director of the Westminster Abbey Trust.

Charles Gore lecture: Theology for Commonwealth: God’s Dreaming, Common Worth, Planetary Communion

Wednesday, 17th September 2025

Join us for a lecture that offers a theology look for Commonwealth by turning our attention from Word to Dreaming, from wealth to worth, from common good to planetary communion.

Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

Sir Mark Rylance returns to Westminster Abbey

Thursday, 4th January 2018

Sir Mark Rylance will return to Westminster Abbey with a company of actors bringing the words of William Shakespeare to life for six special performances in April.

Study of the ‘cosmatesque’ mosaics published

Friday, 18th October 2019

A nine-year, two-volume study into the Abbey's ‘cosmatesque’ mosaics has been published this week by Oxbow Books.

The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Cosmati pavement 750th anniversary

Gervase de Blois

Abbot

Gervase de Blois, a son of King Stephen by a lady called Dameta, was abbot of Westminster from 1137 until he was deposed in 1157.

Royals attend Service of Hope

Westminster Abbey held a Service of Hope following the terror attack in Westminster. The service was attended by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

Duke of Edinburgh opens 83rd Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance at Abbey

Thursday, 10th November 2011

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh opened the 83rd Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2011.

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Field of Remembrance Royal Visit

Abbey mourns former Organist and Master of the Choristers

Monday, 16th May 2022

Simon Preston CBE, who was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1981 to 1987, and Sub-Organist between 1962 and 1967, has died aged 83.

Music Choir of Westminster Abbey

William Carey

Priest/Minister

On 11th October 1949 the Baptist Missionary Society gave a carved English walnut lectern to Westminster Abbey in memory of William Carey, missionary in India.

Symposium: Dignity and Hostility

Thursday, 2nd November 2023

Westminster Abbey Institute brings together a panel of speakers for a lunchtime symposium on Dignity and Hostility.

Westminster Abbey Institute

One People Oration

Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - February

Tuesday, 20th February 2024

Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

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