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The Litlyngton Missal
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Lady Elizabeth and Joseph Nightingale monument maquette, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.
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The Litlyngton Missal
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Liber Regalis, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.
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Queens Consort of Westminster Abbey
Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.
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The rough trade of politics
On 18th October 2021, Westminster Abbey welcomed Parliamentarians to St Margaret’s Church as we mourned the tragic death of Sir David Amess MP.
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New Abbey Choir CD celebrates neglected Tudor composer
Friday, 2nd March 2018
The Abbey Choir celebrates the release of a new CD on Hyperion Records today, Friday 2nd March. Conducted by James O’Donnell, who also plays the organ interludes on the disc, Missa Videte miraculum is a compelling introduction to the work of early Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – c. 1557).
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 2
Wednesday, 28th September 2005
Charles Gore died in 1932, leaving a daunting legacy for anyone who would presume to lecture in his name.
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One People Oration 2017
Monday, 6th November 2017
Speaker: Sir John Major; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster
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Design
We’re undertaking a major project which will allow us to transform the welcome we offer to the 1.3 million visitors who come here each year.
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The Liber Regalis
Find out how a highly decorated manuscript from the 14th century has guided the understanding of coronation services at Westminster Abbey.
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Order of Service
Find out more about the practical purpose and historical significance of orders of service for coronations.
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A guide to coronations
Coronations are events in history that you may heard of, read about or seen in a film, but the details are a little vague. What is a coronation and why do they happen? Find out answers to these questions and more in this introductory guide.
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13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 7th May 1998
Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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Ampulla and spoon
Understand the essential role that a small vessel and a spoon play in the most important part of the coronation service.
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The Charles Gore Lecture 2002
Tuesday, 12th November 2002
Freedom is a term with a range of meanings, and tonight we shall need to notice three of them. First and most formally, it is the power to act, the ownership of one's behaviour that distinguishes intelligent agents from creatures of instinct.
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Frances and Charles Burney
Writer, Novelist, Musician and Priest/Minister
In a window in Poets’ Corner is a memorial panel to Fanny Burney. Her father Charles, musician, has a memorial in the north choir aisle.
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19th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 27th May 2004
Delivered by Father Timothy Radcliffe OP at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 27th May 2004 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Philanthropist and Statesman
In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
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A Reflection on blame
Friday, 17th April 2020
The news is full of the spat between Mr Trump and the World Health Organisation. Here is an argument about how you explain what is happening to us and, perhaps, about who is to blame.
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Fellows' programme
Westminster Abbey Institute offers a year-long programme in servant leadership for up to 20 public servants who are moving into senior roles.
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One People Oration 2019
Monday, 21st October 2019
There are many churches and cathedrals in the world, some of which are more beautiful, more ancient, more glorious than Westminster Abbey.