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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2018 by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall.#westminsterabbey #allsaintsday

Michael McCarthy gives the first in a series of three Westminster Dialogues, part of the Embracing Global Challenges season from the Westminster Abbey Institute.Speaker: Michael McCarthy is a British writer with a special interest in nature and the natural world. He is the former environment correspondent of both The Times and The Independent.Chair and interlocutor: Dr Claire Foster-Gilbert, Director, Westminster Abbey InstituteRecording date: 23rd October 2018#westminsterabbey #westminsterabbeyinstitute #michaelmccarthy #environment #nature

The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth gives the One People Oration 2018 on the theme of Embracing Global Challenges. Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.#baronessscotland #commonwealth #westminsterabbey #westminsterabbyinstitute #globalpolitics

Sermon given by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey, 14th October 2018 #westminsterabbey #edwardtide

Sermon given by The Right Reverend Jonathan Goodall Bishop of Ebbsfleet and Priest Vicar at the Festival Eucharist on The Translation of Edward the Confessor #edwardtide #westminsterabbey #stedwardtheconfessor

Sermon given by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Translation of St Edward The Confessor, 12th October 2018 at Westminster Abbey #westminsterabbey #edwardtide #stedwardtheconfessor

Sermon given by the Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018. #legalyear #judgesservice #westminsterabbey

The Venerable (Air Vice-Marshal) John Ellis gives The Address at A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Britain #battleofbritain #ww2 #royalairforce #westminsterabbey

Sir Trevor Nunn gives The Address at A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the life and work of Sir Peter Hall, 11th September 2018, Westminster Abbey #westminsterabbey #sirpeterhall #theatre #sirtrevornunn

Sir David Hare, playwright, gives The Tribute at A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the life and work of Sir Peter Hall, 11th September 2018, Westminster Abbey #westminsterabbey #sirpeterhall #theatre #sirdavidhare

Address given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at A Service to mark the Centenary of the Royal Air Force, held at Westminster Abbey on 10th July at 10:30am #RAF100 #westminsterabbey #justinwelby #archbishopofcanterbury

Address given by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England at A Service to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the National Health Service#nhs70 #westminsterabbey #nhsengland

Address given by the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, the Reverend Gary Bradley, at the Civic Service held at Westminster Abbey on 1st July 2018#westminsterabbey #westminstercitycouncil

The Address given by the Reverend Canon Joel Edwards at Spirit of Windrush Contributions to Multicultural Britain A Service of Thanksgiving #windrush70 #windrush #windrushgeneration #windrushday #westminsterabbey

A Tribute given by the Astronomer Royal Professor the Lord Rees of Ludlow at A Service of Thanksgiving for Professor Stephen Hawking at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018 #westminsterabbey #stephenhawking

A Tribute given by Tom Nabarro at A Service of Thanksgiving for Professor Stephen Hawking at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018 #westminsterabbey #stephenhawking

A Tribute given by Nobel laureate Professor Kip Thorne at A Service of Thanksgiving for Professor Stephen Hawking at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018 #westminsterabbey #stephenhawking

The 19th century was a time when the novel came of age. Many of the era’s female novelists responded in powerful and sophisticated ways to the era’s preoccupation with issues of belief and religious practice.In this lecture, the Reverend Canon Dr Alison Grant Milbank, Associate Professor of Literature and Theology, University of Nottingham, discusses the work of Jane Austen (1775 – 1817).The lecture draws in part on the collection of essays Anglican Women Novelists: Charlotte Bronte to P.D. James, ed. Judith Maltby and Alison Shell (Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2019).Held in partnership with Art + Christianity at Westminster Abbey on 5th June 2018

The 33rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture - Beating the Bounds: Parish Ministry and Spirituality Today, delivered by The Reverend Richard Coles at Westminster Abbey on 24th May 2018.In ‘Beating the Bounds: Parish Ministry and Spirituality Today’, The Reverend Richard Coles explores the shape of parish priesthood today from the perspective of an incumbent of a small semi-rural parish with a much larger emerging digital and broadcasting ministry; and asks how spirituality sustains that ministry, and is, in return, shaped by it.Read a transcript of this talk on the Westminster Abbey website.#westminsterabbey #lecture #religion #christianity #revrichardcoles

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018 by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, on 20th May 2018 in Westminster Abbey. #westminsterabbey #sermon #pentecost #christianity

Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2018 by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster. #ascensionday #westminsterabbey

Address given by Sister Frances Dominica ASSP DL at a Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey on 9th May 2018. #florencenightingale #westminsterabbey

The Address given by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, on ANZAC Day 2018. #ANZACDay #westminsterabbey

Sermon given by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Evensong marking the 25th Meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government at Westminster Abbey at 3.00pm on Sunday 15th April 2018 #CHOGM2018 #westminsterabbey

Address given by The Right Reverend Dr Karowei Dorgu, Bishop of Woolwich, at Rediscovering Justice: A Service of Hope on the 50th anniversary of the death of the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Westminster Abbey, 4th April 2018. #martinlutherkingjr #westminsterabbey #mlk50

Sermon given at Westminster Abbey on Easter Day by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster. #easter #easterday #westminsterabbey

However difficult, truth should be the lodestar by which we choose our words and fashion our political and journalistic language, including the use of rhetoric. We all share responsibility for this. If politicians and journalists lie, it is because we want them to. Speaker: Claire Foster-Gilbert ; Chair: Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice Recorded in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 20th March, 6.30pm .#westminsterabbey

Speaker: Sir Stephen Lamport ; Chair: Lord SaatchiThe importance of truth cannot be underestimated. It is at the heart of those things which sustain a civilised society: trustworthiness, dependability, wise decisionmaking and solid relationships.This lecture was part of the Westminster Abbey Institute's Truth season, recorded Tuesday 13th March, 6.30pm in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey

The truth of a situation is often genuinely hard to pin down. But, argues the Reverend Professor Vernon White, that provides no cover or excuse for giving up the pursuit of truth, which remains vital, and believing that finding it is possible.Chair: Mark Easton, BBC Home EditorRecorded in The Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, 6th March 2018Part of the Truth season, from the Westminster Abbey Institute

Speakers: The Reverend Professor Michael Banner; John Raine; Rt Hon Jack Straw ; Chair: The Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret’s Church Is the use of 'diplomatic truth' by officials both with their own governments and foreign governments an outmoded and possibly damaging convention? Does a tweet do more good than a 'demarche'? If in this complex and disordered environment, it all goes horribly wrong, who is to blame? Is it those who assessed, took or managed the risk? If the world is getting more risky should be take more or fewer initiatives overseas?

Speaker: Professor Janet Soskice ; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster In classical Christian teaching God is not only beautiful but Beauty itself, not only truthful but Truth itself, not only good but Goodness itself. What can this mean in a consumerist world where ‘truth’ is contested, ‘goodness’ deemed prissy, and ‘beauty’ discussed mainly in terms of revolutionary new beauty products? Do we, in the age of Instagram, hear the adage ‘beauty is only skin deep’ not as a warning but as a stipulation - beauty is only appearance and appearance is all there is? If so, what can any of this have to do with truth’ or for that matter with God, and how do we avoid swindling ourselves out of that conviction that we are made to seek the truth, to behold beauty and to become beautiful - made to be, not only loved, but lovely?#westminsterabbey #janetsoskice

Sermon given by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, at a Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes on 14th February 2018 at Westminster Abbey. #westminsterabby #ashwednesday

Sermon given by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, at a Sung Eucharist on The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 2nd February 2018 #candlemas #westminsterabbey

The Coarsening of Political Language Speaker: Rt Hon Nick Clegg Interlocutor and Chair: Mark EastonMonday 13th November at 6.30pm in The Lady Chapel, Westminster AbbeyThis event was part of the Westminster Abbey Institute's Democracy season.The Rt Hon Nick Clegg was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007-2015, and Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition government from 2010-2015.Mark Easton is the BBC’s Home Editor. His first book, Britain etc., was published in 2012.#westminsterabbey #westminsterabbeyinstitute #nickclegg #markeaston

The One People Oration 2017Sir John Major: The Responsibilities of DemocracyPart of Westminster Abbey Institute's Democracy seasonRecorded Monday 6th November at 6.30pm in Westminster AbbeyChaired by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of WestminsterRead a transcript of this lecture on Westminster Abbey's website.#johnmajor #westminsterabbey #democracy

Sermon given at Evensong on All Souls' Day 2017 by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall #allsoulsday #westminsterabbey

Sermon hive by the Archbishop of Canterbury at A Service to Mark the 500th Anniversary of the 95 Theses and the Start of the Reformation, held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 31st October 2017

Professor Alec Ryrie, a historian of Protestant Christianity and Professor at Durham University, on the Protestant Reformation and democracy. #westminsterabbey #reformation500

Address given by the Right Reverend Sarah Mullally DBE, Bishop of Crediton, at A Service for Queen Anne's School Caversham, held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th October 2017 at 2.30pm

Address was given by the Right Reverend and Right Honourable Richard Chartres KCVO ChStJ FSA, Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal, at a Service to Celebrate the Centenary of Lady Margaret School, held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 17th October 2017

Sermon given by the Right Reverend Tim Thornton, Bishop at Lambeth, at Evensong celebrating the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey in the presence of The Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayors of the London Boroughs, 15th October 2017 #westminsterabbey #lordmayors

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication Festival 2017 by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, 15th October 2017 #westminsterabbey #edwardtide

Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist at Edwardtide by The Right Reverend Dr John Inge, Bishop of Worcester, 14th October 2017 #westminsterabbey #edwardtide

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist for the Translation of St Edward the Confessor by the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, 13th October 2017 #westminsterabbey #edwardtide

Professor Alison Shell, University College London, discusses the work of PD James (1920-2014) in the last of a series of lectures on significant British women novelists of faith. #westminsterabbey #pdjames

Sermon given at Judges Services 2017 by The Right Reverend Michael Doe, Preacher of Gray's Inn #westminsterabbey #judgesservice

Sermon given on Michaelmas by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Sub-Dean and Canon Theologian, Westminster Abbey #westminsterabbey #michaelmas

Dr Jane Williams, St Mellitus College, discusses the work of Barbara Pym (1913-1980) in the third of a series of four lectures on significant British women novelists of faith. #barbarapym #westminsterabbey

The Sermon given by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Oystermouth at Evensong commemorating the centenary of the birth of Blessed Oscar Romero. #romero100 #oscarromero #rowanwilliams #westminsterabbey

The Reverend Canon Dr Jessica Martin, Ely Cathedral, discusses the work of novelist Dorothy L Sayers (1893-1957).