This lecture was recorded ahead of the A-Level English Masterclass Shakespeare’s Sisters online event on 20th March 2024. Please note all opinions are of the individual speaking and do not represent ...

Although some 3,000 people have been buried in Westminster Abbey since its foundation in the tenth century ... By the 1730s, the absence of a memorial to William Shakespeare was seen as a significant ...

His translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia, published posthumously in 1719, and his publication of the first modern edition of Shakespeare’s plays (1709 ... for the service that was held in Westminster ...

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. Her Majesty The Queen led the ...

On the first anniversary of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen, members of the Westminster Abbey team talk about the planning and work that went into preparing the Abbey for the ...

It may seem surprising to find another large church standing so close to the might and magnificence of Westminster Abbey. Why was an additional church needed in such a position? To answer that ...

The King and Queen worked tirelessly throughout, and when the war had ended the King supported proposals for the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. On 11th November 1920 George V ...

A postcard of the central section of the pavement is available from the Abbey Shop. Photographs can be purchased from Westminster Abbey Library. "The Cosmatesque mosaics of Westminster Abbey. The ...

The President of the Republic of Hungary, HE János Áder, accompanied by Mrs Anita Herczeg, First Lady, visited Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 24th May and laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown ...

A Service of Thanksgiving and Re-commitment to mark the 20th Anniversary of The National Holocaust Centre and Museum was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Sunday 26th June. Her Majesty The Queen ...

A memorial to the poet Philip Larkin CH CBE was dedicated in Poets’ Corner in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on Friday 2nd December 2016. His Royal Highness The Duke of York attended a ...