It was announced on 12 October that the Revd Canon Stephen Race, Rector of the Benefice of Central Barnsley in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds and Area Dean of Barnsley, will be the next Bishop of Beverley. He will be [...]
David Houlding reflects on the journey from 1992 and where we are today So much has been achieved since the Act of Synod came into being in 1993, following on from the vote to ordain women to the priesthood [...]
The shape and influence of Traditionalism since 1992 New Directions talks to young traditionalists born since, and a woman priest born just before, the momentous General Synod vote in November 1992 to seek their views on what it means [...]
The fallout from the General Synod vote of 30 years ago is woven into the DNA of our movement, even for those who are too young to remember it or who were not even born at that time. For us [...]
Andy Hawes Faith & Duty It has been noted by many commentators that Queen Elizabeth ‘fulfilled her duties in a peerless way.’ Duty is not a term used very often in contemporary society, although it is a refrain [...]
Bradley Smith exhorts prayer of and for the Sovereign Around 100 members of The Prayer Book Society were gathered at Liverpool Hope University for their annual conference when the news of Her Late Majesty’s death was announced. As we [...]
John Gayford considers the Riddle of the New Testament The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews has been a matter of considerable dispute over the centuries. Hebrews is anonymous, and unlike epistles it does not begin with a [...]
Simon Cotton finds Elizabethan Royal Arms in churches Following the split from Rome, the arms of the Reigning Monarch began to be displayed in churches in England, though the first legislation to that effect was not passed until the [...]
Simon Walsh looks at the Poets Laureate of Elizabeth II In times when nothing stood But worsened or grew strange There was one constant good She did not change. These lines were composed by Philip Larkin in 1978 to [...]
Music flourished in the nation during the late Queen’s reign, finds Ronald Corp During the long reign of Queen Elizabeth, music of all types has flourished and her patronage of ‘serious’ (or ‘classical’) music has been exemplary. She appointed [...]