Owen Higgs reviews the Royal Collection from postage stamps to Old Masters ‘Royal Heritage: The story of Britain’s Royal Builders and Collectors’ was one of the highlights of Her Late Majesty’s 1977 Silver Jubilee. In 13 one-hour programmes it [...]
Floral Tribute Simon Armitage Evening will come, however determined the late afternoon, Limes and oaks in their last green flush, pearled in September mist. I have conjured a lily to light these hours, a token of thanks, Zones [...]
A Pilgrimage of Paradoxes A Backpacker’s Encounters with God and Nature Mark Clavier T & T Clark, 2022 ISBN 9780567703569 The York 2022 meeting of the General Synod had its usual varied programme ranging from care of the environment [...]
Festus Her late Majesty’s demise raised the age-old problem in the Church of England about prayers for the dead. As a result, the official guidance was characteristically Anglican and unclear. A number of cathedrals with their liturgical banner aloft [...]
Christopher Smith The thing we were all expecting but somehow putting out of mind has happened, and it is strange to think that this time last month we were expecting a change of Head of Government, but not a [...]
As she moved through her tenth decade, age – inevitably, inexorably – caught up with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, of blessed memory. Little by little she stooped more. She resisted for some time but sported a stick for some months. [...]
Three years as an Honorary Chaplain to her Majesty not only permitted the privilege of wearing a scarlet cassock (double breasted in her presence) and sending the Royal Household Christmas card but also the opportunity to meet from time to [...]
Martin Draper is inspired by a popular Welsh hymn There is a sense in which the English Hymnal of 1906, though primarily a ‘companion’ to the Church’s ‘common prayer’, was rooted in the natural world. With its green cover [...]
Jonathan Baker finds literary and liturgical highlights in the funeral services The rites used at Her Late Majesty’s funeral liturgies were resonant, solemn, dignified and drew deeply from the wells of Anglican tradition. The ceremonial was simple but assured, [...]
Simon Walsh reflects on working with the Queen and her Lying-in-State During my public relations career, I was fortunate to work on two events which involved Her Majesty the Queen – or Her Late Majesty, as we must now [...]