Author Archives: 100churches

The petition calling for BBC R2 Sunday Half-Hour to be saved has reached over 500. This is significant since most listeners do not yet know about the online petition and many loyal listeners do not have a computer. The figure … Continue reading →

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-15 January) will be marked by now traditional services in central London. This Friday 18 January St Paul’s Cathedral choir sings evensong at Westminster Cathedral (5pm). On Thursday 24 January Westminster’s choir will … Continue reading →

The new Bishop of Fulham, Jonathan Baker, is to be also Guild Vicar of St Dunstan-in-the-West. The church in Fleet Street is shared with the Roumanian Orthodox Church. Bishop Baker is expected to be installed in the London Diocese and … Continue reading →

St Augustine’s Church in Kilburn has run into trouble with a proposal to have mobile phone masts in the tower. “We are not against the church,” says the residents’ association spokesperson. “It is one of the most beautiful in London, … Continue reading →

London’s 100 Best Churches is available for a short period at the special price £7.50. Copies at this ‘half price’ offer can be obtained direct from Canterbury Press or from Church House Bookshop in Great Smith Street near Westminster Abbey.

Fr Paul Bagott, vicar of The Most Holy Redeemer Clerkenwell and St Mark’s has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of St Cuthbert’s Philbeach Gardens. This is good news as the church has had a falling congregation. Earl’s Court has changed and its … Continue reading →

BBC Radio 2’s Sunday Half-Hour has its final broadcast tonight Sunday 13 January at 8.30pm. It is being closed down with just a week’s notice after 72 years. The substitute is to be at 6am. The BBC claims that the … Continue reading →

The Save Sunday Half-Hour petition was launched on Thursday and so far signatures of support are running at  50 a day. So many people point out that there are listeners who do not have access to a computer and are … Continue reading →

There has been so much concern about the BBC’s arbitrary decision to switch Sunday Half-Hour from 8.30pm to a 6am slot that I have launched  a petition. CLICK HERE TO SIGN By signing you can help indicate that many people … Continue reading →

A shocking announcement a few minutes ago by the BBC. BBC Radio 2’s Sunday Half Hour, which has been broadcast weekly for over seventy years, is to be axed. The ‘replacement’ will go out at 6am under a new name. … Continue reading →