Author Archives: 100churches

The Johan Zoffany exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts has a splendid picture of All Saints Fulham in 1781. The Sharp Family was the musical family of George III’s doctor who lived in a house next to the church. … Continue reading →

The recent death of Lord Carr of Hadley reminds me of the chandelier in St Mary’s Monken Hadley. It was given by Robert Carr who lived at the nearby 18th-century house called Monkenholt whilst he was Home Secretary in the … Continue reading →

The first in a series of the Handel Collection concerts at St Stephen Walbrook start on Shrove Tuesday. These Genius of Youth concerts are at 1pm every third Tuesday of the month until July. Admission is free and attending is … Continue reading →

A day after seeing St Anne’s Limehouse featured in Call The Midwife on BBC1 I dropped in to see the Nicholas Hawksmoor exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. There is a view of St Anne’s in 1800 when there … Continue reading →

Lent starts this week on Ash Wednesday 22 February 2012. St Mary-le-Bow has a High Mass with Imposition of Ashes at 1.05pm when the celebrant and preacher is the Rt Revd Graeme Knowles, the former Dean of St Paul’s. Southwark … Continue reading →

St Anne’s Limehouse looked impressive as it should for the wedding scene in the final episode of Call The Midwife.

The journalists’ church St Bride’s Fleet Street is now webcasting many of its services. “The Choir of St. Bride’s, Fleet Street is proud to be the first adult professional choir, and also the first London church choir to offer web-casting … Continue reading →

Fr Colin Amos has been installed as the new vicar at St Augustine’s Kilburn.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were present at last night’s Sung Mass for Candlemas at St Michael’s next to Sainsbury’s in Camden Town. The Prince had spent much of the day in the Old St Pancras parish visiting … Continue reading →

Reuters is tonight reporting that St Bride’s Church in Fleet Street is being forced to launch an appeal for the restoration of its wedding cake steeple. Stone has fallen and it is thought that nearby building work may have caused … Continue reading →