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City Events has an interesting profile of St Mary-le-Strand which is just outside the City but remains delight and open Tue-Thu 11am-4pm.

Christmas celebrations conclude this weekend when we remember Mary and Joseph leaving Bethlehem with Baby Jesus. Monday is the last day to see the crib. Sunday 1 February is the eve of Candlemas. Sunday’s evensong at Smithfield’s St Bartholomew the Great … Continue reading →

Fr Philip North, Team Rector of the Old Saint Pancras parish, is to be Bishop of Burnley. The Bishop of Burnley is a suffragan in the Diocese of Blackburn. The Old Pancras parish includes Old St Pancras Church behind St … Continue reading →

David Trendell, director of music at St Mary’s Bourne Street since 1992, died suddenly this week at the age of 50. He had also since 1992 been College Organist and Lecturer in Music at King’s College London.  There he held a choir rehearsal … Continue reading →

Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin will preside at the Bach Vespers at St Mary-at-Hill on Sunday 26 October. The service, which starts at 5.30pm, will include JS Bach’s Cantata BWV 80 Ein Feste Burg, based on the Lutheran hymn known in English as … Continue reading →

The Revd Richard Coles is talking about his book Fathomless Riches: Or How I Went From Pop to Pulpit at Foyles tonight on the eve of publication. He is parish priest of Finedon in Northamptonshire but better known for appearing on … Continue reading →

Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s six favourite London buildings include structures at each end of London Bridge. In Southwark it is The Shard. On the City of London  side, the mayor names St Magnus the Martyr Church. This confirms his … Continue reading →

A service to mark the 300th anniversary of the Hanoverian accession is being held at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Monday 20 October at 3pm. The service will be led by the vicar Sam Wells and include anthems and readings from the … Continue reading →

Today’s papers have the first obituaries of Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire which include references to her wedding. She married Lord Andrew Cavendish during the Second World War at St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield. At the time her own … Continue reading →

Last Sunday St Anne’s Church on Kew Green celebrated its 300th anniversary. The Bishop of Southwark celebrated the Eucharist, there was a fun run, lunch on the green, ballons, a cricket match and tea. The pretty church on the grass was … Continue reading →