A Bibliography of Westminster Abbey: A Guide to the Literature of Westminster Abbey, Westminster School and St Margaret's Church, published between 1571 and 2000 (Westminster Abbey Record Series)
Times Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
As a Poet Laureate, advocate for children’s poetry and a lyricist who evoked the natural world, Ted Hughes has long been recognised as one of the great poets of his time. Now a campaign has been mounted to have him immortalised among the country’s greatest writers in Westminster Abbey.
The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... sounds as if he's on speed". Irresistible. There was more fabulous music in Purcell from Westminster Abbey (Sunday, Radio 3), part of the station's celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the composer's birth ( listen to the programme here ). The venue was particularly appropriate as Purcell was appointed organist of the abbey at the age of only 20, remaining in post...
The Royal British Legion Lyme Regis Branch (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
On Wednesday 11 th November 2009 my wife and I accepted an invitation to a service to mark the passing of the World War One Generation It was a most wonderful occasion to be invited to. Those invited had to have a relation who had served in the first world war. My father served in that war amd was at one of the first battles to take place at Nery in November 1914 and then Ypre and after all that servived...
The Royal British Legion Lyme Regis Branch Information... (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
On Wednesday 11 th November 2009 my wife and I accepted an invitation to a service to mark the passing of the World War One Generation It was a most wonderful occasion to be invited to. Those invited had to have a relation who had served in the first world war. My father served in that war amd was at one of the first battles to take place at Nery in November 1914 and then Ypre and after all that servived...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Telegraph View: Ted Hughes deserves a place in Westminster Abbey
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
UNITED FOR decades with Ted Hughes in friendship, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney is backing discreet efforts to win a place for Hughes in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner - poetry's holiest of holies.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Visionary" poet Ted Hughes should have a plaque in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney says.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ted Hughes should be honoured in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey, the Nobel Prize winning writer Seamus Heaney has said.
Celebrity Gossip (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... Princess of Wales in 1985. Early in 1986 the couple were engaged and subsequently married in Westminster Abbey on 23 July 1986. Prince Andrew had the title of The Duke of York bestowed upon him by the Queen. Sarah automatically became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York. In 1987, the Duchess became the first lady in the Royal Family to receive her Private Pilot's License. By 1992,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... medals as they stand at the Cenotaph or pose for photographs in the garden of remembrance at Westminster Abbey. Few of our MPs ever served in the armed forces. And sadly, David Cameron preferred public relations to soldiering as preparation for high office – despite Eton remaining the single biggest provider of officers to the Army. They understand little of what is involved,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... Princess Di's death, which rookie PM Tony Blair marked with that excruciatingly hammy reading at Westminster Abbey, while Fiona reminded viewers that: "It's important to remember, at a time like this, that Diana backwards is 'an aid'." Weren't they just made for each other? Of course, there is a chance that GMTV's pomp has passed you by, perhaps if you like to wake to the...
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Gordon Brown and David Cameron were not the only politicians to get themselves photographed in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, although other politicians managed to get snapped without so much fuss . Conwy Labour MP Betty Williams was photographed as she planted a cross in memory of the citizens of Conwy who lost their lives in conflicts. She told her own website : "It...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Published: 12:05PM GMT 27 Nov 2009Ian Hislop The single piece of literature that affected me most was Carol Ann Duffy’s Last Post, marking the deaths of WWI veterans Henry Allingham and Harry Patch. When she became poet laureate some doubted whether “public poetry” was possible any more. When I heard this poem read at Westminster Abbey, I knew they were wrong. Dominic Sandbrook Diarmaid...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Published: 12:05PM GMT 27 Nov 2009Ian HislopThe single piece of literature that affected me most was Carol Ann Duffy’s Last Post, marking the deaths of WWI veterans Henry Allingham and Harry Patch. When she became poet laureate some doubted whether “public poetry” was possible any more. When I heard this poem read at Westminster Abbey, I knew they were wrong. Related ArticlesDominic SandbrookDiarmaid...
The Modern Historian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... Navy lost thirteen ships and over fifteen-hundred men. In London, the winds tore the roof off Westminster Abbey and many other churches lost their towers and spires. A row of houses near Moorfields collapsed and around seven-hundred ships in the docks were crushed into each other. Queen Anne took refuge in the basement of St. James Palace while part of its roof collapsed. The storm...
