Westminster Abbey

Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019, by  The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle Dean of Westminster

Sermon given by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Metropolitan Police Carol Service, 17th December 2019

Address given by The Reverend Canon Roger Royle at A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Vice Admiral Sir Donald Gosling KCVO RNR

Speakers: Ben Quash, John Gilhooly and Marina Warner

Chair: Paul Baumann – Receiver General, Westminster Abbey

Ben Quash is Professor of Christianity and the Arts at King's College, London where he runs the MA in Christianity and the Arts in association with the National Gallery, London.

John Gilhooly has been Artistic and Executive Director of Wigmore Hall, London since 2005 and Chairman of the Royal Philharmonic Society since 2010.

Marina Warner is a writer of fiction, criticism and history; her works include novels, short stories and studies of art, myths, symbols and fairy tales.

Part of Art, Imagination and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute's 2019 autumn programme.

Address given the Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullaly DBE, Bishop of London, at a service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia, 2019

Speaker: Micheal O’Siadhail

Chair and interlocutor: Lord Blunkett

Micheal O’Siadhail is a poet who has published sixteen collections of poetry, the latest The Five Quintets. He has been a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and a professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.

Lord Blunkett was MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough for 28 years until 2015, and served as Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet. He was awarded a peerage in 2015.

Part of Art, Imagination and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute’s 2019 autumn programme.

Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster, Westminster Abbey, 16th November 2019.

A transcript is available at: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-sermons/dean-installation

Speaker: James O'Donnell

Chair and interlocutor: Clare Moriarty

James O’Donnell is Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey. Internationally recognised as a conductor and organ recitalist, he has performed all over the world and appeared in the BBC Proms and at many other festivals. As soloist and director James has worked with many of Britain's leading ensembles. He is Music Director of St James' Baroque and appears regularly with the BBC Singers. He is Visiting Professor of Organ and of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and was President of the Royal College of Organists from 2011–2013.

Clare Moriarty is Permanent Secretary for the Department for Exiting the European Union. Previous roles include Permanent Secretary for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Director General, Rail Executive in the Department for Transport; and Constitutional Director, Ministry of Justice.

Part of Art, Imagination and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute's 2019 autumn programme.

Speaker: Hughie O'Donoghue

Chair and interlocutor: Baroness Hale

Hughie O'Donoghue is a British painter and Royal Academician whose works explore themes of universal human experience. His paintings, often on an epic scale, meditate on ideas of truth and the relationship between memory and identity.

Baroness Hale is President of the Supreme Court. In 2009 she became the first woman Justice of the Supreme Court after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer and judge.

Part of Art, Imagination and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute's 2019 autumn programme.

Given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster