Westminster Abbey

The 19th century was a time when the novel came of age. Many of the era’s female novelists responded in powerful and sophisticated ways to the era’s preoccupation with issues of belief and religious practice.

In this lecture, the Reverend Canon Dr Alison Grant Milbank, Associate Professor of Literature and Theology, University of Nottingham, discusses the work of Jane Austen (1775 – 1817).

The lecture draws in part on the collection of essays Anglican Women Novelists: Charlotte Bronte to P.D. James, ed. Judith Maltby and Alison Shell (Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2019).

Held in partnership with Art + Christianity at Westminster Abbey on 5th June 2018

Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018 by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, on 20th May 2018 in Westminster Abbey. #westminsterabbey #sermon #pentecost #christianity

Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2018 by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster. #ascensionday #westminsterabbey

Address given by Sister Frances Dominica ASSP DL at a Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey on 9th May 2018. #florencenightingale #westminsterabbey

The Address given by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, on ANZAC Day 2018. #ANZACDay #westminsterabbey

Sermon given by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Evensong marking the 25th Meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government at Westminster Abbey at 3.00pm on Sunday 15th April 2018 #CHOGM2018 #westminsterabbey

Address given by The Right Reverend Dr Karowei Dorgu, Bishop of Woolwich, at Rediscovering Justice: A Service of Hope on the 50th anniversary of the death of the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Westminster Abbey, 4th April 2018. #martinlutherkingjr #westminsterabbey #mlk50

Sermon given at Westminster Abbey on Easter Day by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster. #easter #easterday #westminsterabbey

However difficult, truth should be the lodestar by which we choose our words and fashion our political and journalistic language, including the use of rhetoric. We all share responsibility for this. If politicians and journalists lie, it is because we want them to.

Speaker: Claire Foster-Gilbert ; Chair: Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice

Recorded in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 20th March, 6.30pm .

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