Our Free Lectures
Whoever said churches were dull and boring clearly hasn't been following our weekly lecture series. Our free lectures take place live every Thursday online, but you can catch up on every single one right here. Our lectures explore everything from art, architecture, history, politics to even some pretty weird and wonderful topics too! Explore and watch them all here.
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Macabre Church Lore
England's churches and churchyards have long been the focus of unsettling popular beliefs, from the monstrous black dog known as the Churchyard Grim to spectral appearances and the sinister machinations of witches, while even churches themselves sometimes housed sinister objects, such as a magica...
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Did Henry VIII Really "Break" The Church?
When we think of the pre-Reformation parish church, prior to King Henry VIII’s supposed “stripping of the altars”, the image conjured is often of an arena of visual delights; filled to the brim with all the smells and bells of traditional Catholicism—a highly sensory type of worship that offered ...
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A talk for Oak Apple Day
Do you know much about Oak Apple Day which takes place on 29th May each year? Did you know that King Charles I is regarded as a saint in the Church of England? Join us and learn more about this day and about the martyrdom of King Charles I.
This talk will is given by Fr Charles Card-Reynolds, Ch...