Limborough Lectures

Previous Lectures

1988           “The Isle is Full of Noises – Communicating in a World of Many Voices” – given by The Bishop of Peterborough

1989           “The Problem of Believing” – given by The Right Revd Maurice Wood, then Chaplain of the Weavers’ Company

1990           “The Freedom of the City” – given by The Revd Prebendary Richard Bewes, Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place

1991           “The Churches and Broadcasting:  Change – or Decay?” – given by The Revd David Winter, formerly Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC at St Margaret’s (reception at House of Lords)

1992           “The Continuing Influence of the Authorized Version” given by  The Right Revd Maurice Wood, then Chaplain of the Weavers’ Company at Temple Church (reception at Middle Temple Hall)

1993           “The Communication of the Christian Faith – Now” given by The Revd Canon Colin Semper in King Edward VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey (reception at Church House)

1994           “Language Games” given by The Rt Revd Richard Chartres, the Bishop of Stepney, Chaplain of the Weavers’ Company at St James Garlickhythe (reception at Skinners’ Hall)

1995           “Faith, doubt and certainty in an age of Fundamentalisms” given by Bishop Michael Marshall at Lambeth Palace

1996           “No Arms, No Armour – Character in Crisis” given by the Reverend David Cooper at St Olave’s Church (reception at Trinity House)

1997           “London and its Bishops from the Roman Empire to European Union” given by the Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres, the Lord Bishop of London, Chaplain of the Weavers’ Company, at St Lawrence Jewry (reception at Guildhall)

1998           “Morals and the Millennium” given by The Very Revd Lawrence Jackson in the Crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral

1999           “Weaving the Web” given by The Rt Revd Dr Thomas Butler, The Bishop of Southwark at Mercers’ Hall and Chapel

2000           “The Church in Wales – with special reference to its Disestablishment”  given by The Rt Revd Dr Barry Morgan, The Bishop of Llandaff

2001           “The English Cathedral – 2001” given by The Very Revd Robert Willis, Dean of Hereford

2002           “John Donne – The Man and His Meaning” given by The Very Revd Dr John Moses, Dean of St Paul’s, Chaplain of the Weavers’ Company  at St Sepulchure-without-Newgate  (Reception at The Great Hall, St Bartholomew’s Hospital)

2003           “Parson and Parson – A Hidden Heritage” given by The Very Revd Henry Stapleton, FSA at the Dutch Church, Austin Friars (Reception at Carpenters’ Hall)

2004           “The First Jewish Community in England after the Resettlement” given by Rabbi Abraham Levy, OBE at Bevis Marks Synagogue (Reception at Clothworkers’ Hall)

2005           “Ashes to Ashes: Faith, Life and Death in Reformation Smithfield” given by The Revd Dr Martin Dudley, FSA, FRHistS at the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great  (Reception at the Great Hall, St Bartholomew’s Hospital)

2006           “Cathedrals – The Benchmark of Anglicanism” given by The Very Revd Victor Stock, OAM, at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street  (Reception at Stationers’ Hall)

2007            “Impact of Christianity in the Pacific Islands” given by The Rt Revd William A Pwaisiho, OBE at St Peter ad Vincula, HM Tower of London  (Reception at Trinity House)

2008           “This Country – Pre-or Post-Christian?” given by The Rt Revd Prebendary Sandy Millar at St Lawrence Jewry, Gresham Street  (Reception at Plaisterers’ Hall)

2009            “The Beauty of Holiness: The King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer” given by The Rt Hon Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE (PD James) at the Royal Hospital Chelsea  (Reception in the Great Hall, Royal Hospital Chelsea)

2010            “Music: A Language of the Human Spirit” given by The Reverend Canon Lucy Winkett in the Quire at St Paul’s Cathedral  (Reception at Stationers’ Hall)

2011             “Warp and Weft of Faith” given by The Rt Reverend Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford in The Queen’s Chapel, St James’s Palace  (Reception at the Royal Automobile Club)

2012             “Crusades to the Da Vinci Code” given by the Reverend and Valiant Master of the Temple, Robin Griffith-Jones in the Temple Church  (Reception and supper at The Inner Temple)

2013           “Conscience and Morality” given by The Right Reverend John Salt, OGS in the Mercers’ Company Chapel (Reception and supper at Mercers’ Hall)

2014           “Weaving the Tapestry of Church and Society in London today” given by The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark, in Southwark Cathedral (Reception and supper at Glaziers’ Hall)

2015           “Making a Family of Strangers: the Fabric of Society” given by The Venerable Paul Taylor, Archdeacon of Sherborne in St Stephen Walbrook (Reception and supper at The Mansion House)

2016           “Inclusion:  Faith, Church and Media” given by The Reverend Canon Angela Tilby, MA in the Dutch Church (Reception and supper at Carpenters’ Hall)

2017           “John Bunyan and the Heavenly City” given by Professor Bob Owens, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the Open University, and at the University of Bedfordshire in St Bartholomew the Great (Reception and supper at Haberdashers’ Hall)

2018           “Beyond Binary:  A Christian Response to Difference” given by The Very Reverend Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s in St Stephen Walbrook (Reception and supper at Grocers’ Hall)

2019           A talk on the work of The Children’s Society given by Dr Sam Royston, Director of Policy and Research in Christ Church Spitalfields       (Reception and supper at The Gibson Hall)

2020           “Wool, Wealth and Weavers:  A Medieval Guild in its Heyday” given by Dr Vanessa Harding, Professor of London History, Birkbeck, University of London (Reception and supper at Ironmongers’ Hall)

2021           Question & Answer Session given by Dame Cressida Dick DBE QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in The Cutty Sark

2022           George Frederic Handel – A Life’s Work given by Paul Morris, Upper Bailiff St George’s Hanover Square/The Savile Club

2023           “The Courtauld and its Gallery” given by Professor Deborah Swallows, Märit Rausing Director at Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0PN

2024           “Lawrence of Arabia, Moral Treachery and World War One” given by The Very Reverend Andrew Tremlett, Dean of St Paul’s in the OBE Chapel, St Paul’s Cathedral (Reception in The Crypt, St Paul’s)

2025             “My Life and Work with Tribal Peoples” given by Fiona Watson, Campaigns Director at Survival International in the Temple Church (Reception in the Parliament Chamber of the Inner Temple)