Good morning. Here’s a story for you. I once met a man cutting blocks of stone. He was taking a break, so I stopped to chat. “What are you doing”, I asked? “Cutting stones for my master. I get paid every week, and get breaks and holidays, so I can’t complain.” Then I met a second man, even busier than…
Good morning. If you’re visiting Peterborough Cathedral this term, you can quite literally travel into space in their virtual reality machine. You can also see Tim Peake’s spacesuit, his spacecraft, and the enormous parachute that returned him to earth. It’s an incredibly creative juxtaposition, space in the space of a cathedral. But it’s not the first time that religion and…
Prayer for the Day Scripts – as recorded by CEP on 30 viii 18 Good morning. In a couple of week’s time, Manchester will host the first ever National Cathedrals’ Conference, where we’ll celebrate what cathedrals mean to the nation. Visitors to Rochester Cathedral can admire the Textus Roffensis, an old book made of vellum. It’s the earliest surviving Anglo-Saxon…
Film and TV students at The Manchester College used their industry standard creative and technical skills when they filmed an interview with the leader of the Church of England. Archbishop Justin Welby is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England. Through links with Manchester Cathedral, The Manchester College students were invited to…
Sandy Nairne is a writer and curator based in London. From 2002-15 he was Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, where he oversaw the considerable expansion of its exhibition programmes, the increase in its annual level of visitors to 2 million, the extension of its learning and digital work, and a number of very notable acquisitions. He has worked…
Stephen came to Gloucester from St Albans Cathedral in 2011. He is married to carol with three children. Stephen is a Church Commissioner and a member of both the National Safeguarding Steering Group and the IICSA Steering Group. In Gloucester, Stephen has led a successful five year vision and strategy called ‘In Tune with heaven and in touch with daily…
The Right Revd David Walker has held the position of Bishop of Manchester since 2013. Prior to that he was Bishop of Dudley from 2000, following 17 years in assorted parish ministries and industrial chaplaincy in the Diocese of Sheffield. David is Chair of the Advisory Council on the Relations of Bishops and Religious Communities (ACRBRC) – the body which…
‘Dr John Inge is the 113th Bishop of Worcester. Introduced to the House of Lords in 2012, he has a particular interest in Culture and Heritage and International Development. In 2013, he was appointed Lord High Almoner to Her Majesty the Queen. He is Chair of the Council of the Archbishop’s Examination in Theology and convenes a Young Priest Theologians network on behalf…
David is the Head of Education and Engagement at the UK Parliament. He has a B.Ed. in Primary Education and Teaching and has worked as a Union Welfare Officer at Plymouth University Students Union and as Regional Education Manager (South East) with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. From 2006-2015, David worked with The British Youth Council and was Deputy Chief…
Cathy Lamb is Director of Music Outreach at Lichfield Cathedral School and is becoming increasingly well-known for her work as a choral animateur. Until Easter 2017 she was Director of Music at Lichfield Cathedral alongside her husband Ben (who is now full-time Director of Music). Her role included directing the Lichfield Cathedral Girl Choristers (a choir she took on from…
