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Organ Concert | Marko Sever

Sun 11 Oct 2020

Organ Concert | Marko Sever

On Sunday 11 October at 3pm, Marko Sever, Organ Scholar, Westminster Cathedral and formerly Organ Scholar at St Albans Cathedral gives a free recital. All are welcome – the recital will last around 50 minutes. Admi.....Read more

Organ Concert | Tom Winpenny

Wed 21 Oct 2020

Organ Concert | Tom Winpenny

On Wednesday 21 October at 12.30pm Tom Winpenny, Assistant Master of the Music gives a free recital. All are welcome – the recital will last around 35 minutes. Admission is free, with a retiring collection in aid o.....Read more

Face-to-face with Abbot John | Online Talk

Mon 21 Sep 2020

Face-to-face with Abbot John | Online Talk

There are only two figures from fifteenth-century England upon whose faces you can now gaze. One of them is Richard III. The other - whose facial reconstruction is soon to be released - is our very own Abbot John of Whe.....Read more

Heritage Open Days at St Albans Cathedral

Fri 11 to Sun 20 Sep 2020 (1 week)

Heritage Open Days at St Albans Cathedral

To celebrate Heritage Open Days starting on Friday 11 September, we will be launching a brand new trail focusing on the life and legacy of Abbot John of Wheathampstead. The trail takes you around the modern day Cathedral.....Read more

Forgotten: The British African Colonial Soldiers of WWII

Thu 01 Oct to Sun 01 Nov 2020 (1 month)

Forgotten: The British African Colonial Soldiers of WWII

Learning Through the Arts in partnership with St Albans Cathedral are delighted to display an exhibition commemorating the African experience of the Second World War. Over half-a-million African troops served with th.....Read more

St Albans Fireworks | Look Up Together

Sat 07 Nov 2020

St Albans Fireworks | Look Up Together

This year's fireworks display has been reimagined, but we need your help to fund it. Instead of a ticketed event for thousands of people in Verulamium Park, we took inspiration from New York's approach to this year's .....Read more

William Blake: Imagination and Spiritual Freedom | Online talk

Tue 20 Oct 2020

William Blake: Imagination and Spiritual Freedom | Online talk

In the recent TV series, The Romantics And Us, William Blake was presented by Simon Schama as a passionate revolutionary, whose word and images are as dangerous as potentially liberating. This is a familiar take on Blake.....Read more

Christingle

Sun 13 Dec 2020

Christingle

The Christingle service uses a special symbol, a decorated orange, to explore the story of God’s love for the world at Christmas. This service is in support of the Children's Society. Due to reduced capacity within .....Read more

Pop-up Carols at St Albans Cathedral

Sat 19 Dec 2020

Pop-up Carols at St Albans Cathedral

Although we can't sing together this year, there will be carols... Join us for a taste of Christmas at the Cathedral at this brand new Christmas celebration as we host a day of Pop Up Carols. Throughout the day an assor.....Read more

A Tale on Christmas Eve

Thu 24 Dec 2020

A Tale on Christmas Eve

Join us for a family friendly festive story time as we tell the story of Papa Panov. Come and hear the magical story of ‘Papa Panov’s Special Day’ read by candlelight in the Cathedral Nave. Put on your mittens and wooll.....Read more

Old English 2

Wed 20 Jan to Wed 24 Feb 2021 (1 month)

Old English 2

This five-week course is designed as the follow-on from our beginners' course, and will continue to introduce grammar while consolidating work undertaken in the first course. This course will have a more text-based focus.....Read more

The Origins of Western Art

Thu 21 Jan 2021

The Origins of Western Art

This talk is the first of three that will trace the development and stylistic characteristics of Western Art. The term 'Western Art' both describes the art of western Europe and is also often used as a general category .....Read more

Poetry Workshop: Connecting from Home

Thu 28 Jan 2021

Poetry Workshop: Connecting from Home

Join our Poet-in-Residence, Dan Simpson, for a creative poetry workshop, connecting you to the cathedral, the world - and yourself. Broadcasting from a hidden space in St Albans Cathedral, you'll see the building in a.....Read more

Depicting the Dead

Thu 04 Feb 2021

Depicting the Dead

How can we tell what people who lived and died centuries ago might have looked like? We are now able to look upon the face of the medieval abbot John of Wheathampstead, and have invited Professor Caroline Wilkinson, who .....Read more

Tolkien on Temptation, Temperament, and Theology

Tue 23 Feb 2021

Tolkien on Temptation, Temperament, and Theology

Are some people inherently good, and some evil? Are some characters simply helpless in the face of their flaws, or can they be overcome? Do our choices in the moment or a predetermined destiny dictate whether we will .....Read more

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