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Lonely Sits the City - The Book of Ékhah! (Lamentations)

Tue 24 Nov 2020

Lonely Sits the City - The Book of Ékhah! (Lamentations)

Join Rabbi Adam for a look at the language of lament in the book of Éikhah! (Lamentations) and the rabbinic commentaries on it. We'll consider how tragedy is processed through Jewish history and rabbinic interpretation .....Read more

Royal Witches in St Albans

Thu 03 Dec 2020

Royal Witches in St Albans

Buried in St Alban's shrine in our Cathedral lies our only confirmed royal resident, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447). A prince of England who was once heir to the throne, he met a sad end after his beloved wife wa.....Read more

Thomas Becket: His Portrayal Through Time

Wed 16 Dec 2020

Thomas Becket: His Portrayal Through Time

Join us to mark the 850th anniversary of the death of St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder at the hands of King Henry II’s men in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. His image is emblazoned .....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

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

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

Science and Faith (SACT and SACT+)

Tue 23 Feb to Tue 23 Mar 2021 (1 month)

Science and Faith (SACT and SACT+)

Science and Christianity have done more to shape our understanding of the world and the way we live than any other cultural and intellectual movements. Yet together they raise profound questions. Does science demolish f.....Read more

Reading the Bible from Medieval to Modern Times

Tue 02 Mar 2021

Reading the Bible from Medieval to Modern Times

Christianity has one foundational text. However, the techniques by which Christians read the Bible vary enormously. These variations of method account for some of the historical divisions between churches. This talk wil.....Read more

Understanding Eating Disorders

Thu 04 Mar 2021

Understanding Eating Disorders

Can Christian teaching and practice aid us in understanding eating disorders? This talk, given during Eating Disorders Awareness Week, will integrate reflections on personal experience of eating disorders, contemporary .....Read more

Henry lll, Matthew Paris, and St Albans Abbey

Sat 13 Mar 2021

Henry lll, Matthew Paris, and St Albans Abbey

Join us for a joint talk hosted by the Friends and the Cathedral’s Adult Learning programme. This talk will explore Henry III's close relationship with St Albans chronicler Matthew Paris and what we can learn of the cha.....Read more

Exploring the Mystery of Christ

Thu 18 Mar 2021

Exploring the Mystery of Christ

Holy Week, starting shortly after this talk date, is the high point of the church calendar, when we are invited vividly into the contemplation of the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ. And yet, it can also be.....Read more

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