Join us for seasonal music for all the family with the Lyndon Trio; a diverse mix for piano, violin and cello, from Beethoven to Piazzola. 45 minutes of great music in a relaxed format for everyone, with tea and coffee available, and a retiring collection for church funds.
In memory of Dr Mark Pasola.With guest tenor Richard Rowe, and pianist Jong-Gyung Park, and members of Matchbox Opera.Tickets £2-, online or on the door https://thechroniclesofhope.org/events
Saturday 31 January 2026, 2:30pmLancelot Andrewes: "a paper-life better than none"Professor Peter McCullough, Lincoln College Oxford2026 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Lancelot Andrewes—scholar, preacher, bishop, and dean of the Chapel Royal. Upon his passing in September 1626, King Charles 'thought it not fit his sermons should dye with him', and in commissioning William Laud to publish them, consoled himself and graced Andrewes' future readers with the consolation that 'a paper-life' was 'better than none'. This lecture will use Andrewes' long and varied 'real' life to put into a wider context Charles' admiration for him, and the ways that the 'paper-life' of his published sermons, one of the greatest monuments of English Renaissance prose, have sustained the bishop's remarkable after-life to our own day.Previous lectureMany thanks to Simon Thurley, whose lecture on "The Pleasure Palaces of Charles I and Henrietta Maria", held on 24 September 2025, was extremely well received. For more information on his research and publications, see https://www.simonthurley.com/
