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It is a nice change to reada book about the record of a life of a woman connected to the church. Ann Fanshawe left a memoir and a ‘receipt b...

Daphne Du Maurier’s account of the lives of Anthony and Francis Bacon ends with a description of her visit to St Olave Hart Street in Octobe...

So far a unique way for me to discover a book - from a link in the footer of an email sent to me by the author; the title caught my eye. Unl...

Long time Head of History at the University of York and Lay Canon of the Minster, Allen Warren says he reluctantly accepted the task of writ...

There must have been more than a few novels inspired by St Olave Hart Street and the area around it - and if not, there are plenty to be wri...

A sermon given at St Olave Hart Street on Sunday 21st June 2026 during a service marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the start of the r...

Paul and Silas in Prison , Washington Allston, Kemper Art Museum A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St ...

A sermon given at St Olave Hart Street on Rogation Sunday 10th May 2026 based on readings from Acts 17.22-31 and John 14.15-21 .

Dove, Pablo Picasso, 1949 A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime sermon of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street, City of London on Tue...

The Good Shepherd, Niels Larsen Stevns, 1921 A Thought for the Day given at a lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on...

Christ a la Porte from La Passion, Georges Rouault, 1939 A sermon given during Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street on Sunday 26th April 2...