Rest in peace Richard Taylor. Your dignity, tenacity and courage in the face of such tragedy will never be forgotten. Thank you for being the light in such darkness 💔
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The wonderful & dedicated Richard Taylor, campaigner for young people & father of Damilola Taylor who was murdered 24 years ago, has died. Damilola was just 10 when he was stabbed in 2000. Richard dedicated the rest of his life to changing life for others. Rest at last, in peace!

Privileged to speak at #WomensHistoryMonth event in Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, on Emily Wilding Davison’s census night stay. Listen to me, Tricia Hillas Lucy Fisher interviewed by Sean Curran for BBC Radio 4 Today in Parliament, starts 6:43 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

From minute 6.43 on the life and faith of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison who hid in the parliamentary chapel in 1911. Both passionate activist and Christian at her funeral a banner declared ‘Fight On - God will give the Victory’ ⁦UK House of Commons⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

An amazing week celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Commonwealth - excellent work by colleagues across the UK House of Commons #thankyou #CommonweaDay

Hans Holbein, in a statement released by his studio, said: 'Like many professional painters, I do occasionally experiment with editing.'

BREAKING: Galleries are refusing to display this image of Henry VIII with Jane Seymour and Edward VI over fears it may have been manipulated

April will be a busy month of events for us. I'm so looking forward to hosting Michael Wear & Marvin Rees and exploring politics on both sides of the Atlantic. We're delighted to be partnering with the Westminster Abbey Institute & Tricia Hillas. Tix free: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-spirit-o…

Early Eucharist for parliamentarians this morning, followed by breakfast in Speaker's House. Our guest was the amazing Chine McDonald who shared insights from Theos Think Tank on public attitudes to death and its surrounding rituals.

Really enjoyed joining parliamentarians communion this morning before speaking to them over breakfast at speaker's house about Easter, hope, resurrection, and Theos Think Tank's work on public attitudes to death. Thanks for inviting me Tricia Hillas - and for the book.

Vast and glorious puddle reflections in St James’s Park after torrential rain The Royal Parks

How the power of service can tackle rising NEET numbers tes.com/magazine/analy…

Tricia Hillas Many thanks for such a lovely welcome!

Our Lenten tree went up in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft this week. The first of the symbols of Christ’s passion: thirty pieces of silver

Despite the greyness spring is breaking through

Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day this year. Here is a 90 second introduction to Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. youtu.be/_M4VrlWNXPE?fe…

One song of blessing from 12000 people from 154 nations in 257 languages youtu.be/d48-qbcovVY?si…

Full of anticipation - what a reason for celebration

As we move yet closer towards Holocaust Memorial Day the voices of survivors gave deep meaning to the lighting of candles in the Commons today #HolocaustMemorialDay

The Enduring Melody: Sr Jane Livesey CJ leads our annual Day of Prayer in St Margaret's Church on Saturday 20 January. The day will also be live streamed so you can join us online from around the world.

For more information and to book (free): westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events/t…