Comments on: At Westminster Abbey

By: Steve Sz

Steve Sz — Sat, 13 May 2023 21:50:29 +0000

The Abbey was closed to prepare for the Coronation on my last visit to London. However, I did manage to get on gentle author’s April tour of Spitalfields, and that was excellent. I recommend it to you all.

By: John Cunningham

John Cunningham — Fri, 12 May 2023 07:37:30 +0000

I visited Westminster Abbey several times as a child and once in my twenties back in the 1970s. As with all churches at the time one could just wander in at will. I always found it both touching and awe inspiring. Last year when in London, I thought I would make another visit but was very disappointed to be informed that it now costs eighteen pounds to enter. Greedy commercialism has no bounds…

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sun, 07 May 2023 23:29:17 +0000

Totally late in posting this. I am over here, in the Hudson River Valley, presenting a 3-day art workshop, but am keeping one eye ball on the Coronation. Wishing you all well, and hoping that
that the modern age provides wisdom and reflection on what to leave in and what to leave out,
going forward. Sometimes we all find ourselves at a pivot point, when the traditions of an earlier age seem to want to tilt and change. Maybe the monarchy is at that point? Not sure — Only
YOU, the populace, will decide. Over here, we are having our own struggles. But –
no matter what – onward and upward. We will abide.

Throwing roses your way.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Sat, 06 May 2023 23:36:05 +0000

I love this piece
& the photos are incredible
capturing some STRANGENESS of british culture.

We are so ready for change.

May this king be our last.

By: Jennifer Newbold

Jennifer Newbold — Sat, 06 May 2023 14:05:39 +0000

A terrific photo-essay! It’s so easy to become overwhelmed at Westminster Abbey, in the face of all those memorials from centuries past. Imagine if all those statues could become animated at night. What would they talk about amongst themselves?!

By: Cherub

Cherub — Sat, 06 May 2023 13:17:21 +0000

How beautiful it all looked today, my heart was singing.

God Save The King!

By: achim

achim — Sat, 06 May 2023 12:10:04 +0000

Long live KING CHARLES III !

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Christine Swan

Christine Swan — Sat, 06 May 2023 08:42:39 +0000

Westminster Abbey is an incredibly significant place. Alas, my earliest memory of it was being taken round in a tour with my parents as part of a job lot with the Palace of Westminster. I was desperate for the loo but, apparently, there weren’t any. However, I did not disgrace myself but the experience is forever ingrained in my memory as an uncomfortable one! P.s. we have King John here in Worcester cathedral – definitely worth a visit!

By: Paul Hollin

Paul Hollin — Sat, 06 May 2023 08:39:00 +0000

A great piece to publish today. The photos are fantastic. The whole building comes across as a massive and strange ongoing collaborative work of art representing the output and activity stemming from ‘the human condition’. Russell Hoban’s novel Ridley Walker gives a similar sense about Canterbury Cathedral set in a distant future, with the person encountering the ruins not knowing why they were built, but sensing the power within.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Sat, 06 May 2023 07:55:07 +0000

Definitely something of the mausoleum about the place.