Westminster Abbey

David Hockney’s Westminster Abbey Stained Glass

15/06/2026 donbrown 0

On the day that the artist David Hockney died I was in Westminster Abbey pointing out, as I always do, the stained glass window that […]

Death victorious – the Nightingale Monument in Westminster Abbey

06/02/2026 donbrown 0

Westminster Abbey can be seen as many things. It’s a Royal Chapel, the place of coronations, weddings, funerals and burials; a National Church, where services […]

Murder in the Abbey: the death of Robert Hawle

15/07/2023 donbrown 0

One of the great things about Westminster Abbey is that it is almost impossible to tire of the place. Yes, it can be a bit […]

The Apple Store’s Victorian Mosaics

10/04/2023 donbrown 0

Halfway up Regent Street, just before you get to Oxford Circus, is one of central London’s Apple Stores, purveyors of high tech electronic goods to […]

Westminster Abbey’s Hidden Highlights Tour

08/02/2022 donbrown 0

I am a jaded old cynic, a London Blue Badge Guide who has taken people round Westminster Abbey what, 200? 300 times? Pre-covid, some weeks […]

The Oldest Door in Britain

08/01/2022 donbrown 0

As you walk through a passageway that links the cloisters to the Chapter House in Westminster Abbey, you walk past a doorway that is generally […]

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A dastardly murder in Pall Mall

11/09/2021 donbrown 0

If you’ve never been to Westminster Abbey (or it’s ages since you last visited), now is the perfect time to go. The absence of foreign […]

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Video: a tour of Parliament Square

11/08/2021 donbrown 0

Join me for a video tour of Parliament Square courtesy of UKToursOnline. We’ll look into Westminster Hall, catch up with the statues in the Square, […]

The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

08/08/2021 donbrown 0

If you should come into the Abbey through the West Door and into the nave, you will walk over the memorial to Sir Winston Churchill, but  everyone, whether […]

The Monarch’s Champion

15/03/2021 donbrown 0

If you ever have a tour of the Houses of Parliament it is in Westminster Hall where you meet your guide. This is the oldest […]