City of London Churches

In this episode Roger Hall, Chaplain at the Tower of London gives us a behind the scenes look at  Christmas at the Tower, and Marcus Walker, Rector of St Bartholomew the Great reflects on the cadences of Christmas services ancient and modern.

The Revd Katharine Rumens, Rector of St Giles Cripplegate in the Barbican reflects on fashion, female vicars and the fashion of the City, and the Revd Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate talks about the history and background of church vestments.

In this episode for the City of London Family Learning Festival 2020, The Very Revd David Ison, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, talks about family learning.

In this episode Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate explores the life of Mary Fillis, baptised at St Botolph's in 1597 and Arani Sen, Rector of St Olave's  Hart Street reflects on the life of the Right Revd Samuel Crowther.

Paul Kennedy of St Vedast Alias St Foster and St Mary Aldermary takes us on his morning run with his dog, and Sofia Ackland of All Hallows by the Tower talks about the extraordinary time a beach came to the Tower of London.

In this episode Sophia Ackland from All Hallows by the Tower reflects on the life of St Ethelburga and the role of health and spiritual care in the seventh century and today.  Celeste, a member of the congregation at St Botolph without Aldgate talks about the enslaved African-American poet Phillis Wheatley, who was published at Aldgate.

In this podcast for Our City Together we're focusing on the women killed by 'the unnamed murderer' as we prefer to call the killer commonly known as Jack the Ripper.  Although these murders are linked with Whitechapel, the women did not come from Whitechapel and had full lives before their untimely ends.  Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate talks about C

This episode considers not just the architecture of the City Churches, but the spaces around them.  Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate hosts the podcast.  Laura Li, the Parish Administrator at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, talks about the origin of the curious name of the church, and its history,  Katherine Hedderly, Vicar of All Hallows by the Tower

In this episode which reflects on resilience and the City Churches during the Blitz, we hear from George Bush from St Mary le Bow and Arani Sen of St Olave's Hart Street.  Laura Jorgensen talks about her predecessor at St Botolph without Aldgate who moved into the church during the Blitz to save the building from incendiary devices.

On Ascension Day, the Thursday forty days after Easter, many churches 'Beat the Bounds'. An ancient ceremony, clergy, young people, dignitaries and local people process around the boundaries of their parishes.  In this episode we hear from three clergy in the City of London, Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate, Katherine Hedderly, Vicar of All Hallows by the