LONDON on the Ground

The gardens of one of London’s most famous historic buildings offer unexpected delights (but go on a sunny day). Westminster Abbey’s appeal extends beyond the main attraction of the ancient church itself. There are also some wonderfully secluded and historic gardens, which combine beautiful plants and trees with unfamiliar views of the Abbey and the nearby Palace of Westminster.   Westminster Abbey – strictly the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster – was originally

The Partners’ work included Eltham Palace and post-war restoration of London churches, St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey. John Seely and Paul Paget, Partners in life as well as in business, produced architecture that combined old and new with sensitivity and flair in the middle decades of the 20 th  century.   They met in around 1920 at Cambridge University, where Seely read Architecture and Paget read English (but he never graduated), and became great friends. On 7 March 1926

St Dunstan devised the service for King Edgar in 973 as Archbishop of Canterbury. The coronation of King Charles III and his consort...