Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church ...
Tucked away in a south-eastern corner of Westminster Abbey lies Weston Tower, a new glass, metal and stone structure that nestles neatly between the 13th Century Chapterhouse and 16th Century Lady ...
Despite restorations in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, the structure is still substantially the same. In July 1189, the Abbot and Convent of Westminster received a grant from Pope Clement III ...
With a history which stretches all the way back to the 10th century, Westminster Abbey has stood through the lives of important people and world-changing events. But who is buried in in the floor ...
This was history in the making - and you had to pinch yourself to think you were seeing it close-up, inside Westminster Abbey. Over there was the battered but rather beautiful Coronation chair ...
Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily ...