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Our lift is currently out of action and awaiting repair. We're working hard to get it back up and running as soon as possible, but at the moment, access to the Crypt and accessible toilet is only possible via steps. Visitors who need an accessible toilet can use the facilities located in nearby Paternoster Square. 

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Carris, a white woman with auburn hair and glasses, stands in the cathedral, the lights of the nave and the decorative ceiling blurred in the background behind her.
Written reflection
Easter
Good Friday
Music

Music for Good Friday and Easter

Singer Carris Jones writes about music that illuminates the mystery and meanings of Good Friday and Easter.
The monument to Samuel Johnson depicts him leaning on a column, dressed in antique drapes, and contemplating a scroll
Written reflection
Cathedral
History

History Set in Stone: Church, Power and Empire

Students discover how monuments at St Paul’s Cathedral can inform understanding of the British Empire and its influence and impact on the wider world.
New Chapter members installed at St Paul's Cathedral in 2023.
News article
16th October 2023

Four new Chapter members for St Paul's

Four Non-Executive Members have been appointed to The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, the trustee body responsible for its governance, strategy and oversight.

A screenshot of Eve Poole and Paula Gooder smiling during their online conversation.
Film and video
Artificial Intelligence
Identity
Science
Soul
Technology
Science

Robot Souls: AI and what it means to be human

Eve Poole and Paula Gooder talk about AI and why it draws us into the big questions about existence. What does it means to be human? What is a soul? What really matters about human life?
Alan Smith, a black man with bald head and black glasses wearing a navy blazer over a pale blue shirt, stands in front of large glass windows.
Written reflection
Artificial Intelligence
Capitalism
Economics
Inequality
Money
Parables

Fair Money

Alan Smith considers issues of equality, fairness and justice in money and the economy.
A screen shot of Judy Fentress-Williams, a black woman black hair tied back, wearing a clerical collar and a brightly patterned top and sitting in front of a bookcase and window with white wooden blinds, and Paula Gooder, a white woman with long blond hair sitting beside a pale painted wall with a corner of a fireplace behind her.
Film and video
Bible
Biblical Scholarship
Imagination
New Testament
Old Testament
Storytelling

Holy Imagination: poetry and authority in the Bible

Judy Fentress-Williams and Paula Gooder talk about the beautiful, inspiring and difficult parts of the Bible, why we should read it like poetry, and what Biblical authority really means.
Karen is a white woman with light wavy hair pinned up and glasses, wearing a pale green rollneck sweater, smiling at someone to the side of the camera.
Written reflection
Darkness
Evil
Faith
Hope
Light
Suffering

Light and darkness

Karen Kilby reflects on faith in times of light and darkness.
children smiling and laughing on schools trip
News article
9th October 2023

St Paul’s earns award for school outreach work

St Paul’s Cathedral has been awarded the 2023 Sandford Award for Heritage Education, in recognition of the “exemplary” work carried out by our Schools and Family Learning team.

Neil is a white man with balding grey hair and wire framed glasses, wearing a black clerical shirt and black jacket. He smiles at the camera, trees and a garden wall blurred in the background.
Written reflection
Lent
Prayer

On Prayer

Neil Evans reflects on prayer for the season of Lent.