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Our Music Partnerships Programme

If you work in a school, there are a myriad of ways you can partner with St Paul’s through our Music Partnerships, and help us inspire children across London and beyond.

Entry from the Virger’s Diary, 7 July 1913, describing the discovery of an explosive device beneath the Bishop’s Throne (Ref. No. LRat/126)

The Suffragettes bring the fight for the vote to St Paul’s

In the same year that Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King’s horse, the Suffragettes also targeted St Paul’s in an effort to have their voice heard.

Monument to John Moore

About the project

Find out more about this community engagement project, and how we worked with arts and heritage group SV2G (St Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation) to explore the history of the British Empire in the Caribbean.

Fig. 1. Engraving of the north elevation, probably by Simon Gribelin, c.1687–88, with cut-outs from a later engraving of the finished dome (St Paul’s Cathedral, SP105)

5. Designs for the Dome, c. 1685-1710

Wren’s revisions to the design in 1685–86 created a podium for a vast, richly modelled Dome, inspired by those of Michelangelo’s St Peter’s in Rome and Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s Invalides church in Paris.

Pupils from St Mary's Islington with art project 'The World Reimagined' founder, Michelle Gayle

St Paul's art installation for racial justice inspires thousands of London pupils

An art installation inspiring conversation about racial justice in St Paul's Cathedral has been blessed as part of a service for 1,700 pupils from London church schools.

The dome of St Paul's with sunlight breaking through clouds and a bird flying in the foreground

Good Friday: The Three Hours

A series of devotions and meditations for Good Friday.

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Paula Hollingsworth

The Big Issues - Salvation

An information sheet for GCSE RS about salvation.

Paula Hollingsworth

The Big Issues - Baptism

An information sheet for GCSE RS about baptism.

Paula Hollingsworth

The Big Issues - Communion

An information sheet for GCSE RS about communion.

Robert-Coupland

The Big Issues - Liturgy

An information sheet for GCSE RS about liturgy.

Paula Hollingsworth

The Big Issues - Pentecost

An information sheet for GCSE RS about Pentecost.

Dean David Ison

The Big Issues - Evil and Suffering

An information sheet for GCSE RS about evil and suffering.

Fig. 1. ‘The Revised design’: South elevation, drawn by Hawksmoor, c.1686 (© All Souls College, Oxford, G.81)

3. Upper elevations and west end, c. 1685

The dramatic increase in funding from 1686 was the main factor behind a major revision to the design that can be dated from mid-1685.

A man stands on Millennium Bridge in London, dressed in a white shirt and blue jacket, with short blond hair. He is holding a photo of his late daughter, who passed away from cancer. He is standing beside an art work for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, made of butterflies, framing the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.

Bells rung in memory of 253 children lost to cancer every year

On 9th September 2025, our historic bells rang out in memory of the 253 children lost to cancer each year in the UK, in a unique partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Rowan Williams speaking at St Paul's Cathedral

Rowan Williams answers the question 'Who is Jesus for you?'

At the event 'Jesus Christ: The Unanswered Questions' in St Paul's Cathedral, Rowan Williams is asked 'Who is Jesus for you? and this is his answer.

grindling gibbons carvings jonathan working

Recreating the Quire carvings

Understand how the Quire has evolved over the past 300 years and how those changes have created conservation considerations today.

The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel According to Mark read by David Suchet

David Suchet’s dramatic reading of the whole of Mark’s Gospel, recorded live in St Paul’s Cathedral.

Rowan Williams on screen presenting the seminar

Contemplation in the city - Rowan Williams

An academic seminar titled 'Contemplation in the city: some modern approaches to prayer in the urban landscape' in which Rowan Williams talks about about Madeleine Delbrêl. Part of the Koinonia lectures for 2022-23, co-organised by the Diocese of London, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, which offer an opportunity to engage with the latest research from a wide range of theological and ecclesiological thinkers.

Paula Gooder speaking in St Paul's Cathedral

In Green Pastures: The Psalms in Prayer and Music

Paula Gooder introduces some of her favourite psalms and their themes of joy, lament, comfort and reconciliation, and reflects on how they can draw us closer to God. With live music from members of the St Paul’s Cathedral Consort performing settings of psalms from across the centuries and readings by Adjoa Andoh, actor and Licenced Lay Minister in the Church of England.

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.

On Prayer

Neil Evans reflects on prayer for the season of Lent.