When the young Benjamin Franklin first set foot in London on Christmas Eve 1724 he entered and immediately embraced a cosmopolitan world with links to many corners of the world. The printing house of Samuel Palmer (Lady Chapel at Saint Bartholomew the Great Church) where he found work the following month was at that time engaged in a project to print both a New Testament and Psalter in Arabic for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (based in Damascus, Syria) together with the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo and the Nestorian in Ninevah.

Nicholas Chapman will explore the background and outworking of this project and what is known of Franklin's involvement in it. He will explore Franklin's interest in the Orthodox Christian East during the remainder of his long life and how his involvement as a young man in Arabic printing would impact at a much later date on the appearance of the first printed copies of the US Declaration of Independence.

To attend the talk, purchase tickets using the link. Ticket cost: £11.55

We greatly look forward to our 2025 Lent Course, in which we will explore the poetry and prose of the great 17th century writer and Anglican divine George Herbert. Several of his poems, such as ‘The God of love my shepherd is’, ‘Teach me, my God and King’ and ‘Let all the world in every corner sing’ are familiar as much-loved hymns. Others are less well known and dramatize an occasionally troubled but always deeply personal relationship with God. Links to the poems and prose to be studied will be made available on line before each session and via handouts on the evening.

The course will be led by Martin Amherst Lock who read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and led last year’s fantastic Lent Course on John Donne.

There is no need to book. Do just come along on the following dates:

Wednesday 12 March
Biographical background: Herbert the metaphysical poet

Wednesday 19 March
The Temple: Herbert the country parson 

Monday 24 March
‘His beams shall cheer my breast, and both so twine Till ev’n His beams sing, and my music shine’: reciprocity and dialogue 

Wednesday 2 April
‘So we freeze on Until the grave increase our cold’: rebellion, despair and death

Wednesday 9 April
Arise, Arise; And with his burial-linen dry thine eyes’: hope and resurrection 

Each session will start at 7pm in the Cloister and conclude at 8pm with sung Compline, providing an opportunity for prayer and reflection as the Church approaches the Easter Feast. 

The bar will be open for refreshments from 6pm onwards.

The overall course outline can be found in the attached file.

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We greatly look forward to our 2025 Lent Course, in which we will explore the poetry and prose of the great 17th century writer and Anglican divine George Herbert. Several of his poems, such as ‘The God of love my shepherd is’, ‘Teach me, my God and King’ and ‘Let all the world in every corner sing’ are familiar as much-loved hymns. Others are less well known and dramatize an occasionally troubled but always deeply personal relationship with God. Links to the poems and prose to be studied will be made available on line before each session and via handouts on the evening.

The course will be led by Martin Amherst Lock who read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and led last year’s fantastic Lent Course on John Donne.

There is no need to book. Do just come along on the following dates:

Wednesday 12 March
Biographical background: Herbert the metaphysical poet

Wednesday 19 March
The Temple: Herbert the country parson 

Monday 24 March
‘His beams shall cheer my breast, and both so twine Till ev’n His beams sing, and my music shine’: reciprocity and dialogue 

Wednesday 2 April
‘So we freeze on Until the grave increase our cold’: rebellion, despair and death

Wednesday 9 April
Arise, Arise; And with his burial-linen dry thine eyes’: hope and resurrection 

Each session will start at 7pm in the Cloister and conclude at 8pm with sung Compline, providing an opportunity for prayer and reflection as the Church approaches the Easter Feast. 

The bar will be open for refreshments from 6pm onwards.

The overall course outline can be found in the attached file.

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We greatly look forward to our 2025 Lent Course, in which we will explore the poetry and prose of the great 17th century writer and Anglican divine George Herbert. Several of his poems, such as ‘The God of love my shepherd is’, ‘Teach me, my God and King’ and ‘Let all the world in every corner sing’ are familiar as much-loved hymns. Others are less well known and dramatize an occasionally troubled but always deeply personal relationship with God. Links to the poems and prose to be studied will be made available on line before each session and via handouts on the evening.

The course will be led by Martin Amherst Lock who read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and led last year’s fantastic Lent Course on John Donne.

There is no need to book. Do just come along on the following dates:

Wednesday 12 March
Biographical background: Herbert the metaphysical poet

Wednesday 19 March
The Temple: Herbert the country parson 

Monday 24 March
‘His beams shall cheer my breast, and both so twine Till ev’n His beams sing, and my music shine’: reciprocity and dialogue 

Wednesday 2 April
‘So we freeze on Until the grave increase our cold’: rebellion, despair and death

Wednesday 9 April
Arise, Arise; And with his burial-linen dry thine eyes’: hope and resurrection 

Each session will start at 7pm in the Cloister and conclude at 8pm with sung Compline, providing an opportunity for prayer and reflection as the Church approaches the Easter Feast. 

The bar will be open for refreshments from 6pm onwards.

The overall course outline can be found in the attached file.

View attachment

We greatly look forward to our 2025 Lent Course, in which we will explore the poetry and prose of the great 17th century writer and Anglican divine George Herbert. Several of his poems, such as ‘The God of love my shepherd is’, ‘Teach me, my God and King’ and ‘Let all the world in every corner sing’ are familiar as much-loved hymns. Others are less well known and dramatize an occasionally troubled but always deeply personal relationship with God. Links to the poems and prose to be studied will be made available on line before each session and via handouts on the evening.

The course will be led by Martin Amherst Lock who read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and led last year’s fantastic Lent Course on John Donne.

There is no need to book. Do just come along on the following dates:

Wednesday 12 March
Biographical background: Herbert the metaphysical poet

Wednesday 19 March
The Temple: Herbert the country parson 

Monday 24 March
‘His beams shall cheer my breast, and both so twine Till ev’n His beams sing, and my music shine’: reciprocity and dialogue 

Wednesday 2 April
‘So we freeze on Until the grave increase our cold’: rebellion, despair and death

Wednesday 9 April
Arise, Arise; And with his burial-linen dry thine eyes’: hope and resurrection 

Each session will start at 7pm in the Cloister and conclude at 8pm with sung Compline, providing an opportunity for prayer and reflection as the Church approaches the Easter Feast. 

The bar will be open for refreshments from 6pm onwards.

The overall course outline can be found in the attached file.

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We greatly look forward to our 2025 Lent Course, in which we will explore the poetry and prose of the great 17th century writer and Anglican divine George Herbert. Several of his poems, such as ‘The God of love my shepherd is’, ‘Teach me, my God and King’ and ‘Let all the world in every corner sing’ are familiar as much-loved hymns. Others are less well known and dramatize an occasionally troubled but always deeply personal relationship with God. Links to the poems and prose to be studied will be made available on line before each session and via handouts on the evening.

The course will be led by Martin Amherst Lock who read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and led last year’s fantastic Lent Course on John Donne.

There is no need to book. Do just come along on the following dates:

Wednesday 12 March
Biographical background: Herbert the metaphysical poet

Wednesday 19 March
The Temple: Herbert the country parson

Monday 24 March
‘His beams shall cheer my breast, and both so twine Till ev’n His beams sing, and my music shine’: reciprocity and dialogue

Wednesday 2 April
‘So we freeze on Until the grave increase our cold’: rebellion, despair and death

Wednesday 9 April
Arise, Arise; And with his burial-linen dry thine eyes’: hope and resurrection

Each session will start at 7pm in the Cloister and conclude at 8pm with sung Compline, providing an opportunity for prayer and reflection as the Church approaches the Easter Feast.

The bar will be open for refreshments from 6pm onwards.

The overall course outline can be found in the attached file.

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Donkey outside of St Bartholomew the Less before 11AM Service - Blessing of Palms, Procession & Choral Eucharist