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St Martin’s likes to proclaim the ever-open door and welcome everyone: but what are the fundamental commitments of this community, how do we combine theological and secular convictions, and what is the significance of this community’s witness in the troubled and challenged world of today?

Sam Wells is Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Chaired by Christopher Braganza.

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

St Martin’s likes to proclaim the ever-open door and welcome everyone: but what are the fundamental commitments of this community, how do we combine theological and secular convictions, and what is the significance of this community’s witness in the troubled and challenged world of today?

Sam Wells is Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Chaired by Christopher Braganza.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

‘Dearly beloved’, ‘the powers that be’, ‘for ever and ever’ and many, many more, are coinages that resonate as powerfully today as when they were first set down. The great linguistics guru celebrates the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament. He explores the huge influence Tyndale’s writing had on the English language, and investigates the oft-cited statistic that 80 percent of the King James Bible is actually his.

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor. His many books include Crystal’s Curiosity Cabinet and A Word for All Seasons.

Chaired by Jolley Gosnold.

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

‘Dearly beloved’, ‘the powers that be’, ‘for ever and ever’ and many, many more, are coinages that resonate as powerfully today as when they were first set down. The great linguistics guru celebrates the 500th anniversary of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament. He explores the huge influence Tyndale’s writing had on the English language, and investigates the oft-cited statistic that 80 percent of the King James Bible is actually his.

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor. His many books include Crystal’s Curiosity Cabinet and A Word for All Seasons.

Chaired by Jolley Gosnold.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

The historian celebrates the superstar seventh-century Abbess of Whitby. Hild is one of the most significant figures in the history of English Christianity. As the Abbess of Whitby – a monastery for both men and women – she led one of the most important religious centres in the Anglo-Saxon world and was an influential mentor and patron to bishops, poets and kings alike. The 664 AD Synod of Whitby brought together the Roman and Celtic churches and definitively set the date of Easter.

Janina Ramirez is Research Fellow in History of Art at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, and a celebrated broadcaster and bestselling writer, whose books include Femina – A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, Legenda – The Real Women Behind the Myths that Shape Europe, and The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England.

Chaired by Maddie Naisbitt

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

The historian celebrates the superstar seventh-century Abbess of Whitby. Hild is one of the most significant figures in the history of English Christianity. As the Abbess of Whitby – a monastery for both men and women – she led one of the most important religious centres in the Anglo-Saxon world and was an influential mentor and patron to bishops, poets and kings alike. The 664 AD Synod of Whitby brought together the Roman and Celtic churches and definitively set the date of Easter.

Janina Ramirez is Research Fellow in History of Art at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, and a celebrated broadcaster and bestselling writer, whose books include Femina – A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, Legenda – The Real Women Behind the Myths that Shape Europe, and The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England.

Chaired by Maddie Naisbitt

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

On 8 November 1726, as James Gibbs’ spectacular St Martin-in-the-Fields had first opened its doors, the great Irish satirist and priest Jonathan Swift published his spectacular and absurdist literary hoax Gulliver’s Travels, an excoriating takedown of Greatness and colonial abuse. The great Irish journalist reads the contemporary world through its genius.

Fintan O’Toole has won the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize for his journalism and is the author of 20 books, including We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 and Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain.

Chaired by Peter Florence

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

On 8 November 1726, as James Gibbs’ spectacular St Martin-in-the-Fields had first opened its doors, the great Irish satirist and priest Jonathan Swift published his spectacular and absurdist literary hoax Gulliver’s Travels, an excoriating takedown of Greatness and colonial abuse. The great Irish journalist reads the contemporary world through its genius.

Fintan O’Toole has won the Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize for his journalism and is the author of 20 books, including We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 and Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain.

Chaired by Peter Florence

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

The foundations of democracy can feel solid – until they’re not. Around the world, we have seen how quickly democratic decline can take hold. Many are now warning that the UK is beginning to show similar signs. Debates over artificial intelligence, protest rights and freedom of expression are raising urgent questions about the kind of society we want to live in. Akiko Hart looks at the heat of the arguments, and what is at stake in these debates. She is Director of Liberty, the organisation that challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone is treated fairly.

Liberty, the Council for Civil Liberties, was formed to defend ‘the whole spirit of British freedom’ at a meeting in the Vestry Hall at St Martin in the Fields on 22 February 1934. We are thrilled to host this Liberty Lecture as part of our 300th anniversary programme.

Chaired by Sam Wells.

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

The foundations of democracy can feel solid – until they’re not. Around the world, we have seen how quickly democratic decline can take hold. Many are now warning that the UK is beginning to show similar signs. Debates over artificial intelligence, protest rights and freedom of expression are raising urgent questions about the kind of society we want to live in. Akiko Hart looks at the heat of the arguments, and what is at stake in these debates. She is Director of Liberty, the organisation that challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone is treated fairly.

Liberty, the Council for Civil Liberties, was formed to defend ‘the whole spirit of British freedom’ at a meeting in the Vestry Hall at St Martin in the Fields on 22 February 1934. We are thrilled to host this Liberty Lecture as part of our 300th anniversary programme.

Chaired by Sam Wells.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.