A selection of writings, speeches, photographs and events as well as some of my favourite literary passages.
Saturday, 11 December 2010
The Royal Hospital Chelsea Carol Service 2010
The Friends of the Royal Hospital Chelsea Carol Service held on 10th December is one of the loveliest of the Christmas season. Unusually the beautiful Wren chapel has its candle-lit choir stalls in the centre of the nave, creating a wonderfully intimate atmosphere. This year one of the lessons was a fine poem written and read by Alan Tichmarsh which you can read here. A video of the choir singing the first two verses of 'Once in Royal David's City' can be heard here, but the solist was a woman, who's voice lacked the cut-glass purity of a boy's
Click here for the 2009 Carol Service
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