Thursday 28th May 2026 – Pepys Commemoration Service followed by Address
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Pepys Commemoration Service on Thursday, when we remember the lives of Samuel and Elizabeth Pepys who are buried here and called…
Tuesday 10th November – 6:30pm – St Olave Lecture – Bringing Samuel Pepys and Restoration London to Life
Click here for Eventbrite URL. Tuesday 10th November 2026 – 5.30pm (Choral Evensong), 6.30pm (Talk) – St Olave Lecture – Seething Lane: Bringing Samuel Pepys and Restoration London to…
Tuesday 20th October – 6:30pm – St Olave Lecture – For the Love of Tea
Click here for Eventbrite URL. Join City of London guide and tea historian, Lisa Honan CBE, for a short talk exploring the extraordinary history of tea. Join City of London…
Saturday 30th May 2026 – 7.00pm – “Incendiary” – Samuel Pepys in Words and Music by Hambletts Productions (World Premiere)
This unique and very special performance takes place under Samuel Pepys' and his wife, Elizabeth's, gaze, in the church where they both worshipped and lie buried. Pepys' inimitable words are…
Tuesday 26th May at 6.30pm – William Turner : The Father of English Botany
Click here for Eventbrite URL. Professor Brycchan Carey joins us to talk about the life of William Turner - known as ‘the Father of English Botany’, who is buried here at St…
Tuesday 2 June – 6pm – St Olave Lecture – The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary
Click here for Eventbrite URL. Professor Kate Loveman explores how Samuel Pepys’s Diary has been received through the ages, since its first publication 200 years ago. Compline by Candlelight at St Olave…
Tuesday 28 April – 6:30pm – St Olave Lecture – First Kings : Forged by Vikings in England and Norway
Click here for Eventbrite URL. Adrian Waddingham CBE explores the turbulent years of 850 to 954, when the first kings of England and Norway emerged. Compline by Candlelight at St…
