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…
Sunday 25th October 2026 – 11am-12pm – Holy Communion on Bible Sunday
Christians believe that through the many voices and stories of the Bible we can hear God speaking to us today. How do we listen? At this special service we will…
Tuesday 22nd September – 6:30pm – St Olave Lecture – Tudor Spies and Espionage
Click here to book tickets for the lecture.St Olave’s Lecture: The Hidden History & Legacy of Tudor Espionage Tuesday 22nd September 2026Choral Evensong (free to attend) 5.30pm-6.15pmSt Olave Lecture (Tickets…
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 26th January 2027 – 5.30pm – St Olave Lecture: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Anne Fanshawe
Lucy Moore explores the extraordinary life of Lady Ann Fanshawe: civil war, exile, diplomacy and England's first ice cream recipe. Choral Evensong at St Olave Hart Street (5.30pm-6.15pm) - free…
Tuesday 23rd February 2027 – 5.30pm – St Olave Lecture: Fashion and Femininity in the Age of Samuel Pepys
Marlo Avidon reveals how dress reflected identity, status and and social ambition in seventeenth-century England. Choral Evensong at St Olave Hart Street (5.30pm-6.15pm) - free to attend - followed by…
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…
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 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…
