{"id":5338,"date":"2026-09-23T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/?p=5338"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:01:24","slug":"tudor-spies-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/tudor-spies-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 22nd September 2026 – St Olave Lecture “Tudor Spies”"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Choral Evensong with Tudor Music followed by St Olave Lecture<\/strong>
\u201cTudor Spies\u201d by Sally Gibbins of the Francis Bacon Society<\/strong>
Tuesday 22nd September 2026<\/strong>

Over 110 people joined us for a special Choral Evensong with Tudor music, followed by our first St Olave Lecture of the autumn.<\/p>\n

A huge thank you to Sally Gibbins, Principal of the Francis Bacon Society<\/strong> for a fascinating and entertaining talk which placed St Olave\u2019s and its neighbourhood at the heart of the secret world of Elizabethan espionage. Sally drew together the stories of figures including Sir Francis Walsingham, Peter Capponi, and Francis and Anthony Bacon, revealing some of the remarkable connections between the parish and the intelligence networks of Tudor England.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With Tudor music, live character performances by Sally\u2019s actor and musician friends Gary Cordice and Jonathon Lawrence Freeman and the historic setting of St Olave\u2019s itself, this month\u2019s lecture was a unique and memorable experience.<\/p>

We were also delighted that Professor David Stupples joined us and brought along an Enigma machine to demonstrate after Sally\u2019s talk. It provided a fascinating bridge from the world of Anthony Bacon, codes and ciphers to the development of cryptography and the work of Alan Turing and the codebreakers at Bletchley Park centuries later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thank you to Sally, David, all the performers and musicians, and everyone who joined us for such a memorable evening.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Choral Evensong<\/strong> takes place at St Olave\u2019s on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5.30pm<\/strong>. Do join us for our regular weekly services<\/a><\/span> when you can.<\/p>

Our next St Olave Lecture<\/strong> follows Compline by Candlelight on Tuesday 20th October<\/strong>. Details of this and the rest of our current programme can be foundhere<\/a>.

<\/span>The Francis Bacon Society<\/strong>
Founded in 1886, the FBS is one of the UK’s oldest literary societies and a registered educational charity researching Francis Bacon, his work and the world in which he lived. If this fascinating period interests you, please join the Society. New members are always welcome. Contact Sally Gibbins: \u00a0francis.bacon.society@gmail.com <\/u>\u00a0Find out more at this link<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Choral Evensong with Tudor Music followed by St Olave Lecture\u201cTudor Spies\u201d by Sally Gibbins of the Francis Bacon SocietyTuesday 22nd September 2026 Over 110 people joined us for a special Choral Evensong with Tudor music, followed by our first St Olave Lecture of the autumn. 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