Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster, after being approached by John Forster and the poet's son, readily agreed and the funeral was strictly private, following Dickens' own instructions. The ...

In their playful and erudite discussion, Bennett looks back on his play The History Boys while also expressing great affection for the Abbey three decades after the screening of his much-loved BBC ...

and in white-and-gold paint from Westminster Abbey’s muniment room in the ­gallery above Poets’ Corner. There’s a conspicuous ...

But he didn’t end up in either of his chosen spots. Instead, he was whisked away to the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey because the Dean of Westminster, Arthur Stanley, wanted a famous ...

Westminster Abbey is a historic and iconic landmark located in the ... Tombs and memorials of scientists, political figures, and Poets' Corner, Art, architecture, history, and Christianity How long is ...

Westminster Abbey now hopes to finally lay the mystery to rest by rescanning the effigy head, which is the last surviving element of the effigy, using the latest, high-tech 3D scans. It was last ...

Two pensioners have denied damaging Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey by spraying it with orange chalk paint. Alyson Lee, 66, a retired teaching assistant from Derby, and Di Bligh ...

I used to hate you. I only knew you as the home you built for me. I knew you as gunshots and brutality; as corpses and discrimination. I only heard Trayvon Martin and Breonna Taylor’s names when I ...

These masterpieces cemented Dickens's legacy as one of the greatest literary figures of all time. Dickens also worked as an ...

The 149th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show put about 2,500 dogs of all sizes to the test and Monty the giant schnauzer came out on top Tuesday night, winning the prestigious Best in Show title at ...