A lovely summery Wednesday morning saw Judy and I walking
the streets of the City on the Annual City of London Church Walk organised by
the Worshipful Companies of Plumbers and Constructors.
During the course of the day we visited 11 City Churches as
well as viewing St Pauls Cathedral from the roof garden of One New Change. This
gives a wonderful view of St Paul’s, and the glass cladding of the building is
specially designed to give a striking tryptich of St Paul’s (see photo ).
A leisurely walk through the City is a great way to get to
know some of one’s fellow Masters and their Consorts!
Reflecting on the day over a cup of tea at All Hallows by the
Tower, I was struck by the prodigious professional output of Sir Christopher
Wren – after all, we had visited during the course of the day no less than
seven churches that he had designed in addition to St Paul’s !
Of all the churches visited, my joint favourites were St
Mary Aldermary with its wonderful Gothic fan vaulted ceiling reminiscent of
Eton Chapel, and the Chapel of King’s College Cambridge ; and the perfect
proportions of St Stephen Walbrook . Although a close second was St Mary
Abchurch with its Grinling Gibbons reredos.
In the evening Judy and I went to a reception at the Stern
Pissarro Gallery in St James’s hosted by the
sustainability charity tve. Tve was founded 35 years ago to use the
power of television to make the environment a political issue. Today this
includes YouTube channels, as well as other new media.
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