Gifts

This delightful die-cast model of the iconic London Routemaster Bus is highly detailed and has a pull-back motor. Children will delight in pulling the bus backwards and watching it race forward on release. The Routemaster bus is one of London's most...

This 100% cotton tea towel has been designed exclusively for Westminster Abbey Shop to celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Measures: L64 x W45cm 100% Cotton Made in the UK

This lined notebook forms part of our 'Scenes of London' range based on a specially commissioned painting by Allan Drummond. His quirky watercolour illustrates a montage of London highlights, including the iconic Westminster Abbey. The scenes evoke the...

This cotton tea towel forms part of our 'Scenes of London' range based on a specially commissioned painting by Allan Drummond. His quirky watercolour illustrates a montage of London highlights, including the iconic Westminster Abbey. The scenes evoke the...

This delicate siver plated necklace features a dove which symbolises the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost within Christianity. The necklace comes in a Westminster Abbey sleeve. Pendant measures 1.8cm x 1.5cm on an 18" chain.

This notebook has been designed by Sinead Taylor exclusively for Westminster Abbey Shop. The bold design depicts the famous West Towers of Westminster Abbey with a crown in the bottom right hand corner; symbolising Westminster Abbey's relationship to the...

The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas. Whether in the patriotic enthusiasm of Rupert...

Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across...

The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s...

Starting with King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), David Mitchell tells the story of England's royals up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management...

'As we contemplate the coming months, not knowing when we can breathe again, it's worth thinking about how already the foundations have been laid for whatever new opportunities God has for us on the far side of this crisis.'Rowan Williams offers these...

Who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people we are? What does it mean to be the new Elizabethans? In this wonderfully told history, spanning back to when Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1953, Andrew Marr traces...