Bermondsey Vicar

A three dimensional model of the St James dragon was made by the restorers during the recent retoration of the weathervane - and here is a v...

The Bridge, newspaper of the Diocese of Southwark, carries an article on its front page of its September issue about Archdeacon Jane Stee...

Congratulations to Barry and Harriet, married today at St James. Every blessing to you both and to all the family.

Fergus Carr, the architect of our proposed new joyslide for the 21st century and local historian, Graham Taylor, have been interviewed on ...

Above: the newly restored ceiling of the portico of St James, revealed as the first tranche of scaffolding comes down.

In the height of summer it's hard to rememer what the winter is like, but here is an atmospheric shot sent in by a blog reader of St ...

As the son of a black cab driver, I always enjoy meeting cabbies or cabby's families at weddings or funerals that we take as a team here...

As part of the restoration of the church tower and portico, we have received the go ahead to replace the currently veryfaded Scriptural Pane...

On Tooley Street, close to the junction with Tower Bridge Road, is this statue of Ernest Bevin, a hero to the dockers who lived and worked...

The dragon, newly repaired and regilded, has returned to its traditional perch on the top of the bell tower. Our thanks to Dorothea Resto...

Great news! Our plan for a new joyslide for the 21st century has been granted planning permission by Southwark Council. Southwark News t...

Congratulations to Sir Simon Hughes on his appointment as Chancellor of London Southbank University. Read more about it here

On Yorkshire Day, the story of an English masterpiece in the city of York: For two summers in the late 1970s I was a guide in York Minis...

Photos (thanks Pat) from a recent climb to the top of the church tower:

Daily Express See what happened when Daily Express journalist, Dominic Utton, had a go at bellringing at St James, with tower captain, ...

With today being St James's Day we began tonight's Building Committee with the Collect (or special prayer) for the day: Mercif...

Appropriately enough as it is St James's Day today, BBC Radio 4's Today programme was broadcasting live from St James's, Bermo...

With the Bermondsey dragon about to return to its traditional perch on top of the bell tower, it is good to remember that in Christian theol...

George Dunk (1951-2018) was a councillor for Riverside ward here in Bermondsey from 1990 to 1998. Today at St James we hosted a servic...

Archdeacons are adept at inspecting things. It's part of their job, in addition to encouraging and caring for the clergy and people of...