Whither the Archbishopric of Canterbury?
IN September 2024 I retired from teaching at Ripon College Cuddesdon, the Church of England Theological College near Oxford, after 32 years on the staff, much of it spent as vice-principal. Shortly afterwards, I received a letter from Lambeth Palace, the home and office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to say that I had been given the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship and I was invited to receive the medal from the Archbishop at a reception at the Palace on 28 November. It was all very unexpected and flattering. Yet I was not destined to see the newly refurbished Palace: things changed very rapidly.
IN September 2024 I retired from teaching at Ripon College Cuddesdon, the Church of England Theological College near Oxford, after 32 years on the staff, much of it spent as vice-principal. Shortly afterwards, I received a letter from Lambeth Palace, the home and office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to say that I had been given the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship and I was invited to receive the medal from the Archbishop at a reception at the Palace on 28 November. It was all very unexpected and flattering. Yet I was not destined to see the newly refurbished Palace: things changed very rapidly.
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