Edward Abbey began his classic Desert Solitaire with the simple "This is the most beautiful place on earth." Fiery rock can do that to a man. Others trying to understand the seductive pull of the ...

Life lessons show up at unexpected times and in unexpected places. One showed up for me today. While I was watching YouTube, a young adventurer canoeing deep in ...

Edward was born in the precincts of Westminster Abbey on 2nd November 1470, while his father Edward IV was in exile and his mother Elizabeth (Woodville) was taking Sanctuary within the Abbey, under ...

They had seven sons and five daughters (three of whom are buried in the Abbey). Their eldest son Edward of Woodstock, later called the "Black" Prince probably due to the colour of the armour he wore, ...

the Earl of Wessex (taking over Prince Edward's former title). Following nearly a thousand years of tradition, the service at Westminster Abbey will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.