Temple Church

Temple Church in the City of London is steeped in history.

The Church was built by the Knights Templar, the order of crusading monks founded to protect pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem in the 12th century. It was designed to recall the holiest place in the Crusaders' world: the circular Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

And so it is with a sense of awe that I will be sharing conversation with Simeon Rose here on the 12th May, as part of the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words 2026, beautifully titled 'The Age of Wisdom and Foolishness'.

We walk in the footsteps of the wise (and undoubtedly some foolish too) with a sense of our very small place in nine centuries of history.