OFTEN regarded as the nation’s favourite hymn, England’s anthem for the Commonwealth Games is Jerusalem. But is it England’s National Anthem and do you know the words? Here is everything you need to ...
I did not get up at 4 a.m. to watch the coronation of King Charles the other week. Nor did I watch the live BBC broadcast still going on six hours later. So it took me a full day to get the answer to ...
No matter how many dreary events it’s played at, “Jerusalem” — a hymn with lyrics from a poem by William Blake set to music by Sir Hubert Parry — never loses the power to move and astonish, unlike so ...
JERUSALEM, the anthem sung with fervour on national occasions, may be dropped from the new church hymnary, which is in preparation. The Church Hymnary Revision Committee, which is reviewing the body ...