The Ecclesiastical Transfer Market

It’s all very confusing, as Church of England clergy move between the Cities of London and Westminster, from St Paul’s Cathedral to Westminster Abbey and vice versa. We had got used to the Canons of St Paul’s, when one of them suddenly arrived at the Abbey as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Equally, we were used to the Canons of the Abbey, and then Canon Andrew Tremlett was headhunted to become the new Dean of St Paul’s (fifth from left in the image), in which capacity we welcomed him back to the Cathedral in January’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Perhaps it is the quality of the refreshments that we serve after ecumenical occasions that keeps them firmly in Zone 1?