On Friday, a memorial for C.S. Lewis was unveiled in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner, where various British authors are commemorated and celebrated. The unveiling took place on the 50th anniversary of his death.
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| C.S. Lewis' memorial in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey (Image source) |
C.S. Lewis wrote and presented extensively but he is probably most widely known for his Narnia series, of which The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, published in 1950, is the most famous installment. And the timing of the unveiling of Lewis' memorial just happens to be an appropriate time to be thinking of this classic story, in which the Pevensie children arrive in the magical land of Narnia to find that it is 'always Winter, but never Christmas'. The arrival of Father Christmas later in the story is a sign of hope that the evil White Witch's spell is breaking, and the children are furnished with Christmas gifts to help them in the battle for Narnia.
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| Mr Tumnus and Lucy walking through the wintery scene of Narnia (Image source) |
As we in the Northern Hemisphere start to move into Winter, with colder, shorter days, at least we - unlike the citizens of Narnia - know that the brightness and warmth of Christmas are not too far down the track, with Christmas Eve but one month away today.
How wonderful that Lewis has been commemorated in this way, I loved his books when I was a child (still do) I vividly remember the wonderful BBC series that was on just before Christmas for a few years when I was young, there was no better way to build the excitement for Christmas than watching that each week, it was wonderful! x
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'm not sure if I know the mini-series or not... Perhaps one to look up to build the Christmas excitement this year.
DeleteA wonderful coming together of stories - of a great man, his great Narnia stories and of the great hope of Christmas with the birth of Jesus. I am glad that Westminster has included C.S. Lewis in their Poets' Corner
ReplyDeleteIndeed. One to go see when you're next in London!
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