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Neil Rees, the Chairman of the Tyndale Society, gave an excellent talk on William Tyndale to the Tewkesbury Theology Forum on Wednesday 24th June. It was an exceptionally hot evening and the talk was held in the Lady Chapel of Tewkesbury Abbey - the coolest spot in Tewkesbury.
His talk focused initially on the details of the life, work and death of William Tyndale, and then expanded to how his translation has affected the English language and Bible translation since. There followed an extended question and answer session where a well-informed audience put him to the test - which he passed magnificently. The Abbey could not have had a better speaker and we give him our heartfelt thanks.
Report by Spencer Instone, Tewkesbury Theology Forum
The Bible Society has put up an information page about William Tyndale and launched a set of educational resources to mark the 500th anniversary of his English New Testament.
There are different resources for primary schools and for secondary school subjects of History and R.E. The PowerPoint presentation and printable worksheets are free to download and could also be used in youth fellowship groups and Sunday School.
To read the article on the Bible Society website, please click on the link below.
To download the educational resources, please click on the link below (also from the Bible Society website).
On Saturday 20th June, friends and members of the Tyndale Society met in London and went on a biblical tour of the British Museum. Our tour was led by a good friend of the Tyndale Society, Dr Hywel Clifford, Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford.
He led us through the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Greek sections of the Museum, seeing items with inscriptions in hieroglyphs and cuneiform, showing us objects and monuments from the biblical era.
Afterwards we walked to the British Library and saw the "Let There Be Light" and "Sacred Texts" exhibition of English Bibles from Wycliffe to the King James Version, including original copies of Tyndale's 1525 Cologne Fragment, his 1526 New Testament and his translation of Erasmus's Enchridion.
It was a hot day but we all learnt a lot and had a great day together.
Tyndale Society member Mike Smith is planning an epic bike ride across continental Europe. His Tour de Tyndale will take him from Vilvoorde near Brussels (where Tyndale was martyred) on to Cologne and Worms (where Tyndale finished and published his New Testament). From there he will make his way to Constance (where the Czech reformer, Jan Hus, was martyred).
His mammoth bike ride will also raise money for the BIble Society and you can listen to an interview with Mike on the BIble Society Facebook page via the link below.
On the afternoon of Sunday 7th June, 2026, a talk was held at St Paul's Cathedral in London called "Wolsey and Tyndale: spies and espionage".
Historian Dr Charlotte Gautier unravelled the story of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and his network of spies which culminated in Tyndale's betrayal and capture in 1536. You can watch and listen to the entire talk which is now available directly from YouTube or by following the link below to the website for St Paul's cathedral.