Margaret Ward: worshipper at Birmingham Cathedral Inspirational art: Edward Burne-Jones windows in Birmingham Cathedral "It is arguably the artist's best work. The artist is Edward Burne-Jones, who most people have heard of, born in Bennet's Hill just round the corner from here in Birmingham and he was baptised here in 1834.
 | | The Ascension window |
"He went to King Edwards School and then to Oxford to read theology. There he met William Morris, they became life long friends, gave up theology and went into the art world and both became incredibly famous." The Last Judgement Window Birmingham Cathedral has four 'Burne-Jones' stained glass windows. A triptych of windows in the east end of the cathedral show the Nativity, Ascension and Crucifixion. In the west end is the great Last Judgement window, a favourite of Margaret's. "This is the Last Judgement window. At the top you have Christ in majesty, in between a crumbling city and the people down below looking up wondering what on earth is going to happen, they all look a bit scared. "The child is holding his mother's gown and they just don’t quite know what's going to happen. Joining the two halves together you have the angel with a trumpet calling the faithful.
 | | The Last Judgement window |
"It's very powerful, they're Pre-Raphaelite colours and they are superb." Margaret has worshipped in Birmingham Cathedral for over 20 years, each week sitting in the congregation and looking up at the windows. "I just think they are beautiful, the colours are superb. I'm Christian and I worship here. On Sunday mornings I always look at this one (the Ascension window). The whole of the Christian Creed is all in these windows, you find it all here. Christian stories "They are inspiring, they just make you feel wonderful when you see all these wonderful colours and the story. They're superb and priceless and we're very fortunate to have this artwork here in our city and where we worship.
 | | Magaret - inspired by the Burne-Jones windows |
"I've always been passionate about the windows and people react with 'oh wow' when they see them as very few people have seen anything quite like this because they're not really the standard church stained glass windows. They convey Christian stories, it's all there." | 
