2002 speeches archive

December 2002

31 December 2002
Archbishop of Canterbury New Year Message for 2003
This was Dr Williams' first New Year Message as Archbishop of Canterbury. First broadcast on New Years' Eve to the UK on BBC television, it was flimed at Lambeth Palace and on stage at the London Palladium

25 December 2002
The Archbishop of Canterbury Christmas Day Meditation 2002
This meditation, written for BBC Radio, was first broadcast on Christmas Day in 2002.

19 December 2002
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2002
In his first major speech after becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Williams delivered the Richard Dimbleby lecture, warning that the emergence of a new market-based model of the State and the rise of 'button pushing' politics is eroding basic democratic traditions. It was recorded at Westminster school in London and broadcast on BBC television on December 19th 2002.

July 2002

23 July 2002
Statement at first press conference
Dr Williams held a press conference on the morning his appointment was announced. This is is opening statement.