Poet, Mystic Widow Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Woman

Claire Gilbert grew up in London, of Jewish, Scots, Spanish and English heritage. 

Claire has worked extensively in public ethics, specialising in medical ethics and environmental ethics. A theologian by background, she emphasises the spiritual dimension of ethics in her writing and lecturing.

Claire was Research Fellow at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College, London, then National Policy Adviser to the Church of England on medical ethics and environmental ethics. She founded a charity, the Ethics Academy, and was a lay canon of St Paul’s Cathedral where she co-founded St Paul’s Institute for ethics in finance and business. She was a visiting Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She was the Founder Director of Westminster Abbey Institute for ethics in public life but has since stood down from this role to focus on her work as a full time author, public speaker, retreat leader, consultant and mentor.

Claire’s doctorate is on Julian of Norwich and ecological consciousness.