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The Heat of the Day, 80 Years After VE Day
By Canon James Mustard Elizabeth Bowen’s 1949 novel, set in Blitz-besieged London is one of the most shocking novels I have read. It’s not a…
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18 volumes… and counting
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Nikephorus Kallistos Xanthopoulos, a Greek historian born around 1256, was apparently about 14 years old when he began researching his…
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Book Review: Wounded Shepherd – Pope Francis and his struggle to convert the Catholic Church by Austen Ivereigh
Reviewed by Canon Mike D Williams Pope Francis asked for the meeting. Austen Ivereigh, a British journalist and historian arrived at the Vatican in June…
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A Call for Actors: The Exeter Nativity
A Call for Actors: The Exeter Nativity Could you be part of this year’s Exeter Nativity? The Exeter Nativity has for many years been a…
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My Votive, My Gratitude: A Day at the Wax Workshop
By Anca, Youth Volunteer at Exeter Cathedral Last month I had the amazing chance to take part in a wax carving workshop at Exeter Library;…
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A Call For Actors: The Importance of Being Earnest
A Call for Actors: The Importance of Being Earnest The Cathedral Players are back with a proposed production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being…
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The legacy of Thomas Glass (1709–1786)
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Earlier this year, I presented a talk at The Royal Society’s conference on ‘Libraries of Science’. This one-day event brought…
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Book Review: Follow the Money – How Much Does Britain Cost? By Paul Johnson
Reviewed by Canon Mike D Williams Total UK spending in 2022/23 was £1.8 trillion. It is the sixth largest economy in the world. Yet our…
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Memory and Meaning
By Canon Deborah Parsons Thursday 8 May marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day. I’ve been moved to hear testimonies of people’s memories of that…
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The price of ‘Victory in Europe’
By Revd Preb Nigel Guthrie My father, David, would never attend Remembrance Sunday services. They were too painful for him. When he was eighteen he…
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From the Archives: Copplestone
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Copplestone is a small village in mid-Devon, 13 miles northwest of Exeter. It has no parish church of its own,…
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I Got Me Flowers to Straw Thy Way
By Canon Chris Palmer I got me flowers to straw thy way:I got me boughs off many a tree:But thou wast up by break of…