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- Cathedral Life
Keeping The Lines Open
By Nigel Guthrie, Priest Vicar Those of us who have the privilege of serving as Chaplains to the King have had a busy week praying!…
- Cathedral Life
- Library & Archives
May Day
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist Many people across Britain are looking forward to the long May Day holiday this weekend. Although 1 May is…
- Cathedral News
Cathedral News – May 2026
Cathedral News is a monthly journal published by Exeter Cathedral. It contains a mixture of community notices, articles, photographs and events listings. Download Cathedral News…
- Cathedral Life
New life in Creation
By Cate Edmonds, Cannon Steward “For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time…
- Cathedral Life
- Library & Archives
Ursula Radford’s Devon Church Photographs
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist We have recently completed a project to repackage the majority of our small photographs and postcards into special archival…
- Library & Archives
Collecting Medicine: Thomas Glass and The Cathedral Library
By Emily Chircop How did Exeter Cathedral become home to so many medical texts? The history of the Cathedral Library collection is connected to the…
- Library & Archives
Learning To Fight Smallpox: Edward Jenner’s Inquiry
By Emily Chircop For most of human history, smallpox was a truly devastating disease, spreading rapidly through communities and especially affecting vulnerable children. Up to…
- Library & Archives
Understanding Human Anatomy: The Works of Vesalius and Harvey
By Emily Chircop How did physicians in the past learn about human anatomy? For over a thousand years, they primarily studied the work of the…
- Library & Archives
Ibn Sina’s Canon: Medicine From The Medieval Islamic World
By Emily Chircop Until the 16th century, almost all Western medicine relied on key concepts from ancient Greece and Rome, such as the teachings of…
- Cathedral Life
- Library & Archives
S. S. Wesley: Life, Music and Legacy
By Emma Laws, Exeter Cathedral Librarian This month marks 150 years since the death of Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), organist at Exeter Cathedral from 1835…
- Cathedral Life
Resurrection Appearances In Domestic Situations
By Canon Ian Morter, Priest Vicar We are in Easter Week – a time of great rejoicing as we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord.…
- Cathedral Life
- Library & Archives
A View From Honiton Hill, 1811
By Emma Laws, Exeter Cathedral Librarian A couple of weeks ago I came across a very rare 1811 printing of a poem entitled ‘Honiton-Hill’ by…