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Book Review: The Art of Rest – How to find respite in the modern age by Claudia Hammond

Reviewed by Canon Mike D Williams Do you rest enough? Busyness has become a badge of honour for some. According to her friends, Claudia Hammond…

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July 26, 2024·

Doing Your Own Thing – The Life of a Monk

By The Revd Preb Julian Ould We are free! We live in a free society, and this means that we can do our own thing. Well,…

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July 19, 2024·

Lynmouth Lifeboat

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This year The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) celebrates 200 years, during which time they have saved more than 140,000…

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July 17, 2024·

A Royal Residence, a Distillery and the Exeter Book

By Diane Walker In her reflections on visiting Lindisfarne, Canon Ludlow has reminded us of the important role of King Oswald in the establishment of…

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July 5, 2024·

Seeking the Common Good

Seeking the Common Good Reflection by Canon James Mustard So, we have a new government. The challenges it faces are enormous: slow economic growth, poor…

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June 28, 2024·

Learning from St Peter

By Canon Chris Palmer This weekend, we celebrate St Peter, the patron on the Cathedral. His statue adorns the very highest point of the West…

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June 28, 2024·

Book Review: The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart

Reviewed by Canon Mike D Williams Back in 2021 Mary Ann Sieghart published this book which sets out the evidence about why women are still…

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June 21, 2024·

Buen Camino

By the Revd Phil Wales A little while ago I arrived in La Coruña, northwest Spain, to join a diverse group of people, for the…

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June 6, 2024·

A Changing Church

By the Revd Preb Julian Ould Towards the end of this month, on the feast of the birth of John the Baptist, it will be…

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June 5, 2024·

Neubauer and Vogel’s Guide to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of urine

Neubauer and Vogel’s Guide to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of urine by Joe, 4th Year medical student at Exeter University A Guide to the…