Cathedral Life Library & Archives September 29, 2023· America’s First Banned Book By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian To mark the beginning of Banned Books Week this weekend, here is the Cathedral Library’s copy of the first book…
Cathedral Life September 29, 2023· Harvesting our Gifts By Canon Deborah Parsons, Canon Chancellor We’ve just passed the Autumn Equinox. The time of the year when day and night are in perfect balance.…
Cathedral Life September 22, 2023· Bishop Welcomes Exeter Cathedral’s New Lay Canons There can be few better readings from the Old Testament to accompany the installation of five new lay canons last week, than our first reading…
Cathedral Life Library & Archives September 22, 2023· Arthur Frederick Erridge Stained Glass Artist for Wippell & Co. Ltd of Exeter By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This watercolour shows the R.D. Blackmore memorial window, painted by A. F. Erridge of J. Wippell & Co. Ltd, Exeter. J. Wippell & Co. were founded in 1789…
Cathedral Life September 21, 2023· Reflections: Theatre and its Place in our Lives By The Ven. David Gunn-Johnson Not surprisingly, as I began pondering what to share with you, my thoughts turned to theatre and its place in…
Cathedral Life September 15, 2023· Book Review: Lessons – Ian McEwan By Dr Mike D Williams A powerful novel from Ian McEwan to join a long list of hits from him over the years. There are…
Cathedral Life September 15, 2023· Creationtide, or the Season of Creation By The Revd Canon Cate Edmonds Creationtide, or the Season of Creation, is the period in the annual church calendar from 1 September to 4…
Cathedral Life Library & Archives September 15, 2023· From Hairy Stars to Dirty Snowballs By Emma Laws, Cathedral Archivist If you visited the Cathedral over the last couple of days your gaze will almost certainly have been drawn upwards…
Cathedral Life Library & Archives September 8, 2023· The King’s Evil Next week we are pleased to be welcoming the new cohort of fourth year medical students from the University of Exeter Medical School. More than…
Cathedral Life Library & Archives August 31, 2023· How to Make a Book By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian If you look in the lower-right corner of each page of a book printed between the 15th and 18th centuries…