Category: Cathedral Life

The Significance of Shakespeare’s Second Folio

By Myrtle, Exeter Cathedral Work Experience Student Synonymous with English literature is William Shakespeare, the playwright known as The Bard. Exeter Cathedral holds the 1632…

Cathedral Life

July 11, 2025·

Circles Through Time

By Revd Philip Wales A retreat is a spiritual practice which stands solidly on the ancient wisdom of the Church, yet one which is flexible enough…

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Library & Archives

July 11, 2025·

Highlights of The Cathedral Library & Archives Work Experience Week 2025

By Rosa and James, Exeter Cathedral Work Experience Students We have experienced an eventful week in the Library and Archives. From learning about how to…

Cathedral Life

July 3, 2025·

Book Review: English Pastoral: An Inheritance by James Rebanks

By Canon Mike D Willliams An ode to the land, rhythms of life and the changing life of farming. Sitting on his grandfather’s tractor as…

Cathedral Life
Library & Archives

June 27, 2025·

CALCA Conference 2025

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Last week, the annual conference of the Cathedral Archives, Libraries and Collections Association of the UK and Ireland (CALCA) took…

Cathedral Life

June 26, 2025·

Scars of Hope: São Domingos and Lisbon’s Enduring Spirit

By Nigel Guthrie, Exeter Cathedral Priest Vicar On our recent visit to Lisbon, Tina and I stayed just off Rossio, a grand square with the…

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Press Releases

June 20, 2025·

14th Century Wall Paintings to be Revealed

We are delighted to confirm that traces of an important set of wall paintings dating back to the early 14th century are to be made visible…

Cathedral Life

June 20, 2025·

Prayers of Intercession

By Revd Preb Julian Ould Prayer is a difficult subject and yet it shouldn’t be. It has been described by some as a kind of…

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Library & Archives

June 17, 2025·

How to Catalogue a Library

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian. This little book would probably have been of great interest to my Victorian predecessors in the Cathedral Library: Henry B.…

Cathedral Life

June 13, 2025·

God as Trinity

By Canon Chris Palmer St Patrick is reputed to have used a shamrock in fifth century Ireland to explain the Trinity to his hearers. With…