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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…
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Cathedral News – July 2025
Cathedral News is a monthly journal published by Exeter Cathedral. It contains a mixture of community notices, articles, photographs and events listings. Download July 2025…
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William Melmoth’s Manual of Private Devotions
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Manuals of domestic devotions became increasingly popular in the 18th century. Devotional writers produced them in great numbers to instruct…
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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…
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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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Public Notice on application to the Fabric Advisory Committee
FORM 4 (Rule 5) Section 8 of Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 Public Notice on application to the Fabric Advisory Committee. Take notice that the…
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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…
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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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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.…
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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…
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Parish Registers
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist In 1538, Thomas Cromwell – England’s Vicar General and an advisor to Henry VIII – declared that all parishes…
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Book Review: A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge
By Canon Mike D Williams A fascinating book that highlights borders you did not know about and those you sometimes wonder about. Lines have been…