Category: Cathedral Life

Book Review – Show me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps

Reviewed by Canon Mike D Williams A shocking but necessary book. Shocking in the way it details the Grenfell fire hour by hour and the…

Cathedral Life

July 27, 2023·

“Life is a Gift”

By Revd. Canon Deborah Parsons I was unexpectedly moved by the news that George Alagiah had died earlier this week, nearly ten years after being…

Cathedral Life

July 21, 2023·

Reflections: Earworms

by Ven David Gunn-Johnson Most people are familiar with the idea of an “earworm”, a tune or phrase that lodges itself in the mind and…

Cathedral Life
Library & Archives

July 21, 2023·

The Mystery of St Oflamnus

by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Have you ever heard of St Oflamnus? It is not surprising if you haven’t, because no saint of that name…

Cathedral Life
Library & Archives

July 14, 2023·

“Defaced by Galls”

by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist In 1286, following the murder – three years earlier – of the Cathedral’s Precentor, Walter Lechlade, an agreement was drawn…

Cathedral Life

July 13, 2023·

Holy Thought

by Canon Cate Edmonds “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil;for you are with me; your…

Cathedral Life

July 7, 2023·

Super-Infinite

‘Super-Infinite’ By The Revd Canon Chris Palmer I’ve just finished reading Katherine Rundell’s book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne. It was published last year,…