Category: Cathedral Life

Singing in Secret: William Byrd and his Exeter Contemporaries

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian In 1635, Lieutenant Hammond of Norwich made a survey of the western counties of England. On visiting Exeter Cathedral, he…

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Library & Archives

October 6, 2023·

The Fool’s Cap

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist A delightful surprise recently emerged in the Archives. These jester-type characters appear on the loose covers of some court books…

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October 6, 2023·

Pamela’s Parmesan Biscuits

By The Very Rev’d Jonathan Greener On the morning of Bishop Robert’s farewell, Pamela provided Parmesan Biscuits (about 600 in total) to accompany the bubbles. People…

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October 6, 2023·

Enough for Everyone

By Rev’d Phil Wales I still remember a time, decades ago now, when my mother accidently created momentary havoc in our family by a very…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Review

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…