Category: Cathedral Life

By The Revd Canon Cate Edmonds I’m not sure what piqued my sudden interest in the Ammas, the Desert Mothers, but I was keen to…

Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral’s Archivist, has taken another deep dive into the many thousands of books and documents housed in our Library and Archives.  …

This new short film reveals the archaeological work that has been taking place in the east end of Exeter Cathedral, while the area has been…

By The Ven David Gunn-Johnson After almost 40 years I still remember the very first funeral I took. The service was to be Book of…

Philip Stephens Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit In 1962 Dean Acheson, an American statesman, stated that Britain had lost an empire and…

University of Exeter archaeology student Laila introduces her favourite collection at Exeter Cathedral’s Library.   I chose the Cathedral Library’s medical collection to write about…

  From Timothy Parsons I’ve spent four-and-a-half years in Exeter – roughly the time that a chorister spends in the Cathedral Choir. Like a chorister’s…

By Canon Dr Mike D Williams Easter brings with it a range of memories of family traditions, not unlike Christmas. Growing up on the southern…

Rowan Williams Being Disciples: Essentials of the Christian Life Easter is a good time to remind ourselves about the essentials of being disciples of Christ.…