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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will visit Exeter Cathedral on the day most legal coronavirus restrictions are lifted in England. Charles, who is patron of the Exeter Cathedral Development Appeal, and Camilla will learn about the restoration of the ancient place of worship. The couple will also meet community groups including Devon Wildlife Trust, Exeter City Community Trust and the Met Office, which works with the cathedral and Exeter University on climate change research. Exeter Cathedral is being restored (David Davies/PA) The visit will also celebrate the city’s designation ...

AN OXFORD church has welcomed its first new priest for more than half a century. Reverend James Cocke led All Saints’ Church in Headington for a mammoth 64 years, before retiring 18 months ago. The Bishop of Oxford, Reverend Steven Croft, has now conducted a licensing ceremony to officially appoint Reverend Leon Catallo as the new priest at All Saints’. The Bishop of Oxford, Reverend Steven Croft. Picture: Jon Lewis Church warden James Larminie said: “In the 18 months since the previous vicar took his last service and moved to Dorset for a very well-earned retirement, all church...

After hard work, a paint job and a Beatles-themed renaming, the site is now a much-loved local attraction

Magnificent gardens meet extraordinary interiors at this Grade I-listed house Credit: Strutt & Parker Set at the edge of the village of Bradninch, Grade I-listed The Manor House combines a rich history with exquisite interiors and glorious gardens. The seven-acre grounds almost steal the scene at Grade I-listed The Manor House, on the edge of the pretty village of Bradninch, in Devon, where a lake, a bridge-topped stream and the landscaped gardens designed by Jill Billington and Mary Payne offer sweeping or intimate vistas, depending on the vantage point. However, the 9,100sq ft inte...

The Ancient Language Of Sacred Sound: The Acoustic Science Of The Divine It is an astonishing fact that, from the end of the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ and the settlement of Europe, a massive building program took place that was to transform Europe in a hitherto unsuspected way. Shortly after the construction of the Gothic (1130’s AD – 1480’s AD) came to its inevitable conclusion there seems to have been a sudden surge of intellectual and spiritual awareness throughout the coalescing European nation states, one that led to the Enlightenment and to the Age of Reason. The building of the G...