Views around Mary Tavy, and of Brentor Church

The building in which Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library, was born.

Sidwell's father died, leaving her in the hands of a cruel stepmother. Jealous of her beauty, virtue, and generous inheritance, the stepmother had two corn reapers behead Sidwell with a scythe. Where her head came to rest, water sprang up.

Named after Saint Sidwell, patroness saint of Exeter. According to legend, Sidwell was the daughter of a wealthy landowner, and brought food to the villagers working outside the city walls.

St Sidwell's Community Centre in Exeter - four churches once stood on this site just outside the old East Gate of the city. A former village in its own right on an important trading route into/out of the city

St Sidwell's Community Centre in Exeter - four churches once stood on this site just outside the old East Gate of the city. A former village in its own right on an important trading route into/out of the city

Exeter Cathedral in the October sun (early evening)

The sun disappearing for the final time in January 2025 below Widemouth Bay, Cornwall

Really enjoyed this work on Edmund Burke by @rosscarroll.bsky.social
A concise and rich analysis of Burke's political life and thought, which draws out several perennially important considerations for political conduct - 'When all about you are full of presumption [...] dare to be fearful'

A new biography on Goethe by the renowned author A.N. Wilson, who studies Goethe's multifaceted life through the prism of Faust. It was a pleasure to read the manuscript for this beautifully written and stimulating work. Certainly available in all good bookshops!