Exeter University Shakespeare Company have made a film! Macbeth – and filmed bits of it at the priory! Exeter University Shakespeare Company presents ‘Macbeth’, adapted to be set in 1930s Soviet Russia and filmed in the style of a film…
In the first half of the 20th century, just a stone’s throw from St Nicholas Priory, a quiet revolution took place which changed the face of the city. Once the thriving commercial district of Exeter, by the early 20th century…
A sunny Saturday in the garden saw me happily sponging and splattering paint onto paper and slates, experimenting with using real moss as a sponge as I attempted to capture the glorious colours and textures of the stones of St…
Throughout 2020 and 2021, I have been making work around the River Exe and the Exe Estuary. I’ve called the work ‘Reading Water’ – a term used by people who fish, by sailors and surfers, trying to understand what is…
Nestled between some of Exeter’s busiest streets, the building is a tranquil haven. Its very fabric exudes character, weathered and worn by the elements and the many centuries to which it has borne witness. Countless species of moss and lichen…
“It was a night of terror for the people of Exeter, but we all thought of our Fuhrer and the command he gave ‘Revenge’… with cold calculation, we carried out our orders” – Ernst Von Kugel, German pilot. “Exeter is…
As a special extra leading up to our Exeter Blitz talk by Clive Russell, we have a short clip of storyteller David Heathfield’s account of the Blitz in Exeter. He’ll be back next year for our Exeter Blitz event, so…
3000 People See That All’s Well in Historic Exeter Through Heritage With Health Benefits Heritage activities to engage local communities for health and wellbeing £46.2k will support communities hit by COVID-19 30 volunteer Community Hosts, Curators and Trail Guides, 220…
Turn off Exeter’s busy Fore Street and walk down the narrow Mint Lane, and you will find the city’s oldest building, St Nicholas Priory and its small but beautiful gardens. Originally founded in 1087 as a Benedictine monastery, the priory…
Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of The Time Traveller’s Guides, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, a study of change over the last ten centuries, and numerous scholarly articles on subjects ranging in date from the twelfth…
Award-winning horticultural consultant Sue Minter will discuss the contribution plants have made to human health via the development of pharmaceutical drugs as well as herbal remedies. The lecture will be based on the development of The Pharmaceutical Garden at the…
St Nicholas Priory was one of seven houses of Benedictine monks in Devon, and there was one Benedictine nunnery in the county – at Polsloe. They varied in wealth and power from mighty Tavistock Abbey to the small cells of…