"To promote the general diffusion of Science, Literature and the Arts, and for illustrating the Natural and Civil History of the County of Devon, and the History of the City of Exeter"

Step into Exeter’s past through the eyes of its photographers. This exhibition showcases the city’s changing streetscapes, its people, and pivotal moments in history.

Have you ever wondered why British MPs don’t address each other by name? The answer can be found in Erskine May’s ‘A Treatise upon the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament’ (1844). April’s Book of the Month blog explores the history of this ‘Bible of parliamentary procedure'.

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