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How Wintering captured the strange beauty of the Pandemic year Katherine May’s book about retreating from everyday life was released a month before lockdown, yet has become an emblem of it for readers around the world. Here Alice Vincent explores how Wintering gave us all something to cling onto.

Fragments of medieval Merlin manuscript found in Bristol library reveal ‘chaster’ story Parchment fragments discovered in bindings of much later volumes reveal ‘subtle but significant’ variations on Arthurian legend

I picked up a conker this morning. It is therefore officially autumn.

Chapterhouse Publishing: An Editor Contemplates Conker Season Passing by a horse chestnut tree this morning I observe it is once more conker season. You know conkers, of course. The shiny, brown, appeali

What is the correct spelling of the word that sounds like 'feetus'? The answer may surprise infants and adults alike.

Chapterhouse: Fetus vs Foetus – Spellings for Proofreaders and Editors Fetus vs Foetus. It's a hotly contested topic. Many think that 'fetus' is an Americanism. They avoid it. They use 'foetus'. They are wrong.

Peter Rabbit: the design evolution of a blue-jacketed icon At nearly 120 years old, Peter Rabbit has been a household name for families around the world. We spoke to the designers refreshing his look for today.

New post on our Chapter and Verse Reviews blog up now. Daisy loved Fredrik Backman's gripping, intriguing Anxious People. Thoroughly recommended:

https://chapterandversereviews.com/2021/09/16/anxious-people-fredrik-backman-translated-by-neil-smith/

Sir Anthony Panizzi, Principal Librarian of the British Museum Library (1856–66), was born in 1797. He persuaded Thomas Grenville to donate his collection of 20,000 books to the Museum, which can be seen in the King's Tower here at the Library.

Find out how Panizzi turned from revolutionary to librarian: https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2015/09/from-revolutionary-to-librarian-sir-anthony-panizzi.html

Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879) by George Frederic Watts, NPG 1010 © National Portrait Gallery

Crisis averted!

✨More Than Just a Market✨
Roll up, roll up, the Fore Street Flea returns! The first of many of our fab Fleas returns, THIS SUNDAY! We have a brilliant line up of traders and activities, all you need to do is get yourself along 🙌

The Fore Street Flea celebrates Exeter’s independent The West Quarter and will be open to the public between 12pm – 4pm.

More than just a market, you can expect a unique mix of stalls at this free event, including local contemporary artists and makers, vintage fashion, collectables and furniture, plus street food and children’s activities. Many of Fore Street’s independent shops and cafes will also be open on the day with exclusive Fore Street Flea offerings.

With new features for this event, this Fore Street Flea is set to bring more fun for families than ever. Visitors will be joined by artist, Scott Walker, whose freestanding interactive art installation ‘The Pentagon’ encourages people to colour in its hand-drawn designs, creating a 5 metre long, eye-catching piece of community artwork in the process. Street performers Bumblina: The Queen Bee and Treemendous will also entertain families with their stunning acts.

This is the first of a number of Fore Street Fleas that will happen between September 2021 and March 2022. If you’re a Devon-based artist, maker, second-hand collector or street food vendor and would like to trade at a future Fore Street Flea, visit the Eventbrite link here:
👉https://bit.ly/ForeStFlea21 👈
And scroll to the bottom to book on to future events.

Fore Street Flea is a not-for-profit, community event, put together by local businesses, to celebrate our city 💖

✨PLEASE NOTE✨
Fore Street will be closed to traffic and fully pedestrianised for the market, allowing this family-friendly event to take over the street.

Visit www.inexeter.com for more information!

And see you there 😉

This week saw the publication of Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney's hugely anticipated follow-up to bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year Normal People. In this fascinating interview with journalist and broadcaster Alex Clark, Rooney discusses the writing of Beautiful World, Where Are You and her ongoing evolution as an author: https://bit.ly/2Vr7i6D

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In 1961, when a bypass was built in Exeter, this lovely fifteenth century half timber house, was moved. The house was uprooted from its foundations, encased in a wooden structure and moved just down the road on castors to where it now stands. No damage done!