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20 hours ago
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Exeter Cathedral hosts Women's Rugby World Cup opening ceremony
Exeter Cathedral has hosted a Women's Rugby World Cup opening ceremony for the Italian and French two teams will stay in Exeter for the month-long tournament, which kicks off on the opening on Saturday, a procession was held before a ceremony inside the cathedral which featured the Bishop of Exeter, the the Right Reverend Dr Mike Harrison, the Dean of Exeter Cathedral, the Very Reverend Jonathan Greener and Exeter's Lord teams were then greeted by hundreds of representatives of women and girls' rugby teams who had been invited to the event. The Bishop of Crediton, the Right Reverend Moira Astin, said: "It's so exciting to have this competition here in Exeter and to meet the women's teams."When I was in my teens and 20s no-one could even contemplate that women would be allowed to play rugby. "It's so wonderful to see women fulfilling their potential in rugby as well as in other sports."The team captains then made speeches thanking the people of Exeter for their and Italy will play each other at Sandy Park on Friday.
BBC News
30-01-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Giant moon sculpture returns to Exeter Cathedral
A 7m wide sculpture of the moon will return to Exeter Cathedral on 1 February, organisers of the Moon, an internally-lit artwork that features high-resolution NASA imagery of the lunar surface, is due to be suspended from the cathedral's stone vault nave until 1 centimetre of the sculpture, by British installation artist Luke Jerram, represents 5km (3 miles) of the moon's surface - a scale of about 1 to 500,000, a spokesperson Very Reverend Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter, said: "Last time [the sculpture] touched so many people really deeply and we were particularly taken with the joy it brought to children and young people." "We've brought it back so that yet more people from all over Devon can come and experience the awesomeness of the moon in Exeter Cathedral's wonderful nave," he installation includes a surround-sound composition, created by BAFTA-winning composer Dan said he was inspired to reflect "different ideas and beliefs in different parts of the world" about the said: "[The moon] has been used as a timekeeper, calendar and been a source of light to aid night-time navigation, while also inspiring artists, poets, scientists, writers and musicians."The sculpture attracted about 54,000 visitors when it was displayed at the cathedral in 2022.
