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Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival announces lineup for Spring Weekend

Festival organisers unveil inspiring line up of authors for Spring Weekend

From Churchill’s legacy to the profound impact of books on our lives, this year’s Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival Spring Weekend promises an inspiring and thought-provoking programme for all.

Taking place in the town’s St Peter’s Church on March 7 and 8, the festival brings together a distinguished lineup of authors and speakers who will share captivating stories, bold ideas, and fresh perspectives. Attendees can look forward to exploring history, politics, music, justice, and personal journeys, all while celebrating the power of the written and spoken word.

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The Wardobe Ensemble bring Education, Education, Education to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/26/2017 - 4:05pm

Award-winning theatre company The Wardrobe Ensemble has announced that Education, Education, Education will come to Exeter Northcott Theatre after its World Premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where they were awarded a Fringe First Award. Following their exploration of sex, relationships and intimacy in 1972: The Future of Sex, The Wardrobe Ensemble will dissect education and responsibility at the dawn of Blair’s Britain in 1997 in Education, Education, Education. Recent winners of The Kevin Spacey Foundation Artists of Choice for theatre, The Wardrobe Ensemble use irreverent humour...

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Exeter Contemporary Open 2017 winners announced

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 09/25/2017 - 8:49am

An exclusive awards ceremony and exhibition opening at Exeter Phoenix on Thursday 14 September saw Aimee Parrott announced as the winner of the prestigious £1000 Overall Award for Exeter Contemporary Open 2017. Aimee Parrot said, ‘I’m really surprised. It’s been a privilege to be showing amongst so many good works. For me making art is a line of exploration. I’m always hoping I’ll make discoveries along the way. I hope the audience does as well.’ The £500 Additional Award went to artist Olivia Bax for her steel, plaster and clay structures. The exhibition launched with a VIP preview hosted...

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International blind adventurer comes to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 09/21/2017 - 3:17pm

A world record breaker and blind adventurer is to share his inspiring story at a big church event in Exeter.

Rediscover Church is to host a special free event called New Day at the University of Exeter’s Great Hall on October 8th, a venue which seats 1450 people.

The event is set to have a buzzing atmosphere, with contemporary and vibrant worship and inspiring stories of hope, including special guest Miles Hilton-Barber who has completed extreme endurance events across 7 continents of the world.

The event is an exciting and ambitious venture for the church which...

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Dates announced for The Exeter Art Show

Authored by rachaelboard
Posted: Thu, 09/21/2017 - 11:23am

“Delighted” YoungMinds confirmed as charity partner

The Maynard School is once again delighted to be hosting and organising the fantastically popular Exeter Art Show from Friday 20 – Sunday 22 April 2018 and all lovers of art are being urged to put the date in their diaries now to avoid disappointment!

With over 150 locally and nationally recognised exhibitors, including Royal Academicians (RAs), and free entry to the general public, this is one of the largest art exhibitions of its kind in the West Country. The Show always includes a vast choice of media and The Maynard...

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The Big Waddle heads to Crediton and Tiverton!

The Ugly Duckling is Waddling to Mid Devon

Young audiences in Crediton and Tiverton are in for a treat, as Devon-based theatre company Above Bounds bring their hugely popular children’s theatre show - The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales – to Crediton Arts Centre on Saturday 23 September at 3pm and TCAT Tiverton on Saturday 30 September at 2pm. Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Do you think people look at you strangely? That’s exactly how the Ugly Duckling felt before he learnt one very important lesson. Paddle off to Crediton or Tiverton and experience a children’s...

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Your guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (23-25 September)

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Made in Dagenham Friday & Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O’Grady is just trying to get her husband out of bed, get the kids off to school and get to work at the factory on time. But life is about to change forever when it’s announced that the girls in the stitching room of Ford’s Dagenham car plant will have their pay grade dropped to ‘unskilled’. Quickly drawing on a strength she never knew she had, Rita...

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Tickets released for Mediaeval Baebes’ Christmas Carol tour

Authored by Heather Joy
Posted: Sun, 09/17/2017 - 7:32pm

With the year drawing to an end and just three months until Christmas is upon us, tickets are now available for the much awaited Mediaeval Baebes Christmas Carol Tour which is taking place in Exeter Cathedral on Thursday 7th December.

Traditionally a time for reflection and celebration, what better way to glorify the season than to join the Mediaeval Baebes for a remarkable evening of music, dance and theatre in one of the UK's most magnificent Cathedrals.

Escorting you through a musical journey inspired by a time where poetry and music conspired to invoke sensory pleasure...

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AskGamblers – top iGaming site is celebrating an unusual milestone

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Sun, 09/17/2017 - 10:52am

A popular destination for online gamblers is celebrating a big milestone after they have helped players to claim over $10,000,000 that various online casinos had been withholding from them for a variety of reasons.

AskGamblers is a community for people who like to gamble online. Trust is always difficult when dealing with online casinos, because they can be located all around the world, and some of them aren’t as legitimate as others. What can happen, in some cases, is that people are denied when they try to withdraw their funds, and for many players that leaves them without any...

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Rare bird comes to RAMM

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 09/16/2017 - 10:02am

An unusual North American joins the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery’s collections.

Underweight but with no sign of predation, a sora rail (Porzana carolina) was found on RSPB’s Exminster Marsh on a cold morning in October 2016. The little bird was dead: a sad end for the second recorded sora rail to visit Devon. It is 20th recorded sighting for the UK.

The sora rail was found by RSPB’s Exe Estuary Site Manager, Peter Otley, during a regular high-tide bird count. There are 5 species of rail living in the UK: coots and moorhens are very common, the corncrake,...

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Fancy a rave... first thing in the morning?!

Ever felt like you'd like to go dancing but don't have the energy to stay up until midnight for the privilege?

Now you don't have to. A new initiative from EDP Drug & Alcohol Services, Active Devon and Exeter Phoenix is bringing dancing to the morning.

Inspired by the Morning Gloryville rave events in London they are bringing Exeter its very own 'Morning SoberRave'. It's a chance to get active through dancing at a welcoming and fun event before heading off to the rest of your day.

The free event will take place on Friday 22nd September between 8am and 9am at...

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