What do you get if you combine a gazebo, old curtains and a telescope lens?... A DIY space ship? Or maybe an observatory? Well… what if I told you it creates a walk-in camera obscura! The photographer Sam White has recently been fascinating the general public up and down the South West with his hand-built camera obscura in which he has combined portraits of local visitors with the stunning South West landscape. The Exeter Daily decided to find out more about his most recent obscura projects and where you can next have the opportunity to climb into and discover this...
The Chamber’s Exeter initiative for Science and Technology welcomed speakers from Greenpeace, Alcatel Lucent and the Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing at its July event. Sixty science and technology orientated businesses attended the event held at the Innovation Centre, at the University of Exeter.
The three speakers covered a range of topics: Greenpeace, whose Exeter-based research laboratories provide scientific advice and analysis to the globally renowned environmental campaigners. Dr David Santillo gave an overview of how his team’s work informs Greenpeace campaigns and...
Live music, including the Newtown Community Choir, and dancing from a Brazilian dance group at Belmont Park (near the hut). Plus a cafe will be open at the hut serving cake, tea, coffee and squash.
If it’s the hottest show in town you’re looking for, look no further than Exeter Corn Exchange this Sunday 14 July at 6pm. Exeter’s only independent theatre arts school, Stage by Stage, is putting on a gala show to celebrate 20 years of making young people’s show business dreams come true.
Tickets are available from 01392 211244.
The gala performance at Exeter Corn Exchange, which will be attended by Exeter’s Lord Mayor Councillor Rachel Lyons, will feature highlights from Stage by Stage’s hit shows of the last two decades. These include Bugsy Malone, which was the first...
Around 15 members of the Gilbert Stephens Lunch Club enjoyed a two-course luncheon at The Conservatory located on North Street.
The bi-monthly event, organised by the Devon-based law firm, is held at various venues in and around Exeter and gives professionals from the city the chance to meet in an informal setting.
For information on upcoming events arranged by the Gilbert Stephens Lunch Club, please email alistair.heron@gilbertstephens.co.uk
Merry Go Round Toy Libraries are looking to raise much needed funds when they take part in an abseil from the 20 metre tower at the new Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre tomorrow (Saturday 13 July).
The charity runs two toy libraries, Carousel at West Exe Children's Centre, and Merry Go Round at Exeter Scrapstore in Belmont Park.
During sessions, children can try out toys, including inclusive and multicultural ones, before choosing some to take home. They have a wide selection of good quality toys, games and resource books for children of all ages, and staff are happy to...
Businesses that use online resources are being warned that they risk serious reputational damage if they do not keep on top of their password security according to Devon-based training and marketing agency, Social:haus.
The hacking of social, gaming and other online platforms and resources is nothing new and Social:haus CEO, James Barisic, says that it is the most likely cause of a noticeable spike in the number of hacked Twitter and Facebook accounts appearing online – and an increase in spam messages, including pornography and phishing attacks, appearing on social media streams...
A life-sized penguin cake has been made to mark a conservation charity’s tenth birthday.
The special cake, in the shape of a macaroni penguin, celebrates the first decade of Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium.
This feat of culinary engineering is a 7-tier reinforced fruit cake smothered in marzipan and icing. It is some 60 cm (2 ft) tall and weighs around 15 kg (33 pounds). It was created by Hallett’s the Bakers, the leading South Devon craft bakers, who supply the Living Coasts cafe.
Helen Hallett, who made the cake, said: “I built a tower of fruit...
New research from Confused.com reveals that nearly half of Brits (49%) keep a household item as weapon to defend themselves from burglars – as pots and pans take on a whole different purpose. The findings from the leading insurance price comparison site reveal that of those who admit to owning some form of weapon, two-thirds (66%) are not afraid to use it in self-defence against an intruder in the event of a break-in. And the most popular household item to double-up as a weapon? A baseball or cricket bat (16%), closely followed by a heavy tool of some sort (12%). However, some people will...
