Come and hear Lindsey Davis talk about her new Flavia Albia novel "The Third Nero" at Waterstones Roman Gate Exeter branch. Tickets available in store (01392-423044) on online at Waterstones.com/events.
A world expert in measuring brain function will give his first lecture at the University of Exeter.
Keith Wesnes was recently appointed Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Exeter Medical School, bringing over 40 years’ experience of measuring changes to major aspects of cognitive function in both clinical practice and research. His work is crucial for furthering the understanding of various factors, including ageing and dementia, which compromise cognitive function, as well as the identification of factors which could ameliorate such changes.
We should be fascinated by numbers says Alan Smith in his challenging and amusing TEDxExeter talk Why we’re so bad at statistics. And TED must agree as they have selected his as one of the few TEDx talks that are featured on TED.com, where it will reach a much larger, global audience.
In his talk Alan Smith, who is the data visualisation editor at The Financial Times, uses statistics to illustrate the massive difference between perception and reality in many areas of life. “Statistics are most wonderful when they surprise us,” he says. “They are about us as a group … the science of...
George Peterken, the world renowned meadows expert, is returning to Dartmoor for a celebration of wildflower meadows.
Wildflower meadows - bees love them, butterflies love them, people love them. Nothing sums up summer like the experience of walking through a species-rich meadow, carpeted with flowers and alive with insects.
Yet across the country, wildflower meadows have all but disappeared – 97 per cent of them have gone since the second world war. And Dartmoor is no different. Fortunately, there are still some wonderful survivors.
A long-term fan of TED Talks has won a place on the Northcott stage at this month's TEDxExeter Conference.
In the face of tough competition from fellow members of the College debating society, Abbie McGregor (16) who is in her first year at Exeter College wowed the judges from TEDxExeter with her talk Remember to DREAM.
Abbie was introduced to TED Talks by an inspiring teacher at primary school when she was 10 or 11. “I really liked the idea that people stood there telling us what they thought,” she says. “I watched as many as I could. Through TED Talks I learned about the...
Join Saba Douglas-Hamilton, the highly acclaimed elephant conservationist and wildlife TV presenter of This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries for an evening of exciting animal stories and intimate behind the scenes tales of life in Kenya with her young family. Find out more at: Saba Douglas Hamilton
Saba Douglas-Hamilton rose to fame as an elephant conservationist and TV presenter on the BBC series This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries.
Saba is giving a talk on the 18th April at The Corn Exchange in Exeter - offering theatre goers an evening of exciting wildlife stories and intimate behind the scenes tales of her life at Elephant Watch Camp with her young family.
Aardvark Safaris work closely with Elephant Watch Camp and Save the Elephants and are proud to be supporting Saba on her UK tour throughout April & May. The Aardvark Safaris team will be at all of the events...
Thursday 25th February 2016 at 13.00 with Jan Freedman
Over the last 2 million years Devon has gone through enormous changes in climate.
This talk will look at museum collections in the South West and what they are able to tell us about our recent past.
Come along and discover how hippopotamus managed to live in Honiton. Discover how cave lions and sabre tooth cats lived not so far away, and how hyenas were the most abundant predator of the last Ice Age! Ticket Information £5 available from 01392 285983 and online.
As a world leader in providing weather and climate services, the Met Office employs more than 1,700 people at 60 locations around the world.
It is recognised as one of the world's most accurate forecasters and is at the forefront of climate research. But have you ever wondered just what goes on behind the scenes at the Met Office? Helen Chivers, Head of News and Social Media, will give a personal view of the Met Office, from working in the forecasting centres around the UK to the challenging role of heading up the press office. Helen was a Met Office operational meteorologist for...
Tuesday 12 January 7.30 pm Price: Local Group Members £3.50; Non Members £4.00
Nigel is Chair of the Somerset Wildlife Trust Marine Awareness Campaign and will talk about wildlife in the Severn Estuary. Somerset has 73km of coastline which Nigel believes is teeming with wildlife. The Severn estuary is actually one of the largest in the UK and Nigel will tell us about wildlife found both above and below water. The Somerset coast has the second highest tidal range in the world,...
