Entertainment & Reviews

The Taunton office of investment management firm Brooks Macdonald is once again proud to lend its support to Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival which takes place on 19 to 23 September 2018.

The festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, brings together bestselling and award-winning authors to share their stories with the public, including John McCarthy, who captured the imagination of the entire country when he was abducted by Islamic Jihad in Beirut in 1986 and spent 1943 days in captivity.

Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on East Devon’s...

Rarely seen portraits of influential Devon women, including Nancy Astor, Eleanor Acland and Gertrude Acland, are on show at Killerton. The portraits are visiting as part of a touring exhibition, ‘Faces of Change: Votes for Women’, a partnership between the National Trust and the National Portrait Gallery. Their images will be on display alongside rarely displayed portraits of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, as part of an exhibition to mark the centenary of the People’s Representation Act which gave some women the right to vote. There will be an opportunity for visitors to see a rare...

The dance music phenomenon that is Eat Static is back in Exeter on 7th September after several years with a gig at Move, down on The Quay. There'll be an eclectic mix of psy trance, techno and other musical wizardry. Here's to there being a recreation of the magic at the sold out gig last October in Totnes ! Doors open at 10pm with the night going on until 3am. Supporting DJs are Anton (Acid Drop) and Luke (Psycartel) of the Neurotrition collective based in Torbay. The venue boasts a Funktion-One sound rig and an exemplary selection of German beers plus Devon ciders !

Come and see the 57 scarecrows involved in the Broadclyst Summer Holiday trail, a great activity to get you out and about exploring the English countryside this summer.

Along the 7km route you will stumble across scarecrows such as Mr Plastic Fantastic, Scary Mary Poppins, Emily Pankhurst (suffragette), Shrekcrow, WillyWonka to name just a few!

“The scarecrows that the community have produced are of an outstanding quality” says this year’s trail organiser Ben Evans. “it is fantastic to hear the shrieks of excitement as participants discover the latest (predominantly) straw...