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Devon County Show 2025: A Triumphant Celebration of Agriculture and Community

As the 2025 Devon County Show draws to a close, Show Manager Lisa Moore reflects on three extraordinary days.

“The weather was truly on our side. Blue skies and warm spring sunshine created the perfect atmosphere, ensuring a seamless setup and boosting public confidence—leading to record-breaking advance ticket sales.

As an event rooted in agriculture, the show proudly hosted hundreds of livestock and equine competitions, showcasing the best in breed and crowning well-deserved champions. Everyone greatly enjoyed the new fancy dress cattle class which was held on Saturday...

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Artist and students transform cardboard into stunning artwork

A local artist has worked with students from the University of Exeter Medical School to create a striking sculpture made from a humble everyday material: cardboard.

Exeter artist James Lake began sculpting as part of his recovery after losing his leg through bone cancer aged 17. James now uses cardboard as his medium of choice, creating intricately detailed life-size sculptures from the recyclable material.

The sculpture portrays an anatomical torso, complete with meticulously detailed muscles, spinal cord and face. Students worked with James to create the sculpture’s...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (8-10 December).

THEATRE

Dick Whittington Exeter Northcott Theatre With his faithful Puss by his side Dick leaves his Exeter home for the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune. Follow his adventures as he reaches the big city and travels the high seas. Will Dick find his fortune? Can he and Puss defeat the evil villain King Rat and return home triumphant? Expect plenty of audience participation, live music, magic, mayhem and lots of laughter – the perfect recipe for a family Christmas panto...

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Exeter Philharmonic Choir sings out to support ‘Farms for City Children’

A charity which gives urban children a better understanding of the countryside is to benefit from Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s two carol concerts next week.

The retiring collection from ‘Carols in the Cathedral’ will go to Farms for City Children, which was founded in Devon over forty years ago by children’s author Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare.

The charity’s first farm was in the heart of the beautiful Devon countryside at Nethercott House, just outside the village of Iddesleigh. Farms for City Children now has three working farms which welcome more than 3,200...

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Mihangelf Promotions bring Banco de Gaia to South Devon

Authored by Mihangelf
Posted: Thu, 12/07/2017 - 10:08am

Mihangelf Promotions is a relatively new music promotions enterprise in South Devon putting on live music.

Thus far, there have been five events at the Unit 23 Live venue in Totnes, formerly South Devon Arts Centre, a short hop away on the train or up the A38.

The enterprise is run by music lover Mike Fraser who lives local to Totnes.

Genres of music focused on are psychedelic rock, psychedeliic/ambient/world dance and progressive rock, though don't be surprised at the occasional reggae or folk event.

Successful gigs already put on include Gong in March and...

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Exeter's Nightmare Before Christmas

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/05/2017 - 12:42pm

COSTUME divas will be squaring up next weekend to see who can wear the most outlandish costume. The fifth annual Steampunk Yule Ball:The Nightmare before Christmas will be held at the Exeter Phoenix on Saturday, December 9. Featured acts include Victorian hip-hop artist Professor Elemental, dystopian art-rockers Babal, surreal cellist Miss Von Trapp, and The Wattingers. As well as celebrating the weird and wonderful underworld of Exeter, the event hopes to raise awareness of homelessness and the of work local charity Exeter Community Initiatives. Headliners & BBC6Music Favourites “Fey...

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Local and international filmmakers scoop awards at Two Short Nights Film Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 12/05/2017 - 12:15pm

Exeter Phoenix’s annual short film festival, Two Short Nights, brought flocks of filmmakers, viewers and industry professionals to the city last week for a celebration of short film. Now in its sixteenth year, the festival featured more unmissable opportunities for emerging filmmakers alongside an extraordinary range and diversity of screenings for film fans than ever before, with a bumper two and a half days of cinema screenings, workshops and panel discussions. The festival’s opening day included the 48 Hour Film Screening, a collection of films written, shot and edited in just 48 hours...

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How to delve into a new literary genre

Trying out and experimenting with new things can be an exhilarating experience. Whether it be travelling to an exotic, unvisited land, finding a new recipe or picking up a book you’d never have considered before, it is these small happenings that can be life changing. Rather than stick with what you know, you should be putting yourself out there. Otherwise, you run the risk of never encountering something different and something that’ll alter your life emotionally, spiritually or even physically.

One easy way to open yourself up to new experiences is through literature. The...

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Exeter College announce annual Festival of Carols at Exeter Catherdral

Exeter College have announced details of their annual Festival of Carols to be held at Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 6th December. This year’s festival is in aid of MIND, the college’s charity of the year.

Karen Bolton, Head of Community & Events Fundraising at Mind, said: “We’d like to say a huge thank-you to all the students and staff of Exeter College for choosing to fundraise for Mind and for all the hard work they have put in to organising fundraising events throughout this term. As well as raising awareness about mental health, every penny raised from the event will help...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (1-3 December):

THEATRE

Dick Whittington From Saturday, Exeter Northcott Theatre With his faithful Puss by his side Dick leaves his Exeter home for the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune. Follow his adventures as he reaches the big city and travels the high seas. Will Dick find his fortune? Can he and Puss defeat the evil villain King Rat and return home triumphant? Expect plenty of audience participation, live music, magic, mayhem and lots of laughter – the perfect recipe for a family...

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Kristina Rihanoff and Christopher Maloney 'Dance to the Music' in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/01/2017 - 10:45am

Kristina Rihanoff and Christopher Maloney are to team up in a new smash hit dance show that promises to transport audiences on a musical journey through time.

The pair became close pals during their time in Celebrity Big Brother – and now they are to appear together in a nationwide tour of glittering stage show Dance to the Music.

The new production, which arrives in Exmouth on 29 January, will showcase every genre of dance, from the roaring twenties to the present day, with plenty of sequins and surprises along the way! The production is the creation of professional dancer...

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