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An Arts Council Grant has enabled Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) to investigate its Pacific collections, including the Melanesian human remains.

These collections form part of RAMM’s World cultures collection, recognised by Arts Council England's Designation Scheme as a pre-eminent collection of national and international importance.

Researcher Kirstin Leith explains: “During the 1930s RAMM acquired three over-modelled Melanesian human skulls. The acquisition was part of a wider collection frenzy in Melanesia during the early part of the...

The University of Exeter will launch a national humanities festival with a touch of magic this year as experts and academics come together to discuss our modern view of the mystical.

‘Magic: from the Inquisition to Harry Potter’ takes place on 12 November at Exeter Community Centre and brings together a group of experts on magic in history and literature to debate the mystery surrounding magic; why people are fascinated by it and how far our modern image of magic in novels such as Harry Potter reflect the lives of real people in the past.

There will also be an opportunity...

A local bingo club is set to host one of the most sought-after evenings of bingo in and around Exeter by offering a potential share of £100,000 in its free Mecca Firecracker prize draw* as part of its national live link game this Halloween.

The team at Mecca Exeter will be hosting its ‘Firecracker Evening’ from 6330pm on Saturday 31 October, with £100,000 up for grabs during the live link game at approximately 8.30pm, which will be shared equally amongst customers playing in the club that evening.

Mecca customers from all over Exeter will be flocking to the club on North...

On Saturday October 31st, while some people in Exeter put on witches’ outfits and carry pumpkins, others will be empathising with the very real horror experienced by young people in Syria.

For one day only, the Art Gallery at 89 South Street will be exhibiting prints of drawings by young Syrian refugees.

The exhibition, entitled ‘From Syria with Love’ has been organised by Baraa Ehsaan Kouja, a Syrian student at the University of Exeter. There will bearound 25 prints of drawings and paintings made by Syrian refugee children aged 12-18 currently living in Al-Abrar refugee...