Entertainment & Reviews

Dog laying upside down on the grass

Pawesome day out with pen farthing

Looking for the perfect way to round off the summer holidays? Head to Pawesome Day Out, a lively, family-friendly charity event on Sunday 31st August from 12pm at St Martin’s Football Club, Exminster—where fun, food, and four-legged friends take centre stage!

Organised by Claudia Pinn of Claudia’s Canines and the UK–Sri Lanka-based charity Lucas Helps Dogs, this event aims to raise vital funds for street animals in Sri Lanka. Proceeds will directly support spay/neuter clinics, emergency treatments, and life-saving vaccinations for dogs and cats in desperate need.

Claudia...

MollyBond

MollyBond

Posted:

Devon's own reality show to air tomorrow

Essex and Chelsea are now famous areas of the UK due to hit reality shows TOWIE and MIC. Woolacombe is the next UK destination to put itself on the map when it stars in a new two part TV series which starts tomorrow.

‘Who needs Ibiza: The Great British Holiday’ is a two-part TV series set at Europa Park in Woolacombe, one of North Devon’s most popular seaside towns. The first episode is scheduled to air on BBC Three on Wednesday 12th March at 9pm and looks at the growing popularity of ’staycations’ amongst the younger generation. The documentary, filmed last summer follows staff...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

You'll find something to suit all ages and tastes in our guide to the best of what's on in and around Exeter this weekend:

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Club Friday, 8pm, Exeter Corn Exchange Four top comedians, everyone gets a seat at a table, the bar is open throughout and pizzas are served to your table - all this goes to make one of the best evenings out in the city. Over 16s, tickets £12. www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

The Sugar Dandies' Tea Party Saturday, 2pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter A modern and fun twist on an old-fashioned afternoon tea dance! The award-...

New Classical Concert Series at RAMM

Music lovers can enjoy listening to some of the finest musicians surrounded by beautiful photographs of Britain’s natural history in the Rathbones Spring Concert Series at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum.

On Wednesday 2 April, Raphael Wallfisch (cello) is joined by John York (piano) in a programme that includes Beethoven’s Sonata for cello and piano in A, Op.69; Debussy’s Sonata in G Minor and Brahms’ Sonata for Cello and Piano in F, Op.99.

On Wednesday 7 May, Tom Poster (piano) plays two Impromptus by Schubert, D. 899 Nos 1 and 2; Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major, Op.28...

Wren Music set to raise the roof at Exeter Cathedral

South West music charity Wren Music marks the culmination of its 30th anniversary programme with a Grand Concert at Exeter Cathedral featuring 250 musicians and singers.

Wren is blending the voices and instruments of its five choirs and four orchestras from north, south, east and west Devon for the concert, along with Wren’s county-wide youth groups, Roots Acoustic and Roots A Capella.

The 90-minute concert is entitled A World Where Every Voice is Heard, reflecting Wren’s work in reaching people in communities who might not otherwise have the opportunity to get involved in...

Young SW couples wanted for hit BBC3 show

BBC Three hit ' Hotel of Mum and Dad' is back and it's creators Mentorn Media are urging couples in Devon to consider appearing.

The show gives couples who are living in the family home a chance to live on their own for a week to see if domesticated bliss is all it's made out to be!

If you or your partner are :

  • Desperate for your own space
  • Too used to home comforts
  • Living with your in laws
  • Nervous about moving out for the first time

Then you are might be perfect to appear in BBC Three's Show!

If you and...

The Kenn Art Show 21 - 23 March

Authored by pamval2014
Posted: Fri, 03/07/2014 - 8:35pm

The Kenn Art Show was founded in 2006 and, since then, it has grown into a successful and prestigious bi-annual event. Profits from the show will be going to St. Andrew’s Church in Kenn, and to the Kenn Centre, where the show is taking place this year.

Up to 40 artists and craftspeople will be exhibiting and selling their work. Take a look at the Kenn Art Show Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenn-Art-Show to see some examples of what will be on display, and follow @kennartshow on Twitter.

The show will be opened by Ray Balkwill SWAc, the well-known West Country...

Mystery of the Moor

Watch TV presenter Mike Dilger as he follows the unfolding story of the internationally important discoveries made during the excavation of a prehistoric burial on Whitehorse Hill in Dartmoor National Park. When archaeologists unearthed the contents contained within the burial cist in a remote part of Dartmoor in 2012, they had no idea they were about to find an internationally important collection of prehistoric remains. Academics and scientists alike were fascinated by the well preserved findings from this prehistoric cremation burial which allowed them one of the best glimpses into life...

City mill brings history alive

Devon Wildlife Trust is opening its doors on Friday 14 March for a morning of milling and the chance to see local history come alive.

The event will take place at the charity’s headquarters, the historic Cricklepit Mill situated close to the quayside.

Cricklepit Mill is the last working mill in Exeter and once a month, Devon Wildlife Trust volunteers start the water wheel turning and grind wheat for flour. The events give visitors the chance to learn about the traditional process of flour milling and see an important part of Exeter’s history in action.

Exeter is...

Exeter School choral group to perform at TEDx Exeter

Exeter School's Vocal Ensemble is looking forward to performing at TEDx Exeter for the first time.

The choral group is made up of 18 of the school's finest singers aged 15-18.

Music Teacher Mrs Mitchell said they were very excited about the opportunity. "We will be singing a range of music from the Renaissance, through to the contemporary classical music of Eric Whitacre," she said.

Exeter School's Vocal Ensemble was formed in 2008 in response to requests from the wider community to provide a small, portable, vocal group to perform at a variety of concerts and...

150 Years of Exeter Archive Photos

The Isca Historical Photographic Collection celebrates its 40th Anniversary this month.

Established by Peter Thomas, Exeter’s longest established local author, photographer & lecturer, the collection protects the negative archive of the Henry Wykes Studio of Exeter. The studio had amassed an archive of 42,000 images that over the last 40 years has been greatly expanded and now contains some of Exeter’s rarest photographic images.

The most extensive presentations ever undertaken by the author are to be featured in four linked programmes.

150 Years of Exeter...

your pets daily logo
Home Education Daily logo
Food and Drink Daily logo in red, white and black
your beauty daily logo with heart

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

England ace Jack delivers tips to Saracens

Exeter Weather