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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.

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Devon Photographer Meia Allegranza launches exhibition in Topsham

Topsham-based commercial photographer and published poet, Meia Allegranza, is launching a Poetography Exhibition on 1 August 2013 in Topsham’s The Café.

The exhibition, called “Poetography for the All Generations”, will showcase Meia’s two passions, photography and poetry, as she brings together 14 of her favourite Photos and poems.

The exhibition, which will be free to attend, will run from 1-31 August during The Café’s opening hours 10am–4.30pm.

This is Meia’s first solo exhibition, and has been inspired by her life, news events, the sights and sounds of Devon,...

Bike Shed Theatre hosts week of thought-provoking plays

The Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter begins a week of short plays about modern attitudes to suffrage and democracy tonight (23/07/13).

Three short plays have been commissioned as part of the Bike Shed’s annual ‘New Blood’ performances, in which up and coming writers and directors produce work around a central theme.

The theme for this year of Democracy and Suffrage are then considered afterwards with a planned panel for discussion and debate. Each night will cover a separate topic with a series of guest panellists including a BBC sports journalist for a discussion on...

Big Noise Chorus - Summer Concert

The Big Noise Chorus invites the people of Exeter to watch them perform this Friday at The Great Hall in Exeter University to raise money for the WESC Foundation and Exeter Leukaemia Fund. The Big Noise Chorus is a choir like none other, as they believe it’s not your singing ability that makes you a perfect candidate for their choir, but a passion for music.

Colin Rea, the Musical Director of the choir, said: ‘’ What's most appealing for me (when talking about a candidate) is passion for music and a desire to sing.’’

The Big Noise Chorus has choir groups across Devon, in...

New interactive roadshow goes down a treat with Devon kids

Families flocked to Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday (21 July) where kids were entertained not only by top action on the track, but by a new interactive ‘Kids love the Races’ roadshow designed to entertain and engage children in the sport.

Here, budding young jockeys enjoyed finding out more about the equine and human stars of the sport, designing their own racing silks and taking a look at some specialist racing equipment. They also got to check out what racehorses eat to keep them in tip-top condition and learnt about what happens at the track.

Rod Street, Chief...

Exeter Phoenix supports crowd sourced short film

Exeter Phoenix has launched its first crowd-sourced short film commission with a piece by Devon-based filmmaker Tom Austin.

The commission, which requires Austin to receive the majority of his funding from the crowd sourcing website Crowdfunder.co.uk is the first of its kind by Exeter Phoenix.

Austin is aiming to raise £2,000 to fund his short film, Host Familie ; a dark comedy about a German Undergraduate staying with a dysfunctional family on the English Rivera. Exeter Phoenix has provided £500 of this cost.

Jonas Hawkins, Exeter Phoenix Digital Manager, said "We...

The Exeter Daily wants YOUR summer photographs... before it's too late

Just last month Brits were flocking to the travel agents in a last ditched attempt to get some sun.

Throughout our supposed summer England had seen nothing but rain and grey skies.

However, for the last few weeks we have been experiencing a heat wave, and on 7 July, Exeter experienced temperatures similar to those in Turkey.

'The Guardian' reported at the beginning of the month that the rise in temperature has seen a rise in retail sales. Playsuits, shorts and bikinis are finally being sold after sitting on the shelves during the previous cold months....

TED's essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend

From open air theatre to dragon boat racing, there is no shortage of entertainment to suit all the family this weekend!

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Dancing at Lughnasa Friday, 7pm, Poltimore House Bring a picnic and enjoy the grounds of this country house and let us transport you to Ballybeg, County Donegal for the harvest time in 1936. The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together. A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers. £10 adults, £...

Opera comes to Talaton tonight in a concert to help raise funds for a village church

The Royal Opera House will be beaming Tosca, via a seven metre screen, with a downlink from a satellite and a “huge” sound system, says concert organiser and host Paul Chivers who lives at Talaton House, in the centre of the village. Paul’s garden will be transformed into a huge picnic site, as 500 guests arrive to eat, drink and listen to opera.

Admission is free, but only by allocated tickets which all went in a week and was massively oversubscribed. The village shop was the booking office. “It’s been a real community effort,” said Paul who is keen to support the village church....

Exeter Lord Mayor presents prizes to young stars

Exeter's Right Honourable Lord Mayor Councillor Rachel Lyons attended a dazzling display of talent by Stage by Stage students on Sunday 14 July at Exeter Corn Exchange.

Stage by Stage is Exeter's independent theatre arts school, and the Mayor was there to present certificates and special prizes to its students.

The gala, which is an annual event, this year also celebrated the 20th anniversary of Stage by Stage and featured musical and dance numbers drawn from the last two decades of shows which have been performed by the school in the city and around the UK....

BBC One's Antiques Roadshow to film on Cathedral Green

BBC One’s ever-popular Sunday evening programme Antiques Roadshow will be filming for its 36th series on Exeter Cathedral Green on Thursday 12 September, 2013.

Presenter Fiona Bruce says, “This will be my 6th year on the Antiques Roadshow and I still feel so lucky to be presenting the programme. Every week is different; a new location and thousands of new visitors. The only constant is the pleasure of the unexpected – we never know what will turn up, from the most fabulous Fabergé to the most humble object with a riveting story..."

Some of Britain’s leading antiques and...

Entertainment & Reviews

Pawesome day out with pen farthing

Devon Photographer Meia Allegranza launches exhibition in Topsham

Bike Shed Theatre hosts week of thought-provoking plays

Big Noise Chorus - Summer Concert

New interactive roadshow goes down a treat with Devon kids

Exeter Phoenix supports crowd sourced short film

The Exeter Daily wants YOUR summer photographs... before it's too late

TED's essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend

Opera comes to Talaton tonight in a concert to help raise funds for a village church

Exeter Lord Mayor presents prizes to young stars

BBC One's Antiques Roadshow to film on Cathedral Green

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