Family Life

As children, artists Tracy Whitbread and Hannah Stevens were both shaped and nourished by painting, crafts, stories and theatre, and as adults they want to offer these enriching and empowering activities to primary school age children in Arts workshops based around their portable mini-theatre, called the ‘Theatre of Dreams’.

The idea has developed over a period of time from both artists working with children and responding to their needs. Children are given the support and space to bring the theatre alive using painting, crafts, stories, song and dance. They are committed...

The Natural Nursery is delighted to announce that it will be holding regular pop-up shops in McCoys Arcade, Fore Street, Exeter.

Selling a range of cloth nappies, baby slings and other natural parenting products, the pop-up shop will give Exeter parents a much-needed opportunity to see, try and handle goods before purchasing or ordering.

Arabella Greatorex, partner of The Natural Nursery, says “We are thrilled to be able to offer this to Exeter parents. Since closing our retail shop in Bristol, I have really missed the day-to-day contact with customers and the ability to...

Charity Sustrans has urged the government to introduce a minimum standard of everyday cycling education and support for schools in England by 2016 to tackle childhood obesity, a move supported by Olympic cycling gold medallist Dani King.

Sustrans’ report, ‘Going for Gold’, calls for cycling to school to be integrated into the national curriculum so every student can access regular training in safety and maintenance and have a spot to park their bike.

Evidence shows that the one-off training sessions currently available do little to change habits in the...

Adapted from the short story, Pobby and Dingan , by Ben Rice, The Mysterious Vanishment of Pobby and Dingan will be coming to the Northcott Theatre this Sunday and is recommended for children of nine and over. The Stage said of it "This Tasmanian writer has a quirky, audacious, wonderfully unfettered way of looking at life'.

The storyline is based around Kellyanne’s best friends, Pobby and Dingan. Her big brother Ashmol hates them. They’re invisible and they make her act weird. Everyone thinks she’s a fruitloop and it’s no fun having a fruitloop for a sister in Lightning Ridge....