Social Diary

Baking fans and cookery lovers alike will be given the chance to meet Glenn Cosby, contestant on the hit BBC Two show The Great British Bake Off. For one night only Glenn will share his tales from baking in the limelight, followed by a three-course dinner of delicious dishes.

Local to Exeter, Glenn joined the baker’s dozen of competitors to star in the fourth series of the TV phenomenon, fighting off tough competition until week seven. He was the last man standing.

Glenn said: “For me, baking is about indulgence. I love the hands on approach to food and enjoy nothing more...

The Devon County Agricultural Association, organisers of the Devon County Show, the county’s largest annual event, is gearing up for a double celebration this year.

2014 will be the 119th County Show, an annual celebration of farming, food and the countryside, and it is 25 years since the Association took ownership of the Westpoint showground, which is home to the County Show and its wholly owned subsidiary company - Westpoint Centre (Devon).

Tickets are on sale now for the Devon County Show - known as the South West’s agricultural showing season curtain-raiser, as well as...

Local residents are invited to attend a free lecture this evening which will bring them closer to the world-class research carried out by Exeter’s academic community.

The Students’ Guild has developed the Research Uncovered open lecture series to open up academic research to a wider audience and the next lecture takes place at 17:30 at the Bike Shed Theatre on Fore Street today (Wednesday 5 March). Academia can seem a rather rarefied, distant world and this series showcases topics chosen by students to a wide audience. For free!

Tomorrow’s lecture will be presented by...

MORE than 100 businesswomen turned up to the launch of Exeter’s first Leading Women UK networking group in the city.

The event, held at Southernhay’s prestigious Rendezvous Restaurant, was completely booked out, with a waiting list for those who couldn’t squeeze in.

The evening, on Monday 17th Feb, was hosted by city entrepreneur and public speaking expert Celia Delaney and Leading Women UK’s founder, Rachel Jones.

“It was an amazing night here in Exeter with an impressive turnout of a mixture of career women, entrepreneurs and professional organisations, all of...