If you can get yourselves down to Totnes, treat yourselves to legendary spacerockers, Here & Now. Playing Unit 23 Live on the back of 3 gigs in April, after a bit of a break - cracking renditions of old favourites including some surprises (pleasant ones) + new stuff including some blistering jams...
Advance tickets £14 + £1 booking fee via www.unit23live.co.uk / on the door £16
Any proceeds to go to local voluntary organisations.
World-leading dementia expert Professor Clive Ballard will deliver his first lecture since joining the University of Exeter.
Clive, a global authority in age-related disease, joined the University of Exeter Medical School as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean in October. He will deliver a talk entitled Dementia: Prevention, Treatment and Care on April 26.
Professor Ballard said: “As we all live longer, it’s important that we all take measures to protect our own health, including our brain health. We can all take action on this, and it has to start in our 50s, while we...
Music at the Mill features 30 bands/performers on 3 stages over 2 days at Lapford Mill in Mid Devon. Friday night showcases young local talent and is free of charge. Headline acts on the main stage (Saturday) include Tankus the Henge and Lionstar both having played Glastonbury. Plenty of stalls and activities including ukulele and didgeridoo sessions, children's drum workshop, storytelling, yoga and jewellery making. Local real ale, cider and food stalls. Limited camping available.
Tickets available in advance online - Adult £15, Young Person (5-17yrs) £5. On the gate Adult £20...
Eight of Devon’s community volunteers were honoured by the Queen last Thursday, 20 April, when they were presented with a British Empire Medal (BME).
They were presented with their awards by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon, the Queen’s representative in the county, at the Investiture at County Hall.
The eight men and women, from South Hams, North Devon, Torridge, Plymouth, Torbay and Teignbridge were all named in the New Year’s Honours List 2017.
The British Empire Medal is awarded for meritorious service worthy of recognition by the Crown...
After the sell-out success of Bob Dylan’s legendary The Beaten Path, a series of limited edition hand-signed silkscreen prints have been released and will be on display at Castle Fine Art from next week. The Beaten Path: The Silkscreen Collection features six hand-signed, coloured silkscreen prints taken from Dylan’s major solo exhibition which took place at the end of last year. The prints will be available to view from Friday 21st April 2017.
The Beaten Path captures iconic images from Dylan’s travels across the main routes and backroads of America. From the exhibition emerge...
Devon singing-songwriting sensation Joss Stone will appear at the 9th Exeter Pride, which will take place in the city on Saturday, May 13.
Joss (30), who hails from Uffculme and still lives in Mid Devon, as well as attending to support the event, says she will take to the main stage to sing a song or two at the biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the county of Devon.
Joss recently returned from her Total World Tour which has seen her perform gigs at large and small venues across many continents.
Simon Hall is well-known as a TV news correspondent, but Simon has an alter-ego who uses his own position as a television reporter to turn detective and solve some extraordinary crimes.
‘I never answer the question of whether my books are autobiographical,' Simon teases. ‘It's much safer that way.'
For 20 years, Simon has covered some of the biggest stories Britain has seen as the BBC's crime correspondent for the South West of England. Now his life is reflected in fiction with the publication of his thriller, Justice Mirror.
The ditching of proposed substantial hikes in probate fees by the Government has been welcomed by financial experts. The radical changes, increasing from the current flat rate of £215 to £20,000 for larger estates, were due next month, but have been shelved following the announcement of the General Election on June 8. But chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark have warned that the reprieve from what has been described as a tax on grieving families may only be temporary. Lisa Macpherson, the firm’s Head of Tax Technical, said: “The abandonment of these proposals gives...
Andrew Millington, Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s musical director for the last fourteen years, will conduct the choir for the last time next month - his farewell concert will be Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius on May 20th in collaboration with The Sinfonietta.
The Exeter-based conductor, organist and composer has been a key figure in Devon’s classical music scene since 1999 when he moved to the city to become Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral. In 2003, he stepped up to the rostrum to join Exeter Philharmonic Choir, the city’s oldest choral society.
The University of Exeter’s unique One Planet course has been ranked again as among the best MBA programmes in the world.
The pioneering programme, which helps talented business professionals address the global challenges of our time, has been named as one of the top courses in Europe, and joint 21st in the world by CEO Magazine.
The One Planet MBA is a collaboration with leading FTSE 100 and other progressive organisations and allows participants to develop innovative business thinking and new business models. It is taught by academics from the University of Exeter and...
