‘ In delay there lies no plenty … youth’s a stuff will not endure’
Christmas 1916. While war wages on, those back at home in Illyria try to forget and seize the day, seeking distraction through frivolity, solace, and companionship.
When refugee twins, Viola and Sebastian, are shipwrecked and separated, they shake up this grief-stricken community, resulting in mistaken identity, folly and love.
Shakespeare’s most delightful yet melancholic comedy, this is a vibrant, intimate ensemble production enriched with music...
Back in 2014, Exeter Hospiscare staff were very touched when 12 year old Josie Sanders handed them a beautiful poem.
Josie’s poem expressed how she felt about her experience with the local charity after her Granddad Geoff Fletcher, 80, spent his last few days at the city hospice.
Just six weeks earlier he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Josie wrote the poem as a way of coping with her grief and to express how overwhelmed her whole family were by the support they received at Hospiscare.
Exeter Racecourse has Christmas wrapped up with its Festive meeting on Thursday 15 December, which is perfect for treating colleagues or friends to a day out of the office.
Pre-booked Grandstand and Paddock tickets for groups of ten or more are just £10 per person and there’s a chance to tuck into a Festive package for just £30 per person includes Premier admission, racecard, Festive baguette or a Chunks pie, a mince pie and a glass of sparkling wine.
There’s also a free bus is available from Exeter St Davids and Exeter Bus and Station that will bring you to and from the...
Jack Nowell says there has been little time for him and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates to dwell on the disappointment of last weekend’s European Champions Cup loss at the hands of Bordeaux Begles.
The Chiefs saw their European aspirations suffer more disappointment as they slipped to a third successive defeat in Pool 5, going down 13-7 at Sandy Park to the visiting Frenchmen.
This Saturday the two sides will lock horns in the latest round of action, this time at the Stade Chaban Delmas (2pm), and Nowell insists the Premiership club will be looking to bounce back at the first...
Christmas is coming and, to get in the mood, I headed to Killerton House’s Christmas wonderland.
Picking the Christmas tree has been a tradition in my family since I can remember. Unlike the advent calendar (which is often started late), it is the definitive mark of our Christmas beginning.
So to roll this into a festive house, lit garden and carol singers was the perfect first note to start our Christmas.
Each year, the house is beautifully decorated to a theme. Last year, it was an enchanting Narnia and this year, it was Brother’s Grimm story. It was enchanting to...
Laurence Oakes-Ash, business analyst and Director of City Science, gave a very engaging talk to an audience of 50 at the Southernhay Breakfast Club on Friday 2nd December. He described how the Exeter City Futures programme, of which his company is a part, is working towards a Zero Congestion area in Exeter.
They have found that a lot of people arriving at key destinations in the city are coming from a set number of starting points and are investigating the possibility of an low cost, on-demand minibus service to reduce the number of private cars being driven each day. They believe...
The festive season kicked off slightly early this year for local charity Families for Children Adoption. Over 30 adopted children were invited to stir up some Christmas puddings with charity Patrons, Michael Caines MBE, Judi Spiers and David Lawrence-Jones.
Stir up Sunday is traditionally the day for everyone in the family to take a turn at stirring the Christmas pudding, whilst making a wish. Earlier this month at Darts Farms, Michael, Judi and David rolled up their sleeves to help adopted children from across the region do just that and create their own Christmas puddings....
Multi-award winning folk musician Jim Moray presents a live performance of his acclaimed album Upcetera.
Accompanied by a 9 piece ensemble including strings, woodwind, piano, double bass and drums, he reimagines traditional ballads as dramatically orchestrated torch songs or a sort of English Fado.
For 15 years Jim Moray has been at the forefront of a new movement in English traditional music.
Upcetera heralds a new chapter for the producer and has received the best reviews of his career, including five stars from Mojo, fRoots and R2 magazines.
Police are urging revellers in the South West to be on their best behaviour as figures show one in three violent crimes on the region’s railway last Christmas were alcohol-related.
Our officers arrest more people for violent and public order offences at this time of year than for any other type of incident, with 73 such crimes being recorded in the South West.
Of those offences, nearly a third were alcohol-related, and officers are now carrying out extra patrols and encouraging passengers to keep a clear head in a bid to reduce the national rise in violence seen on the rail...
A new report on the UK economy reveals that whilst business confidence continues to bump along the rails, the South West region is showing the greatest recovery in sentiment after the post-Brexit shockwave.
Top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming cited the recent report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW) as evidence that although uncertainty persists in the business community over what the UK's future will look like outside the European Union, the Westcountry is bristling with more confidence than the rest of the country.
