On Sunday 18 September Finch Foundry in the village of Sticklepath, Dartmoor, will be hosting an exhibition of rural skills both new and old. There will be a range of craftspeople in the Foundry gardens displaying their skills and selling their products, including sugar crafting, loom weaving, rag rugging, wine production, a wood turner, a wool fleece manufacturer, and a blacksmith. There will also be a village duck race, continuing a tradition first started in Sticklepath over 30 years ago. Ben Shapcott, Foundry Manager, says: “We have held several rural craft fairs in the past and, after...
Dawn Sowerby from The Coach shares her advice on increasing your profile at work in Bitpod's latest In a Nutshell video.
Dawn's background is to help others to achieve their potential and to leverage high performance within their teams. She is absolutely passionate about learning and engagement – they are the key people drivers of improved organisational performance and strongly underpin her approach to coaching others.
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A Fundraising Event has been planned for Exeter Forest School Kindergarten, to raise funds for a new outdoor classroom, to enable young children to learn and experience the outdoors.
The event will bring together families across Exeter at Riverside Leisure Centre on Saturday 3rd September from 3pm until 7pm to enjoy a range of games and activities for all ages, including a giant inflatable assault course and forest school activities. Food and drinks will be available throughout the event as well.
Looking towards the evening, attendees will be able to enjoy live music from...
Firefighters have rescued a woman who became trapped under a car in Exmouth.
Crews were called to Brixington Lane in the town at 6.45pm yesterday.
Fire engines from Exmouth, along with a heavy rescue vehicle from Middlemoor were sent to an incident where a lady was trapped underneath a car by her shoulder and arm.
The crews used airbags, chocks and a tirfor winch to lift the vehicle off the casualty who was then taken to Derriford Hospital.
Flexible working can provide an antidote to the health risks associated with sedentary office jobs in Exeter according to a new survey from Regus. Medical journal The Lancet recently published a paper outlining the risks to health of sitting at the desk all day.
The Regus survey suggests that flexible work could be an antidote. Regus canvassed business people from across Exeter on their attitudes and approaches to work. 74% of respondents believe that working closer to home helps improve health, and more than three fifths (61%) believe working closer to home would encourage them to...
Welcome to B’s mind. B’s got some memories he wants to share with you. He wants to tell you about how he ended up on a cruise ship, playing chess against the current world chess champion. He wants to tell you all about his life and the choices he’s made. The problem? He’s been split into four and can’t remember what happened.
Adapted from Stefan Zweig’s The Royal Game, the critically acclaimed Rhum and Clay Theatre Company bring you 64 Squares; a tale of madness, memory and chess…all accompanied by a live percussive score.
★★★★ ‘Rhum and Clay have come of age … beautifully...
The UK’s favourite performance poet, comedian and musician hits the road, mandolin in hand, with a performance of pieces new and older, sung, spoken and awoken with dance: meditations upon family, celery and happier Daleks.
Explosive American horn-and-percussion trio Moon Hooch – Mike Wilbur (horns), Wenzl McGowen (horns), and James Muschler (drums) – has taken their exhilarating blend of virtuosic jazz, groovy funk, and pulse-pounding electronic dance music from busking the New York City subway system to stages around the world.
Onstage, the band now plays through a “Reverse DJ” setup, in which the live sound from their horns runs through laptops to process recorded effects. In addition, they utilise Moog synthesisers, as well as an EWI (an electronic wind instrument that responds to breath in...
