Saturday 23rd July, 10.30-15.30 (Cathedral Green ) Visit the Cathedral's Roman activities stall on Cathedral Green (in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum) and find out more about the Roman archaeology beneath your feet. Can you solve the roof tile puzzle, make a mosaic with real Roman pieces and sort out your ‘mortaria’; from your ‘samian’? Why not try your hand at our mini-dig excavations, make a Roman serpent bracelet, or create a brooch? (This event may move inside due to weather conditions on the day. Please keep an eye on the website) Suitable for all ages. Drop-in...
Saturday 23rd July – Saturday 27th August during normal visitor hours What does the Cathedral look like to you? Put your sketching skills to the test and send us your picture of the West Front of the Cathedral. You can use pencils, pens, paints, charcoal or anything you like to create your drawing. Please submit your entry to the Front Desk at the Cathedral. Prizes will be available for categories in the following age ranges: 4 – 7, 7-11, 11-16, 16 – 18. All work will be exhibited once the competition comes to a close. Prizes for each category TBA. FREE.
Saturday 23rd July – Saturday 27th August during normal visitor hours Become a knight and join a quest to spot the shields hidden around the Cathedral. Follow the clues that will lead you to each one, and find out who each shield belongs to. Once you have finished, take your completed sheet to the shop, where you will receive your prize. £1 per child which includes a small prize at the end. Suitable for all ages. Admission applies for accompanying adults.
Thursday 21st July 2016 at 13.00 An informal lunchtime concert by Dutch Choir Schola Davidica Utrecht including music from the English Choral tradition. Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anonymous Ave Maria - Robert Parsons Ave verum - William Byrd If ye love me - Thomas Tallis Organ: Jan Hage Exultate Deo - Willem Andriesen Ir tikai nats - Romualds Jermaks Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger Organ: Jan Hage Hail gladdening light - Charles Wood Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace - Samuel Wesley I saw the Lord - John Stainer Booking information Included in the Cathedral admission
Friday 22nd July 2016 at 19.30 The Amadeus Orchestra Cello: Raphael Wallfisch Piano: Malcolm Forbes-Peckham Conductor: Philip Mackenzie Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Finzi Cello Concerto Stravinsky Petrouchka Back in Exeter Cathedral for their much anticipated annual concert, the Amadeus Orchestra and Raphael Wallfisch bring one of England’s finest cello concertos to Exeter; Finzi’s masterpiece from his final years. Wallfisch has long been a major proponent of his work and has made several recordings of it. Malcolm Forbes- Peckham last played a piano concerto with Amadeus back in 2014 when...
Campaigning organisation 38 Degrees celebrates Campaign for National Parks 80th Anniversary at Dartmoor National Park
On Saturday 30th July campaigning organisation 38 Degrees and the charity Campaign for National Parks are celebrating our nation’s most beautiful landscapes. They're hosting free organised walks and natural art workshops at every national park in England, Scotland and Wales. We’re delighted to announce that Dartmoor National Park will be part of the celebrations!
80 years ago a group of people came together to launch a campaign get these magnificent places...
Concerts in the west September tour is to feature the outstanding violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Emma Parker, Viola player Rosalind Ventris and Cello player Nathaniel Boyd.
The concert will be held at Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, on 1 September at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £15 and drinks are available there.
Concerts in the West ticket holders may bring for Free one friend who has never attended a Concerts in the West performance before.
Discounts are also being offered to encourage more students and children to attend.
Teignbridge District Council is organising a heritage volunteer fair.
The volunteer fair will take place on 14 July from 6-8pm at Old Forde House, Newton Abbot.
The council is encouraging anyone with an interest in local heritage and wildlife assets to get involved and drop in to learn more about the local groups and societies.
There will also be an opportunity to meet representatives and find out about getting involved in practical outdoor works such as wildlife monitoring and path works with countryside rangers. Attendees will also get the opportunity to look...
A team of walkers from leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, raised £846.25 when they took part in the Exeter Legal Walk on the 6th June.
The Exeter Legal Walk celebrates the continued work of the legal profession and advice sector in protecting people’s rights and promoting equal access to justice for all. The Legal Walk is one of over 30 similar events which run across England and Wales raising funds for free local legal advice charities.
The event was run by the South West Legal Support Trust, part of a network of Legal Support Trusts working with the...
A striking exhibition of wood engravings by renowned engraver Hilary Paynter is the latest artwork to adorn the corridors at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The ‘Age of Enlightenment’ exhibition, which opened to the public on the 2nd July, explores the subject of age and ageing. The body of work has been commissioned by the Baring Foundation, the Arts Council and Devon Guild of Craftsmen, and can be viewed by patients and visitors on level 2 of the hospital between template B and C.
The exhibition features a humorous series of ageing bikers to illustrate the positives...
