EMG Symphony Orchestra said farewell to its conductor with a performance of Britten’s War Requiem at Exeter Cathedral yesterday, 23 April. The Cathedral was full to capacity for the concert. A huge choir joined almost 100 players for the performance, which fell on the same date as the first bombing raids on Exeter during 1942. On 23 April that year, seven high explosive bombs fell west of the river in St Thomas and Marsh Barton with four fatalities. Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was commissioned for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, built alongside the remains of the...
Jo Loosemore and Sarah Chesters from BBC Radio Devon’s Potting Shed programme (Sundays from 9-12) will be part of Toby Buckland’s 2016 Garden Festival.
Over the years this popular BBC Radio Devon programme has helped gardeners and gardens all over the county.
It invites listeners to ring, write, email and text in with garden queries and questions. Sarah Chesters from RHS Rosemoor gives expert advice and answers. The two presenters will be offering gardening Q & A sessions on Saturday 30th April in the tea tent during four sessions between 11am - 4pm
To be accurate, if you were down at Bystock Pools near Exmouth recently you would have been in for ‘a big surprise’.
Against the backdrop of tranquil pools and colourful heathland you would have seen a handful of musicians from Exeter Symphony Orchestra, in full concert dress working with photographer Matt Austin.
The extraordinary photo shoot has resulted in some stunning images.
These will be used initially in the June edition of Devon Life to promote The Devon Wildlife Trust’s ‘Concert for Wildlife’ to be held in Exeter Cathedral on the 16th July.
A former Nursing Sister who trained at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital during the Second World War has received a replica of a gold nursing medal which was tragically stolen from her during a burglary.
Eighty-nine year old Doris Sumption, from Spetisbury in Dorset, was devastated when her home was burgled three years ago and thieves took one of her most treasured possessions – a gold medal which she received for being top of her class during her nurse training at the RD&E in 1946.
Doris started her training with the RD&E, then based in Dean Clarke House in...
GOALS from Billy Bodin, Lee Brown and Sky Bet League 2 top-scorer Matty Taylor consigned Exeter City to a second defeat of the week at the Memorial Stadium, ending the Grecians' hopes of a play-off finish.
City had an uphill battle in the second period after conceding goals at either end of the first half, but they came out flying after the interval with Jake Taylor scoring within seconds of the restart. In the end though the Grecians couldn’t quite mount a comeback, as Taylor’s twenty-eighth goal of the campaign wrapped up...
Honiton Gymnastics Club took 51 gymnasts to Tunbridge Wells in Kent for the Next Dimension Gymnastics Academy (NDGA) Invitational last weekend, returning with five gold medals, seven silvers and four bronzes.
It’s the biggest team that the club has ever taken away to an invitational competition, and the occasion was made even more memorable by the fact that Honiton was the most successful club at the event.
With 51 gymnasts competing in 23 acrobatic partnerships, Honiton fielded gymnasts in a wide variety of levels, from Grade 1 (novice) through to ‘13-19’ junior...
The sun shone upon the crowds that flocked to day two of the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink today.
Hundreds of people enjoyed a packed line-up of activities including chef demonstrations, workshops, festival farmyard, cheese and wine masterclass, live music, Festival Question Time with BBC Radio Devon presenters as well as plenty of delicious regional food and drink to enjoy.
Tonight’s After Dark Music Festival at Exeter Castle features Electric Swing Circus, a 6-piece band which delivers a dazzling fusion of 20's swing and stomping beats, with support from...
It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week from Sunday May 1 and East Devon District Council’s Countryside team is giving top tips on how we can help them thrive.
The week is run by the Hedgehog Preservation Society and aims to highlight the problems faced by hedgehogs and encourage the public to help them.
The Countryside team has some great ideas on how we can all do our bit to help our prickly friends!
Hedgehogs are one of the UKs most loved animals, and are very important for our ecosystem, their numbers are in steep decline and according to hedgehog campaign group, Hedgehog...
The Devon and Somerset Young Enterprise ‘Company Programme’ Final is fast approaching.
The Company Programme, is the Young Enterprise flagship programme it is a unique nation-wide Business and Education partnership that offers young people, aged 15 to 19+ the opportunity to form and run their own company while still at school or college.
The students elect a Board of Directors, decide on a company name, raise capital, develop, market and sell their product locally at Trade Shows before liquidating their company at the end of the academic year.
If you are planning to go to the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink over the weekend, the outlook is bright.
Tomorrow (Saturday) there is only the slight risk of a shower and some sunny intervals are forecast for both days.
Of course, living in Devon, we are prepared for the elements and even more prepared to sample great food!
Now in its 13th year and once again at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens until Sunday, the Festival attracts more than 100 artisan food and drink producers from the region selling delicious south west meat, cheeses, bread, cider...
