Tucked away in Killerton House, you'll find a culinary secret - the award-winning Killerton Kitchen restaurant. Book a table for an exclusive fine-dining experience within the splendour of the Georgian mansion. Savour seasonal flavours from estate producers expertly prepared by our team of chefs.
First Wednesday of the month from March, from 6.30pm. Booking is essential on 01392 881345.
Join Killerton's costume curator Shelley Tobin for a closer look at colourful objects linked to the 2016 fashion exhibition: 'Fashion to dye for'. Follow a spectrum of colour month-by-month through special peices from the extensive collections of fashion and textiles.
Events on the second Monday of the month, March - October (not August). 11.30am-1pm and 2-3.30pm. Free talks, normal admission fees apply (members go free).
14 March: Red 11 April: Orange 9 May: Yellow 13 June: Green 11 July: Blue 12 September: Indigo 10 October: Violet
The Exeter Pound has launched a crowdfunding campaign today (15 February) in order to prepare the way for the community currency to go digital. Exeter launched its own paper currency in September 2015 and its reach has been growing ever since. There are now 131 local, independent businesses where shoppers can spend the local cash, and 9 exchange points across the city where the public can swap sterling for Exeter Pounds, at a 1:1 exchange rate. But the scheme is already looking to the next stage in innovation: a digital Exeter Pound. Exeter Pound user Hannah Watson explains, “there is a...
Writer and performer Rose Collis brings her acclaimed one-woman musical cabaret show to Exeter Library next week (Monday 15 Feb), as part of an Arts Council-funded tour for LGBT History Month 2016.
‘Trouser-Wearing Characters’ is the first ever musical cabaret show written and performed by a British female author. This original entertainment, written and performed by one of Sussex’s favourite personalities, is a unique mixture of music, history and comedy.
It combines stories, vignettes and songs about some of her favourite, eclectic LGBT ‘trouser-wearing characters’, from...
West Country accountants and business advisers Old Mill are celebrating after being named ‘Emerging Partner of the Year’ at the Xerocon Awards in London on Tuesday.
Xero offers a real-time accounting software solution for small businesses which includes a variety of features that in many ways are life-changing for the small business owner. Indeed, these life changing features were recognised by Forbes, which has named Xero the “World’s most innovative growth company” in both 2014 and 2015.
Old Mill have been working with Xero since 2014, setting up their own clients with...
East Devon District Council has a new Council Plan, which together with its Transformation Strategy, sets out how it aims to improve its service delivery by working towards four priorities that will ensure East Devon continues to be an outstanding place to live, work, visit and enjoy.
Each part of the Plan, which covers the period 2016-2020, has a role to play in a joined-up approach that will provide better service delivery.
However, the priorities also focus on how the council will ensure successful end results across all its responsibilities, such as housing, planning,...
Never one to get carried away in victory or defeat, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter remained level-headed after seeing his side slip to a second successive Aviva Premiership defeat.
Sale Sharks maintained their unbeaten home record this season by inflicting a 23-17 loss on their rivals from Devon at the AJ Bell Stadium.
Johnny Leota, Nev Edwards and Mike Haley all crossed for first half tries as the Sharks stormed into a 17-0 lead at the break. The Chiefs, however, were much improved after the interval and countered with converted scores of their own through Jack...
Painting the sunny beaches of Perth, Western Australia, or the changeable scenery of Devon?
For Devon Artist Network painter Julie Dunster, there is no contest - and she is celebrating her return home with her first solo art exhibition in this country, at the Boston Tea Party in Honiton from 27 February to 7 May 2016.
The exhibition will feature original oil paintings produced through sketches and photographs on location and completed in her Mid Devon studio. Julie captures the season’s differences, whether depicting avocets at tide’s out in deserted Dawlish Warren, or the...
A third (33 per cent) of South West parents want their children to have professional careers, a poll from Action for Children has revealed with two thirds (65 per cent) wanting their children to go to university once their compulsory education is completed.
The results are from a survey of over 2000 parents across the UK, with the South West subsample showing that the second most popular sector behind professional was public services (11.7 per cent).
A further sub sample, of parents who think their children will struggle to get a job in the area they want them to work in,...
Greg Hancock returned to the UK in 2012 after many years overseas and quickly established himself as a regular performer on the music scene in Exeter and the surrounding region.
He has been writing his own songs ever since he first picked up a guitar at the age of ten. He always tries to find innovative and surprising new song structures and to avoid musical and lyrical cliches.
His songs deal with a wide range of topics – from love-gone-wrong and personal emotions to topical issues and current affairs but all share an unusual, slightly skewed view of the world and...
