A one-day introduction to Latin will presented by Latin teacher and author, George Sharpley at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 23rd January.
One of the brightest lights of our emergence from the so-called dark ages in the first millennium is the introduction of Latin in the cathedrals of Europe. From this grew schools and universities, most of which have long since parted with their founders.
Latin was the lingua franca of medieval Europe. Monks and churchmen were trained to write Latin in order to produce the religious, administrative and legal texts required of the time. And...
Blundell’s pupils have spent time during the run-up to Christmas fundraising for charity and having fun at the same time.
The girls in Year 12 of Gorton House sold a record number of 1,400 candy canes, raising £740 for the Crisis At Christmas charity.
Pupils and staff buy the canes to wish their friends and colleagues a Happy Christmas and write a label with a message. In a real team effort, the GH girls then worked as a production line to tie the labels onto the canes, which were then given out to the lucky recipients.
CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL organisers have confirmed that the festival will return in 2016! Taking place on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd July, Devon’s much-loved, family friendly, not-for-profit event will feature the biggest and most diverse line up in its 10-year history.
The theme for the wildly popular fancy dress day on Saturday will be ‘Legends’.
The last few discounted Early Bird tickets – where adult weekend camping tickets are £75, and a family of four can enjoy the weekend for just £220 - are available until 31st December. Shortly after this date, the first major line up...
Rob Baxter insists he and his squad need no reminding of the importance of tomorrow’s European Champions Cup encounter with visiting ASM Clermont Auvergne at Sandy Park (5:15pm). Having kicked off their return to Europe’s top tier with defeat to the Ospreys, the Devon club rediscovered their winning formula by securing a bonus point victory at home to Bordeaux-Begles. That success means as they prepare to hit the halfway stage of the competition, they lie second in Pool 5 behind the Welsh region who themselves came unstuck to Clermont at the Stade Marcel Michelin last time out. But whereas...
On Wednesday 9th December Sidmouth seafront was nose to tail with a chain of 35 Fords’ vehicles as they followed the funeral procession of local businessman Derek Ford.
Derek Owen Ford, the patriarch of Fords, recently died at the age of 81. His funeral took place at Sidmouth Parish Church.
Derek was born in Sidmouth in 1934, the middle child of three boys. He attended Wellington School until the age of 16 years when he joined his grandfather, father and brothers in the family business, Fords of Sidmouth.
Derek began his working life at Fords as a trainee plumber....
From midday today (FRIDAY) the price of unleaded petrol hit 99.9p at all of Tesco’s 500 Petrol filling stations. There’ll also be a penny drop on diesel meaning no customer misses out by shopping at Tesco this Christmas.
Peter Cattell, Fuel Director for Tesco said: “We want to do all we can to help our customers in the run-up to Christmas. We know that our customers really value low fuel prices and that having unleaded for 99.9p a litre will really give customers a boost over the festive period.
These reductions will mean millions of customers save money by shopping at...
The last Southernhay Breakfast Club enjoyed a talk by the charismatic Joe McNulty and co. from "Theatre Learning". Joe runs a business where actors and theatre are used to get training messages across to groups.
At this fun session, attendees were given red and green cards to 'vote' on how well they thought the actors, who improvised a scenario between a manager and employee, were dealing with an everyday work situation. Trainers Andy and Elaine might have been 'hamming it up' a little, but they definitely held the audience's attention!
New Year's Eve is always a manic time of year. Up and down the country there are celebrations, events and parties taking place in city centres, eagerly awaiting the moment the clock strikes twelve. All are appealing in the own right - but which are your preferences suited to?
To help decide, there’s a new Interactive New Year’s Eve Cities Flowchart. A user chooses a region (from South & North England, Scotland, Ireland) and their preferred event type to then be presented with a recommended city with a list of suggested events taking place.
