Headway Devon’s popular Autumn Bazaar and Coffee Morning will be returning to the Open Door Centre on Church Street in Exmouth on Thursday 29th October. Organised by the charity’s Exmouth centre for people with acquired brain injuries, the event will run from 10.30am-2.30pm and is open to all. Centre manager, Diana Russell, says, “This regular event in Headway Devon’s fundraising calendar will offer something for the whole family. As well as teas, coffees and delicious homemade cakes there will also be a charity raffle, which has a great range of prizes to win” “Events like this are a...
Saturday 14th November at 13.00 in the Pearson Education Centre
Angela Doughty (Cathedral Archivist, 1987-2011) started indexing the Dean and Chapter’s minute books over 25 years ago. To date she has extracted hundreds of entries relating to music and musicians between 1600 and 1814. Join Angela at this informal talk as she entertains and informs you with tales of musical life at Exeter Cathedral in the 18th-21st centuries.
Booking information
Adults £3. Tickets available from 01392 285983 and the online box office
From a 13th century missal constraining chant music to a 21st century composition based n the 10th century Exeter Book, via a letter written by Henry Purcell and records of payments to members of the choir, Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives has a wealth of information about music over the centuries.
Visiting information
The exhibition is open during normal Cathedral opening hours.
Admission to this exhibition is included in the Cathedral's admission charge. Find out why we charge tourists to visit the...
Come along to explore the fascinating and gruesome parts of history.Travel back in time to a different period of history every week with themed crafts, costumes, and horrible history facts!
This week our theme is NAUGHTY NORMANS. The Normans have invaded! Find out about how Britain changed when William the Conqueror became King. Do you have 'Norman Style'? Become a Norman by building castles and decorating Norman shields.
Suitable for ages 6-12 (children can be left and collected at the end of the session). Booking...
Bookings are being taken for Michelmores' annual employment conference on 12 November 2015 in Exeter – an event aimed at businesses and organisations looking to keep up-to-date with the very latest changes in employment law.
The conference, now in its 14th year, welcomes a wide range of delegates from across the South West, including employers, HR professionals and directors from the public, private, education and charitable sectors.
This year's topics will include discrimination in the workplace, how to structure your restructure and the national living wage – as...
A Devon cricket enthusiast who has spent 38 years as a player and administrator with Thorverton Cricket Club has been recognised on a national scale by winning an OSCA (Outstanding Service to Cricket Award) in the category of ‘Heartbeat of the Club’.
John (Jock) Spry joined the club on leaving school at 16 years old and since then he has captained the 1st and 2nd XIs, is chairman of the youth section, youth coach, youth team manager, and helps out with work on the ground. He has never played for another club and is now heavily involved in a project to build a new pavilion for the...
Anyone who rents a property and wants to find out more about their rights can attend an open day on Monday 26 October.
The drop-in event has been organised by the Exeter Private Rental Forum and will be held in Bedford Square, Princesshay, between 11am and 2pm.
A stall will provide details of what resources are available to people who rent, and where to turn to for help and advice if there are problems. There will be information on tenant’s rights, responsibilities and general housing advice.
Housing experts from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Young Devon, Exeter City...
A new group of outstanding, professional Devon-based musicians will perform two bright and brilliant classics of 20th century music, featuring the voices of Sarah Owen and Kate Westbrook at Exeter Phoenix on Sunday 1st November at 7.30pm. Musical Director, Emma Welton, has brought together some of the most adventurous musicians in Devon to play music that rarely gets heard in Exeter:
Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs, for mezzo soprano with ensemble of harp, strings, wind and percussion is a collection of songs from the United States, Armenia, France, Sicily, Sardinia and more. The songs...
Do your Christmas shopping in the warm this year - inside Exeter's historic Custom House. More than 50 tables of lovely arts, crafts and gifts by local makers!
We have artists, printmakers, woodworkers, spinners & weavers, jewellers, soap & candle makers, hand made cards and clothes, textile artists, bookstalls, fabric & home crafts, mosaic gifts, Devon oils & chutney, Devon Fudge, face painting and much more ...
Exeter Cathedral was transformed into a rural scene on Tuesday evening when HRH the Countess of Wessex attended the first night performance of Tarka the Opera, a specially commissioned work for the Two Moors Festival.
The audience were treated to a cast of professional musicians and singers alongside the Dorchester Choral Society and school children from four Exeter schools in a two hour performance of the opera. The Countess (pictured above) who is patron of the Festival, arrived at the Royal Clarence Hotel on Cathedral Green where she met Festival organisers, sponsors and patrons...
