Two cast members from the hugely popular BBC adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark have joined the line-up for the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival later this week.
Heida Reed and Ruby Bentall have announced that they will join the Poldark event on Friday evening at St Peter’s Church. Heida plays Elizabeth (once Ross Poldark's beloved who married his cousin Francis) and Ruby plays Verity Poldark (Ross Poldark's cousin).
Between the 2 Poldark productions, Heida filmed Toast (alongside Jon Hamm) and Icelandic mini-series The Cliff. Heida played the role of Scarlet in ‘...
Gidleigh Park has retained its two Michelin stars following the release of the Michelin Guide 2016. Executive Chef Michael Caines MBE was awarded two Michelin stars for the first time in 1999 and the announcement marks eighteen continuous years for Gidleigh Park to hold the award. Exeter-born Michael said: “It’s with huge pride that we have retained our two stars here at Gidleigh Park for the eighteenth time. Consistency is always the hardest thing to achieve both in the kitchen as well as front of house, so to continue to deliver outstanding excellence over this long period is a real...
Watching the matches and soaking up the atmosphere is going to be possible for everyone, even if you don’t have a ticket for the matches at Sandy Park, England or any other match.
Come and join in for FREE at the Exeter Fanzone. Located in Northernhay Gardens it will show live matches on a big screen, have a variety of events and entertainment for fans and families, a wide range of food stalls and a tournament buzz guaranteed. For days when Rugby World Cup 2015 matches are not being shown within Exeter Fanzone, ticketed events are being planned. A spectacular opening and closing...
Oxjam Exeter Takeover is delighted to announce tickets are now on sale. This year the main event is being held at Exeter Castle who is also hosting their own Exeter Castle Festival of Rugby. It means that Exeter music and rugby fans can be raising money for Oxfam, whilst enjoying Rugby World Cup Games on a large screen and an eclectic mix of Devon’s emerging, musical talent performing on the main stage.
Oxjam began in 2006, with the aim of creating a network of music-loving people across the UK, all united by a shared goal - to raise money to fight poverty and suffering around the...
A series of remarkable new camera trap videos set up with the help of Exeter University biologists has revealed some of the first ever footage of a critically endangered bird, the Sira Currasow, and has confirmed the presence of the vulnerable spectacled bear, on which the children’s character Paddington Bear is based, in the Sira Communal Reserve of Peru.
The hidden cameras also captured 30 species of mammals including jaguar, giant anteater, Brazilian tapir and puma.
Biologists from the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow, along with scientists from Peru, captured the...
Budleigh Salterton-based Hilary Mantel’s controversial story ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ has made the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2015 with Book Trust. Unpublished stories by ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ author Mark Haddon, Jonathan Buckley, Frances Leviston, and Jeremy Page are also in the running for this year’s Award. The shortlist of five stories was announced yesterday evening (Wednesday 16 September) during BBC Radio 4’s ‘Front Row’.
Now celebrating its tenth birthday, the Award is one of the most prestigious for a...
The Great Big Rhino Project is gathering momentum. Paignton Zoo is now inviting artists to submit designs for life-size rhino figures to be displayed around Exeter and the English Riviera in 2016.
But what’s it like to paint a full-size, three-dimensional figure? Here, artists involved in the Zoo’s 2013 Great Gorillas Project share their experiences.
Penny Robson, from Torquay, is an artist and art tutor and has spent many years in adult education. She enjoys working in watercolours and oils and her subject matter usually includes plants; she is an RHS silver medal winner...
A free 90 minute talk given by Exeter Red Coats guides. Find out about some of the sport played in Exeter from Roman times right up to the present day, including reference to and anecdotes of some of the great sporting personalities that have graced the city of Exeter over the years.
Custom House Sunday 27th September 11.00 a.m. Custom House Friday 9th October 2.00 p.m. Custom House Thursday 22nd October 2.00 p.m.
A free 90 minute talk given by Exeter Red Coats guides. Find out about some of the sport played in Exeter from Roman times right up to the present day, including reference to and anecdotes of some of the great sporting personalities that have graced the city of Exeter over the years.
Custom House Sunday 27th September 11.00 a.m. Custom House Friday 9th October 2.00 p.m. Custom House Thursday 22nd October 2.00 p.m.
