The world-renowned National Portrait Gallery in London has upgraded its public WiFi system to allow visitors easy speedy access, with the help of Devon-based WiFi SPARK.
WiFi SPARK, which has provided the SPARK® managed service, is a major player in the competitive market of public access WiFi. The National Portrait Gallery has just gone live with the new free access system, which will allow visitors to log in by simply entering a few details about themselves.
Visitors also have a choice to opt in to receive the gallery’s enewsletter. Future login options using Facebook or...
Exeter Comedy Club continues to feature the best comedy talent around. Back for the second of six spring and summer shows with its winning formula of four top comedians from the national stand-up circuit. Tables reserved for everyone booking in advance.
Tonight's line-up (subject to amendment): Tom Deacon, Peter White, Carly Smallman and Jamali Maddix
Sorry adults (16+) only
Price & booking £12.50 (£10.50 if purchased before Friday February 13)
Bicton Arena is readying itself for Devon’s first ever international horse trials, which take place on April 24-26.
Sponsored by Worcestershire-based Empire Coachbuilders, a well-known horsebox manufacturer, the trials are expected to attract a plethora of stars from the sport of eventing, including some of the world’s most famous names. Arena manager Helen West played an instrumental part in persuading the sport’s governing bodies, which include British Eventing and the FEI, that the Westcountry needed an event of this caliber. She said: “It’s fantastic for Devon to have such a...
Exeter theatre company Four of Swords is reviving one of its most popular productions.
Jekyll and Hyde returns for a two week run in the sinister and shambolic setting of Poltimore House on the outskirts of Exeter from 5th - 14th March.
The company first performed its mad and inventive adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Victorian chiller at Poltimore House in 2013. The production whipped up a heady mix of captivating performances, special effects, film projections and live gypsy music.
Sarah White, who directs the show, explains why Four of Swords is...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash on the A377 near Crediton.
Emergency services attended a reported serious road traffic collision on the A377 at Nymet Cross near Lapford just after noon yesterday (Tuesday 17 February).
The collision involved a single vehicle, a Subaru Legacy which was travelling on the A377 from the Eggesford direction towards Lapford, when it left the road, impacting with a culvert wall and telegraph pole before hitting a tree.
The two male occupants of the Subaru were pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics.
IVFDF is the Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival – The country’s longest continually running folk festival.
We warmly welcome folkies and folk appreciators from around the globe and we really hope you’ll be there too! The Festival is particularly aimed at students, but it is open to everyone. Over the years we’ve enjoyed a wide range of dances and ceilidhs including Scottish Country, Highland, Morris, Rapper Sword, Irish, and French and many, many, more.
If you’re up for a weekend of dancing, concerts, and over 40 music and dance workshops then we’ll see you at Exeter...
A new survey, commissioned by male cancer charity Orchid, reveals that 48% of parents in the South West do not regularly talk to their children about health issues or concerns. Furthermore, almost 20% of parents never broach the issue with their children. The survey highlights a lack of confidence amongst South Western parents when bringing up health issues with their children. Stats reveal that a worrying 23% of parents in South West of parents do not feel confident discussing how to check for signs and symptoms of serious and sensitive conditions like testicular cancer with their...
The Magdalen Chapter is thrilled to announce it has been named Bronze Large Hotel of the Year. The announcement was made at a glamorous award ceremony held at the Great Hall of the Grand Pier at Weston Super Mare on Thursday 12 February.
Fiona Moores, General Manager of The Magdalen Chapter, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have accepted this award. To win bronze for large hotel of the year within the South West is a fantastic accolade, especially with the high level of entries and outstanding calibre of entrants. We are incredibly proud of our team and this achievement!”...
A chill will fall over the Exeter Northcott Theatre later this month as unsettling ghost story, The Mist in the Mirror, rolls into Devon.
In the mould of Susan Hill’s chilling hit The Woman in Black, The Mist in the Mirror is staged as if audiences are eavesdroppers to a fireside ghost story told in the manner of the master of the classic English ghost story writer, M.R. James.
Mr James Monmouth has spent most of his life travelling, following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, the explorer Conrad Vane. Returning to the England he left as a five year old orphan, James...
How do you feel about being part of ‘Sevens Heaven’ this summer?
Well, the opportunity is there for teams to experience the ultimate tournament at one of the 12 selected Rugby World Cup venues.
Today, marks the launch of the inaugural SW7s, which will take place over the weekend of July 10-12 here in Exeter.
Backed by both the Rugby Football Union and Aviva Premiership side Exeter Chiefs, the new two-day tournament will bring together not only teams love for one of the best sports in the world, but at the same time allow them to take in what promises to be an action...
