Lunchtime Lecture: Eleanor Crook - The Band

Event Date: 
28/01/2015 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Lunchtime Lecture: Eleanor Crook - The Band

Artist Eleanor Crook talks about the thinking behind and creation of And The Band Played On, a key work within the Faces of Conflict exhibition.

She will also be available to talk with visitors in the exhibition between 2.30 and 3pm.

Tickets £8 (£6)

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Chat About the Birds

Event Date: 
22/01/2015 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Meet local bird experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Discover underwater wonders around Devon’s shores, learn how bees are saving the UK millions of pounds a year, which piece of clothing inspired the RSPB’s origins and how everything from tigers to sparrows are being protected by local conservationists.

Wildlife Tours - 11am and 2pm

Join them for a 20 to 30 minute walk around the museum to see the wildlife on display.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Lunchtime lecture: Saving the Seaton Down hoard for Devon

Event Date: 
21/01/2015 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery

Tom Cadbury, RAMM’s Curator of Antiquities. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led to the...

Lunchtime lecture: Discovering the Seaton Down hoard

Event Date: 
14/01/2015 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Find out about the 5th largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain Find out about the 5th largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain

Bill Horner, Historic Environment Manager and County Archaeologist, Devon County Council. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led...

Mumm demands response from Chiefs

Skipper Dean Mumm says it’s only right that the Exeter Chiefs put pressure on themselves ahead of Saturday’s Aviva Premiership encounter with Gloucester at Sandy Park (4.30pm).

Saturday’s 31-14 loss at local rivals Bath meant it was successive defeats for Rob Baxter’s side over the festive period - and Mumm knows it won’t get any easier for him and his team-mates with the Cherry & Whites next on the agenda.

That said, a return to home comforts will be most welcome for the Devon club, who back in September claimed one of their seven league victories this season when they...

New Year’s Day racing at Exeter Racecourse

Exeter Racecourse looks set to share in jump racing’s success story with pre-sales for its traditional New Year’s Day meeting ahead of its last January 1 fixture in 2012.

Both Premier and Grandstand & Paddock tickets have seen strong pre-sales. There has also been a recent swathe of abandonments due to frosty conditions, and with temperatures set to rise in time for Thursday’s fixture the racecourse is expecting an exceptional turnout.

Spokesman Jade Walters said: “Racing on Haldon Hill is such a tradition in Devon that nowadays everyone seems to head up the hill to...

Mammoth New Year's Eve 2015

Event Date: 
31/12/2014 - 10:30pm
Venue: 
Mama Stone's, Mary Arches Street, Exeter

Mama Stone's all night party features favorites Mammoth.

Either fancy dress (it’s a jungle theme this year) or for those of you that prefer the traditional approach, Black tie is fine. Either way dress to impress. Entry before 10.30pm.

Bacon sandwiches available through the night.

Tickets £10.

Call 01392 848485 to book.

Charity shop returns £1,000 found in donated boots

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 12:59pm

A Hospiscare charity shop manager saved Christmas for a Topsham family after finding nearly £1,000 in notes stuffed in a donated pair of men’s boots.

The £980 was still in wads with bands around them after an elderly man had collected them from the bank to give to his family at Christmas.

He stored the money in the boots then forgot and donated them to the local Topsham Hospiscare shop.

Jackie Hulin, shop manager said: “A gentleman brought in two bags, one of clothes and another with boots and he gift aided them.

"I put them to one side and it was only when...

Shotgun Theatre present Rent at Exeter Phoenix

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/29/2014 - 12:33pm

From the 19-22 January the Exeter Phoenix will be hosting an exciting new production of the musical Rent, produced and performed by the University of Exeter’s Shotgun Theatre Company.

Set in early 1990s Manhattan, Rent tracks the trials and tribulations of several struggling artists living in the island’s East Village. The musical’s narrator is film-maker Mark Cohen who, along with musician Roger Davis, can’t drum up the outstanding rent for their old friend and landlord Benny. Mark and Roger’s story is intertwined with those of their friends and love interests, as well as all the...

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