Exmouth Carnival will be holding their annual Carnival Fun Day in The Strand between 9am and 5pm.
There will be over 60 stalls selling handmade crafts and jewellery, toys, cup cakes, clothing, ceramics, food, drinks and lots, lots more.
In addition to this we will have face painting, a bouncy castle, a children’s entertainer, balloon modeller and birds of prey. We will also be crowning this year’s carnival royalty.
There will also be entertainment running throughout the day by local groups and societies. Expect interactive dance...
Visit Otterton Mill to watch milling demonstrations. Water power is used to produce Otterton's signature stoneground wholemeal flour, continuing in a 1,000-year old tradition.
Go along and watch the milling - it's poetry in motion and leaves no carbon footprint! The millers are very happy to explain the milling process to you and answer any questions.
Milling is done in two sessions: from 11am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 3pm. Access to the Mill is free, although we welcome donations towards the Mill's ongoing upkeep and maintenance. Donations boxes are sited by the milling...
Kirill Karabits - CONDUCTOR Andreas Ottensamer - Clarinet
Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony occupies a singularly important place in the composer’s output. It was with this piece that Bruckner finally achieved widespread recognition, and it has remained the most popular of his nine symphonies. The opening melody apparently came to him in a dream: a friend from Bruckner's younger days played the theme on a viola, with the words “This will bring you success...
Join Doug on his Official 10th Anniversary Tour 2014. Come along and enjoy a glass of bubbly whilst listening to Doug talk about this enchanting collection.
We look forward to welcoming you to this momentous event here in the gallery.
After the amazing success of the recent night street food market on Exeter's historic quayside we are pleased to announce the approval of further markets leading up to Christmas.
The street food market has an impressive line up of different cuisines of street food to look forward too, including Spanish, American, Egyptian, Persian, Vietnamese, Locally Reared, African, Sustainable Fish, Caribbean & More.
A large emphasis has been put on local independent businesses; local businesses/ the local economy benefits though the market. It can also help the ‘dinning out’ budget...
Don’t miss a fascinating insight into the late great Labour politician Tony Benn on Sunday 5 October at 4.30pm at the Exeter Picturehouse.
When he died in 2014 at the age of 88, Tony Benn was Britain’s longest-serving politician. Skip Kite’s review of his career serves as a useful reminder of how politics and indeed the wider world have changed since Benn first entered parliament in 1950.
In a series of interviews held largely in his modest kitchen, Benn describes his privileged background, his political awakening, his fiercely held socialist beliefs, and the successes and...
Kingswear’s popular Manna from Devon Cooking School was buzzing on the evening of Thursday 25th September. Co-owners Holly and David Jones hosted a charity pop up supper at the cooking school to raise money to help equip the village with a community defibrillator. The well-attended event raised an impressive £600 to go towards this.
This fundraising initiative has been set up by two Kingswear residents, Catriona Bratten and Emma Jones. Commenting on the evening, Catriona said: “We are delighted with the amount raised. There was a fantastic turn out and everyone enjoyed delicious...
Leading Devon accountancy practice, Thomas Westcott, has appointed a new Financial Planner to bolster its advisory team. Paul Churchill joined the firm in August and is based in the Exeter office of Thomas Westcott Chartered Financial Planners (TWCFP). TWCFP is the financial planning arm of Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants which has 13 office across Devon. Iain Andrews, Head of Financial Planning at TWCFP, says: “I am delighted that Paul has joined us. His extensive experience and approach will make him a valued addition to our team.” “We are growing our capacity due to an increasing...
In this solo exhibition at Spacex, Scott King presents a body of recent work that deals almost exclusively with notions of public art and its role within urban regeneration.
Presented as a series of prints, Anish and Antony Take Afghanistan, 2014, employs humour to explore the astonishing power of public art that has long been recognised by both western governments and ‘big business’ alike. With increasingly large public sculptures being commissioned to ‘regenerate’ ailing post-industrial areas, King asks, ‘what if this strategy were employed in an attempt to turn around the...
