Intimate Autumn Suppers

Event Date: 
09/11/2014 - 7:00pm to 20/11/2014 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
The Magdalen Chapter, Exeter

Enjoy great food, great wine and great company with these hosted evenings in our private dining room. Sip your welcome drink by the fire in the Library and retire for a five-course dinner with matching wines.

Thursday 23rd October – Game 7pm l £55 per person

A perfect time to enjoy these rich and robust flavours.

Thursday 20th November – Goat 7pm l £55 per person

Enjoy a variety of free range goat dishes, whilst listening to a great story; who knew there was a dark side to goat farming?

To view full menus for both evenings, click here ....

Exeter Mathematics School officially opens

A prestigious new specialist school, designed to act as a regional centre of excellence for gifted young mathematicians, has been officially opened.

The Exeter Mathematics School, a sixth form school jointly sponsored by the University of Exeter and Exeter College, has been created to meet the needs of Maths students throughout the South West region.

It was officially launched on Friday19 September, when around 50 delegates gathered at the school, located near Rougemont Castle in the heart of Exeter city centre.

Guests at the launch included representatives from the...

Sandy Park to host star-studded ball

Authored by sandypark
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 3:40pm

Visitors to Sandy Park are used to rubbing shoulders with famous rugby players, but an exciting event at the recently redeveloped venue in November will give guests the opportunity to mingle with a host of celebrities from the stage and screen.

The third annual Harry’s Ball, taking place on Saturday 15th November at Sandy Park, boasts a glittering celebrity line-up from cast members of popular reality shows Made in Chelsea and The Only Way is Essex, plus star of Coronation Street Kym Marsh and Hollyoaks’ Ashley Taylor Dawson.

Guests to the ball will also be treated to...

Bicton lecturer completes ironman challenge

Adventure seeker Derek Brown has successfully completed the Ironman Wales competition, which is considered to be one of the toughest Ironman courses on the international circuit.

Incorporating a choppy 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile hilly cycle followed by a full marathon through the narrow streets of Tenby, West Wales, Derek completed the course in a fantastic time of 12 hours and 35 minutes.

As part of his tough training regime, Derek completed several competitions to gain experience and prepare for the Ironman, including the River Dart 10km swim, the Bicton Blister 10 mile...

The Glories of Venice – in Exeter!

Event Date: 
04/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Methodist Church, Sidwell Street, Exeter

On Saturday 4 October at 7.30pm a concert of glorious music for choir and brass is to take place in the Methodist Church in Sidwell Street.

The music to be performed is by Venetian composers from the 16th– 17th centuries, including Gabrieli, Schutz and Monteverdi.

In true Venetian fashion, the different ‘choirs’ of brass instruments and voices will be positioned at various points in the church, making the most of the wonderful gallery and staircases and the fantastic acoustic.

Indeed the church will become Exeter’s equivalent to St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice!

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Phibbs agrees short-term deal

Australian Pat Phibbs has today agreed a short-term deal to stay with the Exeter Chiefs.

With Dave Lewis currently sidelined with an elbow injury and fellow scrum-half Haydn Thomas having taken a bang to the head in last Friday's win at Gloucester, Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is keen to ensure he has sufficient cover in the half-back role.

Phibbs - who is in his second spell with the Devon club - initially joined a few weeks ago on trial, but his efforts in both training and for the Braves in the Aviva Premiership A League have clearly impressed Baxter to reward the 32-...

First urban mushroom farm launches in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:32pm

The UK’s first urban mushroom farm launches this week growing gourmet mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds - showcasing a new model for the future of sustainable food grown in cities.

The team at GroCycle is proud to announce the official opening of the UK’s first Urban Mushroom Farm, where a huge waste stream, coffee grounds, are used to grow protein-rich Oyster mushrooms.

GroCycle Urban Mushroom Farm in Exeter is a showcase for how food can be grown sustainably.

Based in disused office space, the farm takes coffee grounds from local cafés and uses them as a...

Conscientious

Event Date: 
13/10/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Presented by Pillbox Theatre directed by Alex Chisholm performed by Rachel Ashwanden

You want to ask me, don’t you? Didn’t there come a point when you thought enough was enough? Yes. There did.

Rebekah is back at her parents’ house, holed up with her old uni essays and family records. Determined to move on with her life, she begins researching and writing the story of her grandfather, a WW1 conscientious objector. But each page brings the events she is trying to outrun ever closer. Rebekah‘s own story needs to be told…

How, as a new graduate, she was just grateful...

RD&E to benefit from new CPR machine

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:16pm

Patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are benefiting from a brand new CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) machine thanks to local charity HeartSWell.

The £10,000 AutoPulse machine has been donated by the Plymouth based organisation to give patients a better chance of surviving a cardiac arrest.

AutoPulse is a portable cardiac support pump that provides automated chest compressions to keep blood pumping around your body if you have a cardiac arrest.

The machine delivers consistent and high quality chest compressions, whilst freeing medical staff up to...

Ashfords LLP team up with Exeter Chiefs

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:14pm

Law firm Ashfords LLP are pleased to announce their sponsorship of players for this coming season.

Ashfords are delighted to be sponsoring Fly Half, Henry Slade again this season. Henry had a fantastic season last year, he broke into the first team on a regular basis and was selected for the England squad as well as playing against the Barbarians. Ashfords will also be sponsoring two talented and up-and-coming players: Laurence May (Fly Half) and Jack Maunder (Scrum Half).

Graham Cridland, partner at Ashfords, commented: "Everyone at Ashfords was delighted to see Henry have...

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