Written by Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor.
From fig leaves to final judgement. Following the sell-out success of their 2013 UK Tour, it's apocalypse now as the three cultural guerrillas of The Reduced Shakespeare Company set their reductive sights on the good book with The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged).
Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the bad boys of abridgement tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't...
The UK barista championships held in Birmingham last weekend welcomed competitors from all over the UK where each entrant demonstrated their ‘barista’ skills to a panel of judges.
Steve Pearson from Devon Coffee, in Exeter’s Queen Street, battled against some of the best speciality coffee shops in the country and scored 490 points, placing him 14th on the leader board.
The competition involves each entrant presenting 4 espresso drinks, 4 cappuccinos and 4 espresso based beverages where the barista creates into a ‘signature’ drink. A combination of technical and sensory...
The University of Exeter has been rated among the top three universities providing teaching training according to the ‘Good Teacher Training Guide’. The study published by the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER) at the University of Buckingham found that Exeter’s Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) course stood alongside regular top courses run by Oxford and Cambridge universities.
The annual guide rates teacher training providers on the basis of a variety of factors including entry qualifications, Ofsted inspections, trainees’ success in securing teaching...
Insurance leaders will meet with Government Ministers today to discuss the industry’s response to the recent floods in the South West and Thames Valley at a Downing Street summit today.
Ministers are likely to call on the industry to ensure that floods claims are processed as soon as possible.
Companies representing 60% of the insurance market are due to report to ministers on what they have done to hire extra loss adjusters, or help customers access drying equipment. Speaking before the summit, Flooding Minister Dan Rogerson said: “We all need to pull together to help...
The 64 volunteer riders from emergency couriers Devon Freewheelers were over the moon when one of TV’s Emergency Bikers agreed to become the charity’s first patron.
Paramedic biker for the West Midlands Ambulance Service Mark Hayes, a familiar face to viewers of the Channel 5 series, took the decision to endorse the charity after visiting its headquarters and riding out with some of the team.
Devon Freewheelers CEO, Daniel Lavery said: “We’d been tweeting Mark for a while, and he decided to check us out. He was recently supplied with a new paramedic motorcycle and thought a...
Devon Guild of Craftsmen have been awarded over £136,000 to support a tour of their exhibition and community project Home Ground, which explores the link between crafts, local industry and English football clubs.
The leading contemporary crafts organisation based in Bovey Tracey was one of 11 successful projects announced as part of Arts Council England's Strategic touring programme funded by the National Lottery. The programme supports arts organisations to tour high quality work so more people can experience and enjoy it.
Home Ground is an exhibition and community project...
Local author Margaret James is one of the contenders shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association's (RNA) most prestigious award - the Romantic Novel of the Year 2014. This year the overall winner of the Award will receive a cheque for £5000 in addition to a trophy to mark the occasion.
Darcey Bussell CBE will announce the winner of each of five categories at the Gladstone Library, One Whitehall Place, London SW1 on 17th March at 6.45 p.m.
The categories from which the 30 final books have been drawn are: Contemporary Romantic Novel, Epic Romantic Novel, Historical...
Switch Systems Ltd in Exeter have achieved Certification in ISO 9001:2008 which demonstrates their ongoing professionalism and attention to quality for themselves and their clients. It enhances their reputation even more and helps with tendering for new contracts.
Switch Systems Ltd is an IT company are located at 31-32 Southernhay East, in the centre of Exeter and are a team of dynamic young people individually very talented and completely dedicated to all things connected with IT. They have gained respect for their work with recommendations from Universities, Schools, Charities...
Working in a local authority cemeteries department inspired Devon author Kate Vane’s new novel, Not the End.
Kate said, “The job made me think about our attitudes to death, particularly when someone died without friends and family and the local authority had to take charge of the funeral arrangements. Often they weren’t poor, or a loner, as people think. They had just outlived everyone who was close to them.”
Not the End is set in a fictitious Devon seaside town during a heatwave. It begins with the death of octogenarian sea swimmer Maud Smith, recently arrived from...
Exeter’s leading kitchen and bathroom showroom has been awarded a perfect 10.
The highly respected Kitchens Bedrooms and Bathrooms magazine (KBB) recently carried out a secret shopper survey in the city and gave Sapphire Living Space top marks.
And proud owners Mark Newbery and Ross Pollard were delighted to be told that this was only the second time a maximum score had been achieved in the past 30 years.
Mark said the team had been flattered by the praise.
“It’s obviously great to receive such a high commendation from a respected and independent publication...
