International Concert Pianist Phillip Dyson has been described as simply “brilliant”, with a “wonderfully dry, very British sense of humour” and a recent recital in New York City accredited him as nothing less than “magnificent”. A world class pianist and great entertainer, performing to ‘sell-out’ audiences around the world.
He broadcasts regularly for the BBCand Classic FM, performs with the most prestigious orchestras and has a great international reputation in Europe and America, gaining enormous...
He has been called “The Welsh Springsteen”, but there are also shades of John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews there may be – but he stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives.
Martyn’s ability to transcend preconceptions about how one man and a guitar can sound is testament to his talent and stage presence. In fact, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there’s more than one musician on stage. The shows are intelligently...
London, 1977, Britain is celebrating the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and England is dreaming. Set against the volatile backdrop of the Punk Rock explosion, Duplicity follows the journey of identical twins, Tommy and Finn, as their sense of self and reality disintegrate into a maelstrom of anarchy, chaos and disorder.
Exploring themes of identity, duality and deceit, Duplicity is a new and original play that uses monologue, interwoven with action, projection and music to create a powerful and candid drama.
A knitting project, backed by a £22,000 grant and aimed at improving people’s wellbeing, is to be launched in Exeter.
The Knit-Stop is an Exeter-based social knitting project that will offer free, six-week knitting classes, to new groups in central Exeter from February.
The project has received a grant of £22,270 over two years from the People’s Health Trust, using money raised by HealthContact, through The Health Lottery.
Debbie Judd, The Knit Stop project coordinator said it was hoped than women and men of all ages, backgrounds and abilities would be inspired to...
The number of Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon has increased slightly for the second month in a row.
During December 2013, the number of people claiming JSA increased by 88 claimants (1.3%) and now stands at 6,667.
Although this contrasts with the national trend, which has seen a decrease, the JSA claimant rate in Devon stands at 1.5% of the working age population, which is around half the national rate of 2.9%.
Likewise, over the last 12 months, the number of people claiming JSA has actually fallen by 2,606 claimants (a reduction of 28.1%), which is a...
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) has been shortlisted in the most improved category of the Flu Fighter Awards 2013/14.
Flu Fighter is an annual campaign set up by the Department of Health and NHS Employers, supported by the Social Partnership Forum. The aim of the campaign is to deliver the seasonal flu vaccine to NHS staff.
In the lead up to winter, the time when you are most likely to contract the flu virus, flu fighter clinics were held for all staff across the ambulance service. The flu fighter clinics were widely advertised and staff were...
A groundbreaking new app will unlock the secrets of a unique 10th century manuscript for schoolchildren.
Medieval manuscripts are normally accessible only to scholars as they are so fragile, but an app designed for an iPad will bring them to life for a whole new generation.
The 10th century Exeter Book of Anglo Saxon poetry and riddles, in the care of the Library and Archives of Exeter Cathedral, has been chosen as a prototype for the app, which has been developed by Dr Emma Cayley from Exeter University and Antenna International.
Find your soul mate this Valentine’s Day at Exeter Axhayes!!!
We have lots of adorable cats and kittens looking for love! Come along to meet them at our Valentine’s Coffee morning.
It will be held from 11am on Saturday 15 February at the Centre. Please come along and enjoy a cup of coffee and a Valentine's themed cakes.
We'd love volunteers to come and help. Bakers to bake their yummy cakes, and everyone else to come and support us! Please call 01395 232377 for more details or to put your name on our list of helpers. Or join us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/...
490 businesses in the South West could receive free tailor-made advice to how to export their business overseas.
The new advice is open to all 8,900 UK businesses with a turnover of between £25 million and £250 million which the Government consider to be to be medium sized.
A pilot scheme had been launched in Yorkshire and the South East but is expected to see a full national roll-out afterwards.
The advice will be given by the UK Trade and Investment a government department that works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets. John...
