Tudor England was a dangerous place. There were wars and plagues and childbirth was perilous. But what risks did people run in their daily lives? Dr Steven Gunn, Fellow and tutor in History, MertonCollege, Oxford shows us the accidents they had at work and play, from tin-mines and cider-presses to wrestling and throwing the hammer.
Take a tour of one of Exeter’s best kept secrets, an Elizabethan town house furnished in 1602 style based on evidence from inventories and archaeology - organised to accompany RAMM’s landmark exhibition, West Country to World’s End:
Collaborative research between the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and an Exeter GP practice has revealed new information about emergency admissions to hospital.
The CCG has built a mathematical model, called the Devon Predictive Model, to identify people who are at the most risk of emergency admission to hospital.
Emergency admissions to hospital can often be frightening for older people and are expensive to the NHS, costing an average of almost £1,900 in Devon.
The model was published in the latest national Journal of Public...
17, 19, 21 February 11-16 Years 13:00-17:00 Members: £10:00 per session Non-members: £12:00 per session
All the fun of a match, but in a friendly and sociable environment. Points play gives players the change to test their skills against their friends in a series of friendly matches held on Exeter Tennis Centre's indoor courts.
Players will have the chance to play points against a variety of different opponents, with a coach on-hand to offer advice and support.
All sessions will take place on Exeter Tennis Centre's indoor courts.
17-21 February 5-10 Years 08:30/09:00-12:30/13:00 (Flexi pickup/drop off) Members: £12.00 per session Non-members: £14.00 per session
This half-term Exeter Tennis Centre is offering the perfect opportunity for young players of any ability to pick up a racket and try this exciting sport.
Full of games, mini-matches and excellent coaching this session uses softer balls and smaller courts so young players can learn and develop whilst making lots of new friends.
Sign up for a full week and receive a FREE T-shirt! - (while stocks last).
19, 20, 21 February 7-11 years 09:00-17:00 Cost: £25.00 per day
Hit a six this half-term at our dedicated full-day cricket camps in the Sir Christopher Ondaatje Devon Cricket Centre.
The sessions offer a mix of games and expert coaching so that players of all abilities can get the most out of their game, even if you've never tried cricket before.
These sessions are a brilliant way to keep the kids active this half-term in a safe environment where they can meet new friends and learn something new.
For further information or to book a space contact us on...
He is the author of the top 10 Sunday Times bestseller Round Ireland with a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, both of which have been released as films and serialised on BBC radio.
You'll know him from TV comedy programmes such as: Have I Got News For You, They Think It's All Over, Paul Merton, A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Red Dwarf. He also hosted the BBC1 programme, The Best Show in the World Ever ... Probably.
He's a regular guest on radio programmes including The News Quiz, Would I Lie to You, Just a Minute, and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, and recently he...
The eastern Sahara Desert was once home to a 45,000 km2 freshwater lake similar in surface area to the largest in the world today. A study led by the University of Exeter has revealed that the mega lake was probably formed more than one hundred thousand years ago in the White Nile River Valley in Sudan. Dr Tim Barrows of the University of Exeter and colleagues used a dating approach based on exposure to cosmic rays to measure the amount of the isotope beryllium-10 in shoreline deposits. Its abundance can be used to calculate how long rocks or sediments have been exposed at the surface of...
Part cooking demo, part panto "Bake it Big with Glenn" is a world first, right here in Devon.
Tiverton may not the seem like the obvious place to launch a stage career but the ambitious and innovative Tiverton Community Arts Theatre have persuaded Glenn Cosby, the only local contestant on this year's Great British Bake Off, to share some stories about being on the show. And of course, to share some very big cakes.
He will be joined by some of the other bakers from the show and hotly denies rumours that Paul Hollywood will be coming for tips for his own forthcoming stage...
Staff and members of a newly formed youth panel are thrilled that their plan for a ‘Museums at Night’ event at Castle Drogo has been successfully short listed. The race is now on as the public vote opens to win mixed media artist and musician Fred Deakin to host the after-hours event in May 2014, at which local young people will be invited to experience Castle Drogo as never before.
The Castle Drogo youth panel loved Fred Deakin's interactive game show/party idea and, together with staff, worked up a proposal to turn the castle and grounds into a celebration of traditional games...
