Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Heroes and Superheroes

Event Date: 
13/02/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in concert.

Programme of movie soundtracks galore including:

Korngold: Robin Hood Horner: Apollo 13 Kamen: X-Men Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Williams: Saving Private Ryan Elfman: Batman Giacchino: The Incredibles Menken: Hercules

Elfman: Spiderman Williams: Superman Barry: James Bond Williams: Harry Potter

Performers: Conductor: Pete Harrison

Heroes both historical and fictitious as well as the superheroes of the Marvel and DC comics are a fertile mine of inspiration for Hollywood and provide some of the best...

Chat About the Birds

Event Date: 
13/02/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

AMM’s In Fine Feather gallery

Meet and talk with local bird experts from the RSPB and join them for a 20-30 minute walk around RAMM to see the wildlife on display and hear news of wildlife conservation.

Tours start at 11am and 2pm.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Lunchtime lecture: Seapower, Climate Change or Plain Bad Luck? The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Event Date: 
12/02/2014 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

We are all taught that Elizabeth I’s intrepid sea dogs defeated the Spanish Armada and saved her realm from invasion. Dr Robert Hutchinson, OBE believes the truth is different ....

Tickets:£6 (£4)

Tickets available above or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.

http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

Animated Exeter

Event Date: 
10/02/2014 - 10:00am to 22/02/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Various venues, Exeter

February half term sees the return of Animated Exeter, the leading animation festival in the South West.

Screening the best local, national and international animation for adults and children, this popular annual festival offers a host of workshops, exhibitions, events and talks aimed at informing and entertaining a wide-ranging audience.

Animation workshops are offered at all skills levels, providing a fascinating insight into the art of animation.

Animated Exeter welcomes people of all ages and experience.

For information go to www.animatedexeter.co.uk or...

Seth Lakeman in Concert

Event Date: 
07/02/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Celebrated folk singer-songwriter and virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman released his new single Portrait Of My Wife this October, taken from his forthcoming new album Word Of Mouth due for release in February 2014.

Seth has released six albums to date including 2005’s Mercury-nominated Kitty Jay and the gold-selling Freedom Fields.

Following a hectic 2013, juggling festival appearances around the UK and in Europe with recording a new album, Seth is heading to Exeter as part of a nationwide tour in the new year. He will be playing tracks from his forthcoming new album Word of...

Lunchtime lecture: Everyday Life and Accidental Death in the Tudor South-West

Event Date: 
05/02/2014 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Meeting Room A

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.

1 to 2pm, tickets £6 (£4)

www.rammuseum.org.uk

St Nicholas Priory Guided Tours

Event Date: 
04/02/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

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:

The South West in the Tudor Age.

£7/£5

http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

New information revealed about emergency admissions to hospital for people in Devon

Authored by NEWDevonCCG
Posted: Thu, 01/16/2014 - 12:57pm

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...

Junior / Teen half-term tennis Points Play

Event Date: 
17/02/2014 - 1:00pm to 21/02/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Tennis Centre, Sports Park, University of Exeter

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.

For further...

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