Crediton, the birth place of St Boniface, who according to legend invented the Christmas Tree, stages its ninth Christmas Tree Festival at Crediton Parish Church in early December.
Decorated and illuminated Christmas Trees, from six to twenty feet in height, are all decked out in many imaginatives ways by local charities, children's groups and organisations will fill the church providing a spectacular display especialy as the natural light fades during the afternoons. Stalls, refreshments, church tours.
This is a community event suitable for all ages. This is a major fund...
Aotearoa (New Zealand) was one of the last land masses to be discovered by humans. People first arrived there by boat 1,000 years ago and they soon found that they had access to an abundance of resources from three sacred worlds: the land, the sea and the sky.
This display takes a look at a small collection of Māori objects and specimens from the museum’s ethnography and natural history collections and explores how the Māori used these resources in daily life, battle and ceremony.
Land and seascapes; antiquities and historic buildings; composite topographical townscapes; and monumental figures and book illustrations from four contemporary South West wood engravers: Harry Brockway, Hilary Paynter, Pam Pebworth and Howard Phipps.
Wood engraving is a simple relief printing process using close-grained woods such as cherry but principally box. Chosen to display quite different aspects of the medium’s capabilities, their work continues a 200-year tradition developed in its modern form by Thomas Bewick. His small jewel-like vignettes of genre scenes are not only...
This display includes works by major artists of both the 19th and 20th centuries.
Having recently returned from a major touring exhibition, RAMM’s pair of hospital drawings by Barbara Hepworth, Trio and Preparation, will be on display for the first time in several years.
The artist was an enthusiastic supporter of the NHS and was encouraged to visit the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Exeter by Norman Capener, a surgeon and friend. Trio includes a portrait of Capener (centre), who was himself a painter and sculptor and maintained a long association with RAMM as a member of...
Join us at the St Paul's Church for this special service, where Hospiscare's Book of Memories will be available to view, and will remain until Twelfth Night.
This uplifting service of remembrance is open to all, and includes carols, readings and prayers.
The Tree of Light will be shining with lights in dedication on the Cathedral Green in Exeter until 6 January.
Make traditional Christmas decorations in the parlour.
In the morning, Mistresses Eleanor and Christina will also be in the kitchen showing visitors how to prepare sweetmeats, decorations and delicacies for the Hursts’ Christmas celebrations.
Ever wanted to start your own business? Work from home? Be your own boss? Love speaking to people and making new friends? Care about your health and wellness? Want financial freedom? Want all this and the support of likeminded entreprenuers?
Come along and listen to the Arbonne Opportunity on the 22nd November 7pm for a 7.30pm Start at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter.
You never know it could just open your eyes to new possibilities and it could be the start of a life changing journey.
