Strange Goings on in the Well House Tavern Cellar! Nuts and Volts present ‘Madame Poliakov’s spirit of Christmas’
A perfect accompaniment to your Christmas market shopping or after work drinks party, Nuts and Volts present an audience with the infamous Madame Poliakov – the richest woman on earth. A thrilling theatrical event that takes place mainly in the atmospheric environment of the Well House Tavern’s cellar, audiences are invited to enjoy this dark Victorian melodrama on Thursdays and Saturdays in the run up to Christmas.
Local charity Hospiscare is launching its Christmas Hamper Appeal for the festive season. To get involved you simply have to: • Get a cardboard box - those with an artistic flair can decorate it. • Ask colleagues to bring an item in to fill it • Once full, hold a raffle at the workplace • The winner takes home the Hamper • Send the money from the raffle to Hospiscare - your local charity. All the money raised will be spent caring for people in Exeter, mid and east Devon who are living with a terminal illness. Hospiscare Fundraiser Louise Beeken said: “This is a great way to get into the...
Exeter singing star Adam Isaac helped the people of Barnstaple begin their festive celebrations by performing at their Christmas lights switch on.
Adam, who was mentored by Sir Tom Jones in the 2012 series of The Voice, performed material from his own album Train Tracks and also covered tracks by artists such as Lenny Kravitz and Eurythmics. Girl band Stooshe and Britain’s Got Talent stars The Luminites also performed.
Adam will next be performing at Timepiece on Saturday 30th November. Please visit Timepiece at Little Castle Street for more information.
The completion of seven coastal access schemes along parts of the South West Coast Path, and the addition of 40 extra walks on its website means that now, for the first time, thousands of people with limited mobility and those with young children in pushchairs are able to enjoy stretches of the breathtaking National Trail that were once impassable.
Newly accessible walks include parts of Padstow where a £24,000 project to improve the surface and widen the path in Stile Field, which both Cornwall Council and Padstow Town Council helped to fund, now means that as well as enjoying the...
Student entrepreneurs are hoping to take London by storm at the Accelerating Growth Showcase, being held in London on 27 November to celebrate the 10th anniversary of university enterprise partnership, SETsquared.
CoLinked, the app development company founded by four University of Exeter students who won the 2013 Microsoft Imagine Cup, will be showcasing their latest product at the event. Photo sharing app FlickPic follows their first release, SoundSYNK, and allows users to send images to multiple mobile devices with the flick of a wrist.
There will be money on the table. Not fake money, real money. It’s up to the group what to spend it on. You have two hours to come to a decision.
How to play:
Become a Benefactor by donating as much as you can. Work with other Benefactors to decide what to spend the group’s money on. You have two hours to come to a decision. No rules. If you don’t decide unanimously in the allotted time you relinquish your privilege to spend the money and the money rolls over to the next group of Benefactors. If you’re the quiet observing type you can...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg says young people will have a major input into the future vision for policing in Devon and Cornwall.
Mr Hogg turned over his office to a group of nine community police cadets as part of the Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day and said he was constantly impressed by their willingness to get involved in the policing family.
The group was made up of community cadets from across Devon and Cornwall and though they were hosted by the OPCC engagement team they also spent time visiting the various operational units at Middlemoor.
