A new study offers an explanation for the extraordinary run of wet summers experienced by Britain and northwest Europe between 2007 and 2012. The study found that loss of Arctic sea ice shifts the jet stream further south than normal resulting in increased rain during the summer in northwest Europe.
Dr James Screen from the University of Exeter used a computer model to investigate how the dramatic retreat of Arctic sea ice influences the European summer climate. He found that the pattern of rainfall predicted by the model closely resembles the rainfall pattern of recent summers....
Exeter Quay embraces its Georgian heritage with a Winter living history display. Members of the Society of King George the Third, a Devon based group which has provided film footage used on History of Britain, Meet the Ancestors and many other documentaries, will be mustering and recreating a Georgian Naval dockyard here in Exeter.
In addition to set displays on aspects of life in the late 1700s, a detachment will represent Captain Edward Pellew’s Royal Navy landing party and Corps of Marines c1793. There will be two formal drill displays and talks that will include the firing of...
The Isca Ensemble will be celebrating its Tenth Anniversary in 2013. The Ensemble started as a small string group specialising in performances of Rennaisance and early Romantic repertoire. It rapidly grew into a full Chamber Orchestra with added woodwind and brass with a corresponding expansion of repertoire.
We are thrilled that Richard Jenkinson (lead cellist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and member of the Dante String Quartet) has accepted our invitation to join us for this very special event. He has been a great friend and supporter of the Ensemble for many...
Members of Chudleigh Writers’ Circle will share extracts from their latest anthology, Rammblings, which was inspired by RAMM, and afterwards take participants to see the objects which sparked the book.
Tickets available online or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person.
The Exeter City FC Charity Santa Dash is sponsored by Stagecoach, and takes place prior to the Exeter City home game with Bury on Saturday 30 November 2013 at 1.15pm.
The entry fee includes your Santa Suit and a free ticket for the Bury game that afternoon.
Come along and cheer us on or take part and help us raise lots of money for everyone's favourite charities.
Enjoy an exclusive evening viewing RAMM’s displays and a glass of prosecco. If you wish to dine afterwards you can treat yourselves to a two course meal at Côte Brasserie from 7.30pm.
RAMM ticket includes entry to RAMM and a glass of prosecco.
Combined ticket includes entry to RAMM, a glass of prosecco and a two course meal at Côte Brasserie, Cathedral Yard, Exeter.
Tickets available online 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....
Past Pleasures specialise in interpreting history through costumed character re-creation. Find out how they have researched and constructed a personality from the exhibition and meet them in the gallery for a short performance.
1pm-3pm, £6 (£4)
Tickets available online 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.
As a hugely successful opera composer, Handel was commissioned by the grandest patrons of the day to bring his theatrical brilliance and flair to important ceremonial occasions – his four coronation anthems, used at the coronation of every monarch since 1727, are the most famous example
English Touring Opera’s soloists and period instrument orchestra, the Old Street Band team up with the Gentlemen of the Cathedral’s Choir, Counterpoint and Isca Voices for an evening of Handel's Italian Vespers, staged at Exeter Cathedral.
Construction staff from David Wilson Homes in Exeter swapped their regular hi-vis gear for pink jackets and hats as part of a fundraising effort for the Breast Cancer Campaign.
The construction team put their weight behind the Wear It Pink Day and the housebuilder has pledged to continue fundraising for vital and lifesaving research.
Sales director Lee Monk said: “Our Wear It Pink Day was a huge success on site and in our head office and we are thrilled and proud to have been able to support the Breast Cancer Campaign. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed becoming pink heroes for...
