Two of British poetry’s leading lights, together in Exeter, for one night only.
Sean O’Brien first six individual poetry collections all won awards, most recently the Drowned Book, which won both the Forward and T.S. Eliot Prizes. Sean’s work explores issues at the heart of contemporary Britain. His recent poem Oysterity , published on the eve of the Government’s last pre-budget statement, scrutinizes the topical themes of consumption and regret. The Guardian calls him ‘ a poet of unabashed political engagement, wit and humour’ . His Collected Poems was published in 2012.
A woman out running with her partner has been seriously injured after running into a rope that had been deliberately tied across the pathway on a footbridge, near to Double Locks in Exeter. The woman, aged 33, is understood to have suffered a serious neck injury and is in hospital. Her condition is being described as stable but serious. The incident took place around 8.30pm on Thursday evening on a pedestrian footbridge that leads to Salmonpool Lane from the Duck’s Marsh playing field at the back of the University of Plymouth (Exeter Campus) in Exeter. With poor light at that time of the...
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THEATRE
Lunchtime Theatre: Tangled Feet present Inflation Friday, Princesshay Square, Exeter A bouncy castle sits in a public space. On it Tangled Feet try to solve the recession, understand trading and keep the darn thing up! Every attempt at order and structure is undermined by the moving landscape and actions of others. Using an evocative soundtrack, physical theatre and slapstick comedy, award winning Tangled Feet explore the uncertain ground our world is...
Tim Burgess, Exeter Phoenix, Thursday 19 September 2013
Perhaps it has something to do with Tim Burgess' keen practice of Transcendental Meditation, but rarely I have watched such a relaxed and admirably unshowy gig from a commercially successful artist.
Indeed, a low-key gig at the Exeter Phoenix - part of a UK autumn tour - seemed pretty apt for the laid-back recent solo work of the Charlatans ' front man.
Topped with an enviably lush mop of Dougal-esque blonde hair (Burgess is 46 now and nigh on 25 years of rock 'n' roll has been impossibly kind to him), Burgess...
One of the country's most distinguished living novelists, Hilary Mantel will discuss the impulse to recover the past that lies behind her historical fiction. The talk will be held in the stunning Alumni Auditorium, at the University of Exeter and members of the public, students and staff are welcome to attend.
The inspiration for the talk is a photograph of Hilary Mantel's great-grandmother on the doorstep of a terraced house in a Derbyshire mill village. She was far from her birthplace in Ireland, and the photograph is the single image of her that remains. The photo was taken at...
English Touring Opera presents Vivaldi: Music for a Venetian Orphanage
This autumn, English Touring Opera presents a rare treat – Vivaldi’s beautiful sacred music in the beautiful setting of Holy Cross Church, Crediton.
ETO soloists and baroque orchestra, the Old Street Band join forces with the Choir of the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross for this atmospheric concert of music for the orphan musicians of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, where Vivaldi, nicknamed the 'Red Priest', worked for most of his life.
The programme features the Magnificat, whose arias...
Named The Sunday Times University of the Year in 2012, the University of Exeter has risen two places in this year's combined The Times and The Sunday Times League Table to 8th in the UK and second in the South West (after the University of Bath). Applications have jumped 19% in the last year at Exeter University, intensifying competition for places. One of four institutions to join the Russell Group of leading research universities last year, it is becoming established in the top ten in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide league table, thanks particularly to consistently...
Animal staff at a Devon zoo and aquarium have been tackling a tricky task – micro-chipping venomous stingrays.
So how do you work with patients that are wet, slippery and have venomous tails? Zoo vet Catherine Bergzoll: “We had a team including vets, vet nurses, keepers and volunteers. We caught one ray at a time and placed it in a tub with anaesthetic dissolved in the water. The sedation meant that the rays were calm, making the procedure less stressful for them and safer and easier for us.”
Once the ray was sedated it was transferred onto a wet mat. “One keeper wearing...
Thousands of consumers in Exeter and Devon could have been mis-sold investment products, according to new research from leading Exeter-based Claims Management Company EMCAS.
EMCAS, which to date has helped over 500,000 consumers reclaim money which is rightfully theirs, found that in Devon alone over 60% of those surveyed had not been asked about their attitude to risk during the advice process for choosing an investment product – a crucial indicator, which helps consumers choose the product best suited to their needs. Worryingly, just one in five had all the alternative investment...
Thermalogica Health Screening has confirmed that 'Health Detective' Dilys Gannon-Bone will be making a special appearence at their official launch on Wednesday 2 October at Radiance MediSpa, Exeter. Lisa Portman and Terri Bainbridge will be showcasing the ground-breaking technology behind Digital Infrared Thermal Imagining (DITI) as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis of various health issues. There will be a live demonstration of the procedure, which is radiation free and safe for men, women and children.
The event will feature guest speakers and specialists in their individual...
