The first community building in Cranbrook is now complete and the asset has been handed over to East Devon District Council which intends to open the doors to the Younghayes Centre in time for the community’s Hallowe’en pumpkin party.
Following a delay with the handover of the building due to legal technicalities, Councillor Paul Diviani, Leader of East Devon District Council, was today delighted to hear that the building now belongs to East Devon.
He said: “Thank the Lord! Every day a false hope dawned but at long last we have the keys to the doors of the Younghayes Centre...
The Arts & Culture Forum Lecture Series present an evening with Bob Harris as he talks about his exciting and extensive career in the world of music and broadcasting.
Bob's depth of understanding of popular music is colossal and as a voice on the radio and television he is a legendary icon. Possibly better known as 'Whispering' Bob Harris, Bob is a legendary music presenter and broadcaster.
In 2011 he was rewarded with an OBE in the Queens Honours list for his 'services to music broadcasting'. He is well-known for hosting the long running BBC2 music show The Old Grey...
Make some noise. Make some room. Here come the BalletBoyz.
Following triumphant UK and international appearances on stage and screen, this phenomenally popular company featuring 10 exceptional young dancers presents an exhilarating evening of exciting and explosive dance. The TALENT 2013 features two stunning new dance pieces by internationally celebrated choreographers Russell Maliphant and Liam Scarlett.
BalletBoyz is one of the most cheekily original and innovative forces in modern dance. Led by former Royal Ballet lead dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, the...
This week the House of Commons was the venue for a prestigious event to promote the South West green energy sector on a national stage. Renewable energy champions Regen SW hosted the South West Sustainable Energy Reception at the Members' Dining Room at Westminster on Tuesday 8 October with support from leading lawyers Osborne Clarke and Western Power Distribution. More than 150 opinion formers, investors and innovators assembled to hear from The Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Merlin Hyman, chief executive of Regen SW, said in his introductory...
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
ETO’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. Written during his visit to Italy, when the supremely talented young composer...
Handel’s three year visit to Italy culminated in the premiere of his opera Agrippina in Venice in 1709. Composing at speed to a scandalously witty libretto by a Cardinal, Vincenzo Grimaldi, Handel drew on his experience of the Italian style, plundering his catalogue of cantatas written for the intelligentsia of Rome and producing a youthful masterpiece of dazzling invention and virtuosity. Widely regarded as Handel’s first operatic masterpiece, Agrippina stands out for the quality of its music, full of freshness and musical invention.
Using many of the same characters as Monteverdi...
What The Frock! all-female comedy club makes its Exeter debut at the Phoenix Arts Centre.
What The Frock! Comedy has sold out shows in Bristol, London and Manchester… and now is delighted to announce it’s pilot event in Exeter at the Phoenix Arts Centre.
On October 26 the compere will be the inimitable Viv Groskop.
One of the hardest-working people in the country, Viv is not only a brilliant comedian (memorably described as “brave” by The Daily Telegraph following her recent support slot for Michael McIntyre!), but also a best-selling author, a prolific journalist...
The Canadian author Alice Munro has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Described by the jury as a "master of the contemporary short story", Munro, 82, has published numerous collections over a 45-year career.
Born in Wingham, Ontario in 1931, her mother was a teacher, and a father a fox farmer. After finishing high school, she began studying journalism and English at the University of Western Ontario, but broke off her studies when she got married in 1951. Together with her husband, she settled in Victoria, British Columbia, where the couple opened a bookstore....
Members of the RMT working for sub-contractors Mitie on First Great Western will strike for 24 hours from tomorrow morning (Friday 11 October) in what the union has described as "a fight for a living wage and workplace justice".
The strike action follows a vote for action by members of the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers which will see the sub-contracted cleaners walk out between 06:00 hours on Friday 11 October 2013 and 05:59 hours on Saturday 12 October 2013.
Earlier this year a claim for a substantial increase in rates of pay and improvements...
