Join us at this award-winning event and experience the dedicated equestrian event at the heart of the Westcountry.
With its indoor arena and dedicated shopping village, the event is the perfect place to indulge in all things equestrian. Safe from the wintery weather you will be able to enjoy the fascinating arena demonstrations, over 150 equestrian retailers, spread throughout the main hall and annex, and the thousands of products and gifts to see, touch and buy.
For further details on this years show and to keep up-to-date with what will be taking place, visit the...
Why not take the pressure out of Christmas this year by doing all your festive shopping in one go at the annual “Christmas Shopping Fayre” at Exeter’s Westpoint Arena . With over 300 stands with 1000's of outstanding seasonal offers you will receive a greater choice of exciting gift ideas than in a high street full of shops.
For three fun-packed days Westpoint hosts an amazing range of retailers, manufacturers, craftspeople, wholesalers and importers from far and wide who transform the vast 4,500sq m hall into an Aladdin’s cave of wonderful gift ideas and essential Christmas items...
If Antiques are your thing, then don't miss The International Westpoint Antiques & Collectors Fair at Westpoint Arena .
With up to 400 stands from all over the UK, offering an extensive range of Antiques & Collectables, the fair provides a great day out for people who love all things Antique.
With dealers from all over the UK there will be a huge selection of Antiques & Collectables to include; Furniture, Porcelain, Silver, Gold , Jewellery, Glass, Textiles, Vintage clothing, Paintings, Lighting, Militaria, Kitchenalia, Toys,...
The Exeter Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Andrew Millington will perform a concert of carols, old and new. There will be a guest soloist and many items for the audience to join in with.
Will Todd - Mass in Blue, Britten - Te Deum in C, Elgar - Songs
The Exeter Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Andrew Millington will perform three works in their November concert. The first is a modern piece, Will Todd's Mass in Blue, accompanied by a jazz ensemble, with the composer Will Todd at the piano. The other, more traditional works will be Benjamin Britten's Te Deum in C and Edward Elgar's Songs from the Bavarian Highlands. The soprano will be Bethany Halliday. The tickets are £12 unreserved.
The Government's Universal Credit reform was "overly ambitious", "took risks to try to meet the short timescale" and "suffered from weak management". So concludes a report by the financial watchdog, the National Audit Office into the implementation of one of the Coalition's high profile welfare reform policies.
The National Audit Office has concluded that the Department for Work and Pensions has not achieved value for money in its early implementation of Universal Credit. It says that the Department is not yet able to assess the value of the systems it spent over £300 million to...
A man running from John O’Groats to Lands End with a fridge on his back will reach Exeter this Friday.
Tony “The Fridge” Phoenix-Morrison, will stop on the approach to Exeter at the end of his 34th consecutive day of running with a 42.5kg Smeg fridge on his back.
The endurance attempt is for the Sir Bobby Robson foundation – a cancer research charity in memory of the former England football manager.
Tony, a 49-year-old grandfather, has remained very fit having completed the Great North Run over 30 times. This success however proved to be a bit of a burden when...
Last Sunday, the Exeter Spitfires played their final away game in their inaugural season and took the opportunity to claim their first win away from Chadwick Field.
The Spitfires visited the Torbay Barons and, after dominating the early part of the game before allowing the Barons back into it, claimed an impressive 30-17 win. The win for the Spitfires was their fourth of the season and guaranteed a third place finish in the four-team South West Baseball League.
The team have shown great improvement as the season has progressed and the four wins, along with avoiding...
Exeter Cathedral’s own Cathedral Players are busy rehearsing their production of 'Ring Round the Moon' by Jean Anouilh.
The show is an adaptation by Christopher Fry subtitled ‘A Charade with Music’ and described as a little puff-ball of a story, a bubble from a glass of champagne twinkling in the fairy lights of a Winter Garden. The performances take place within this year’s Unexpected Festival.
The Cathedral Players were formed in 2008 and have subsequently put on plays within the Cathedral itself, including T.S.Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral in 2012.
Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's much-loved fictional Belgian detective with the little moustache, pince-nez glasses and unmatchable"little grey cells", is to return in a new novel fully authorised by Devon-born Christie's family.
It has been announced that the new novel will be published worldwide in September 2014 and will be written by the British crime writer and poet Sophie Hannah.
Agatha Christie frist introduced her brilliant detective to the world in her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles , published in 1920. Written with the full backing of the family,...
