German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn is a fountain of knowledge. There's no shortcut to success, hard work will eventually pay off and there is no shame in paying tax. But what he knows bestest is that his comedy shows are a guaranteed success. Either he's funny or he confirms a national stereotype. It's a win-win situation. Wunderbar!
Recent TV and radio appearances include 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4) The Matt Lucas Awards (BBC1), QI (BBC2), Dave's One Night Stand (Dave, obviously), The Unbelievable Truth and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), Fighting Talk (BBC Five Live) and his own...
Chris Sunderland, Director of the Bristol Pound project, will be explaining the value of a local currency for local businesses at a public meeting in St Stephen’s Church in Exeter High Street, Thursday evening 26 September (6.45pm arrival for 7pm start).
The Bristol Pound project was launched last year as a paper currency with internet banking facilities. Supported by Bristol City Council and the Mayor George Ferguson, it helps people support their local firms and shops and keeps purchasing power in the local economy. Users can also make mobile phone payments in Bristol Pounds....
An 18 year from South Wales has been arrested after two crashes on the road to Plymouth this morning.
Police in Devon would like to appeal to early morning drivers who may have seen the white Vauxhall Corsa being driven erratically along the M5 westbound and then onto the A38 heading towards Plymouth. It is understood a white Corsa was in collision with another vehicle in the Chudleigh area on the A38 at around 6.45am today (Wednesday 25 September) but the vehicle continued on its way. It is thought the Corsa was then involved in another collision in the Plympton area. The vehicle...
A ‘think-tank’ report that the Exeter-based Met Office is ‘over-exaggerating’ climate change has been criticised for making unsubstatiated claims.
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, managed by prominent climate change sceptic Lord Lawson, released a report which claims that a computer programme used by the Met Office to measure climate change is biased in favour of showing climate change.
The Foundation has argued that this has skewed evidence of the UKCP09, the UK’s official climate projections.
However the Met Office has responded that the all information from...
People are being given an opportunity to quiz a panel of politicians, councillors and local personalities including Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw at a free event during Local Democracy Week.
Tickets are now available - at no charge - for an Exeter Question Time event, which takes place at Exeter's College's CCI Theatre, at 7pm on Friday 18 October. Call 01392 265891 to book a free ticket.
On the panel and taking questions from the public will be: Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw; Express and Echo Editor, Paul Burton; Cllr Rosie Denham, Exeter City Council's Lead Councillor for Economy and...
The talented people of Exeter are invited to audition to be part of the cast for the magical The Polar Express™ train ride in Dartmoor this winter.
Inspired by the hit Warner Bros. film The Polar Express and book by Chris Van Allsburg, the officially licensed train rides are looking for singers, dancers and actors to try out for a variety of exciting roles on Wednesday 2 October 2013 at Exeter Phoenix.
The Polar Express™ event manager, Tiffany Arthurs, and leading 2012 cast member, Jack Lovegrove from Devon who played the head dancing Chef, are holding auditions to find...
Bampton Charter Fair has been going for over 750 years, and unlike many other similar Fairs, it is not a modern reinvention of the event, but has been running continuously all that time, a true heritage experience. This is because of its historic connection with the agricultural life of Exmoor and the surrounding area.
The Fair takes place within the streets of the town which are closed to traffic for the day.
A fun day out for all the family!
* A Street Market with over 100 stalls plus the rare breed animals and working blacksmith. * The Entertainments include Jan’...
Holst : St Paul's Suite Elgar : Cello Concerto Brahms : Symphony No.2
Performers:
Conductor : Garry Walker Soloist: Andreas Brantelid (Cello) Inspired by the Baroque dance suites of Handel and Telemann and with echoes of folk simplicity, Holst's lithe and lively work is a musical delight. Elgar's last completed full-scale composition for orchestra, the Cello Concerto, written after the horrors of the Great War, is also full of backward glances to a past era. Imbued with an elegiac sense of nostalgia,...
A spooky teatime party in the haunted Darts Farm tepees!
Put on your best Halloween fancy dress and join Darts Farm for their Halloween party in the haunted Tepees. Take part in spooky games and fun activities. Pick your free pumpkin fresh from the Darts Farm field and enter it into the pumpkin carving competition and prepare yourself for lots of treats, a delicious sausage and mash supper and marshmallow toasting!
Tuesday and Wednesday, 5pm-7.30pm.
Price: £12.50 per child (parents welcome to accompany child)
Meet Spookley, a square pumpkin in a round pumpkin patch world at Darts Farm this October.
Children aged four to 12 are invited to spend a fun-filled afternoon on the farm, learning about pumpkin growing and enjoying the story of Spookley the Square Pumpkin, who overcomes bullying through showing kindness to others and making new friends along the way. As you take a walk around the pumpkin patch, children can pick their own pumpkins to decorate in the Darts Farm Teepees and enjoy a range of pumpkin treats and refreshments.
