The Reading Room Devon is running a series of one- and two-day courses that look into Devon's literary links. These reading retreats can also involve staying overnight at Greenbank, a farmhouse B&B overlooking Chagford on Dartmoor.
Set up by two English literature lecturers the reading holiday idea came about following a busy day in the classroom.
"We realised that what we loved about teaching was the endless sense of discovery," says Leah Varnell, one of the pair behind the project.
"It seemed to us that once people leave school, or perhaps university, the day...
Free places on a unique four-week personal development course, including two 'residentials', are being offered by Devon charity Community Action South West.
Local 16 and 17 year olds in Exeter, East Devon and Torbay could sign-up for a life-enriching summer adventure with volunteering at its centre, giving valuable personal development skills under the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme.
Just 22 places are available.
NCS facilitates a combination of residential and community activities which, say organisers, will develop life-long skills.
Temperatures reached a scorching 27 degrees Celsius as revellers from across the UK came to Exeter to watch Olly Murs perform in front of 20,000 at Powerham Castle over the weekend.
Essex star, Olly, who struggled to perform his set at Robbie Williams' Wembley concert just two days before, managed to treat the crowd to his famous hits 'Dance With Me Tonight' and 'Please Don't Let Me Go', to a welcome response from the audience.
During the show the 'Troublemaker' singer got his fans shaking their stuff to Beyonce's 'Crazy In...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park continues to celebrate a summer of sport by getting behind the England cricket team for the start of the Ashes. Keen to get involved as always, Buddy and Blossom have been practising hitting for six this weekend!
As part of the summer of sport celebrations Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is offering a fantastic 20% discount when you book online with free return visits within 7 days!
Chris Down, Chief Executive at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park said, “We have a wealth of home grown talent here in the UK and it’s great to have so...
Shortly before midday on Tuesday 9 July, an elderly woman pedestrian who was standing on a pavement was struck by a car that was being driven by an elderly man. The incident took place on Gatehouse Close in Dawlish. Police report that the car, a silver Skoda Fabia, was manoeuvring in the street and for an unknown reason left the road, striking the woman pedestrian before careering through a nearby garden, coming to rest against a nearby property. The woman, thought to be in her mid-seventies, sustained serious head injuries and the male driver, a man in his mid-eighties, suffered minor...
Police are currently investigating an unexplained death in Sidmouth. Officers were called at around 1.30pm today (9 July) after reports that a member of the public had found the body of a woman on the beach, approximately half a mile from Jacobs Ladder. Along with police, the Sidmouth lifeboat, Coastguard and paramedics were called to the area. The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene. The death is currently being treated as unexplained.
Exeter College is celebrating being top of the world again, with two of its International Baccalaureate students achieving top spots of an outstanding 44 points out of a possible 45 in the international qualification results.
The two were amongst the highly successful 37 students completing their two-year diploma this year who achieved average points of 34.2 out of a possible 45. Six of the elite group scored over 40 points with many gaining top marks in their individual subjects, with 30 top scores of grade 7, putting them in the top 10% worldwide.
Special postcards are being given to holiday parks, local attractions, historic properties and tourist information centres across Teignbridge this summer as part of a domestic abuse awareness campaign.
The postcards show images associated with the summer bearing the message ‘Domestic abuse doesn’t take a holiday!’ on one side with information about the signs of domestic abuse and helpline numbers on the other side.
South Devon and Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership are asking businesses in the tourism industry to put a supply of the postcards in reception areas or other...
Viva Verdi! offers a celebration to Verdi, in his bicentennial year, with scenes and extracts from some of his most famous operas. In concert format with a stellar cast, pianoforte accompaniment, and with a "golden thread" about Verdi's life linking the whole performance, this opera gala production has all the ingredients to be an exceptional operatic experience.
