AWARD-WINNING chef-patrons Paul and Donna Berry are celebrating this month (February 2022) after dishing up 15 years of meals and hospitality in mid-Devon.
The duo opened The Swan in Bampton in 2011 and Spelt, also in Bampton, in 2019. Before that, they were at the helm at The Quarryman’s Rest in the village.
Paul said: “We believe the secret to our success and longevity in the town is offering the very best in seasonal, regional ingredients alongside top-notch customer service. It’s been proved to be a winning combination as we have received multiple awards, most recently...
These stimulating and supportive sessions will encourage you to immerse yourself in the exercises of one of acting’s most notable practitioners.
The Meisner Technique is a simple yet powerful acting system that trains actors to focus attention on that which is truly present, particularly the scene partner, enabling a truthful performance under the given dramatic circumstances.
The transformative process of these sessions is creative and fast-paced, with no limit to the depth of knowledge and self-awareness you can gain...
Staff and residents at Cumberland Grange in Exeter welcomed in the Year of the Tiger with a day of celebrations and activities.
Inspired by Chinese cultures and traditions, residents enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year thanks to John, Tesco’s Community Champion. John gave a fascinating talk followed by serving up a variety of different Chinese foods.
It was a brilliant afternoon linking up with Tesco to provide residents with this Themed Eats and Wine tasting session.
Michele , General Manager of Barchester’s Cumberland Grange said: “We had such a...
This February half term, head to The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth and find out which adoption donkey has the loudest bray, the longest ears, or who is the most playful, in the Adoption Donkey Top Trumps Trail.
Follow the trail around the sanctuary to find the giant Top Trumps cards and discover which adoption donkey comes out on top in each round. This exciting family activity is a great way to explore the sanctuary, combining fun, exercise and brainpower.
Set in the heart of the rolling East Devon countryside, The Donkey Sanctuary has something to keep everyone...
Exeter businesses will come together to showcase and celebrate the city’s wedding industry at a brand new wedding fayre this March.
Hosted by InExeter – the business improvement district, the fayre will take place in two of Exeter’s most iconic venues, Exeter Castle, and the Historic Guildhall.
Couples planning their upcoming partnership celebration or wedding will be treated to traditional fayre with a series of talks, stalls, stands, demonstrations, styling sessions and tasters from local businesses at Exeter Castle.
Nearly one in five adults surveyed in the South West (17 per cent) who say their mental health got worse during the pandemic haven’t spoken to anyone about it during this time – equivalent to around 250,000 people – according to research published today. More than a third (38 per cent) of all respondents in the South West reported a worsening in their mental health during the pandemic. Of those who have been concerned about the mental health of someone they care about, almost one in five (19 per cent) say they haven’t tried to talk to them about it.
A husband-and wife emergency medicine doctor team have landed in the Carribean after rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic as the first ever married couple to participate in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC). Following more than seven weeks of rowing, they finished 1st in the mixed pairs ranking and have, so far, raised more than £20,000 for frontline medical charities.
“Emergensea Duo” Charlie Fleury and Adam Baker are both emergency medicine doctors in Devon and took a sabatical to embark on the “World’s toughest row” that started on 12th December last year from...
Julian House charity is calling the community in Exeter and the local area to join this fantastic event and invites you to sleep-out for one night in the heart of the City at Exeter City Football Club (St James Park Stadium). If sleeping in the Stadium is not for you, please join by sleeping in your garden and still be part of the big event which will take place on Friday 18th March. All the proceeds raised will create vital funds and awareness for people forced to sleep rough in the streets, this event is proudly sponsored by Knight Frank Estate Agents.
A local housebuilder has launched a scheme to support youngsters keen to try out snowsports at the Exeter & District Ski Club.
Redrow South West, the developer behind Saxon Brook, Romansfield, and St Michael’s Meadow, has celebrated its partnership with GB Snowsport by creating a £10,000 Winter Sports Fund to encourage local children, and youngsters’ groups and clubs, to take to their local snowdome or dry ski slope and try skiing or snowboarding for the first time.
The initiative, launched on the eve of the Winter Olympics, which starts on 4 February, aims to inspire...
Museum visitor Joe proposed to his partner Dawn at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in December
Exmouth resident Joe McIntee got down on one knee and proposed to Dawn, now his fiancée, on the 21 December 2021 in the museum’s Geology gallery. RAMM was the location for their very first date, exactly two years ago to the day.
With the help of the RAMM team, Joe arranged to have a ring dangling from the tail of a 3D-printed model carnosaurus, his favourite dinosaur. The carnotaurus was hidden in the Geology case, ready for Dawn to find it and say 'Yes'. It was on their first...
