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Photograph of Ricky Hatton

Boxing legend brings tales of his life to Exeter event

Former World Champion Boxer, Ricky Hatton, has announced that he will be coming to Exeter as part of his UK wide tour.

Ricky, whose boxing career spans over 20 years, and who now runs his own successful boxing promotions company, will be coming to Exeter University’s Great Hall on Wednesday, 22 November.

The event is being staged by Exeter City Football Club and is one of a number of sporting dinners the club is planning. The audience will enjoy a two-course meal and be entertained by Ricky, as well as have the opportunity to take part in a Q&A and an auction.

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An Evening with Eddie Jones

Event Date: 
22/11/2019 - 7:15pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

With the Rugby World Cup underway the Crediton Bookshop is thrilled to announce that we'll be hosting an event with England Coach Eddie Jones for his new book Eddie Jones: My Life and Rugby publishing in November. This event will take place on Friday 22nd November at Sandy Park, home of the Exeter Chiefs, when Eddie will be giving the inside story on England's World Cup campaign and his long and illustrious career.

Tickets are available from the bookshop (01363 774740) at Sandford Orchards and online and are priced at £30 including signed copy of the book. All profits from this...

Estuary town shows its community spirit on special weekend

One of the area’s liveliest towns is set to show exactly why it’s such a great community in a special weekend next month.

Topsham, the estuary town on the edge of Exeter, is holding their first Join The Club! Long Weekend with events on September 5th, 7th and 8th.

Topsham – voted the best place to live in the south west by the Sunday Times earlier this year - has over 50 clubs, classes and societies running all year round and they will be opening their doors over the weekend at seventeen different venues ranging from yoga studios to churches and sports grounds and clubs to...

Word Command : Spoken Word Evening

Event Date: 
11/09/2019 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Our Bi-monthly spoken word evening Word Command has become one of the must perform at events in South West England.

Come spend the evening with us and those performing. The evening will serve up a mashing of poetry, storytelling comedy and more...

Steph Bradley Ben Chadwick Ross Bryant Michelle Dilling Harrula Ladd Martin Reeve T.S Idiot Shelly Szendar

More performers TBC

Reserve your free ticket here.

River Cottage’s Steven Lamb to compere top class cookery demonstrations

Honiton's Gate to Plate event, celebrating East Devon’s finest food and craft producers, returns

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/24/2019 - 11:11am

Honiton’s Gate to Plate event is making a welcome return to the town on Saturday 10 August.

Featuring around 50 fine food, drink and craft producers, there will also be cookery demonstrations by some of the area's top chefs and food experts who will be presenting their work in an on-street show kitchen.

The free event will continue the town’s wonderful and long established market tradition, which dates back to the 13th Century when Honiton was granted a Royal Charter to hold a market.

Organised by East Devon District Council and supported by Honiton Town Council, it...

Devon Art Society at St.Anne´s Babbacombe

Summer Exhibition - Devon Art Society

Event Date: 
27/07/2019 - 10:00am to 11/08/2019 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
St Annes Hall, Babbacombe Road, Babbacombe, Torquay TQ1 3SN

The Devon Art Society´s big summer exhibition is going to be held at St. Annes Hall, Babbacombe. There will be hundreds of paintings on display. The artists are showing new works covering classical themes such as floral, still-life, figurative and landscape as well as seascape subject matters and some abstracts too. The Devon Art Society of Torquay has a long tradition of exhibiting and selling high quality paintings since 1912 when some of the greatest artists of their times were among the founder members. Visitors are welcome to talk with the artists to share their impressions as many of...

Kitley House to host a summer gathering of chefs & hospitality professsionals

On the menu at Kitley House - a summer gathering of chefs and hospitality pros

Local chefs and hospitality professionals will come together with catering students from South Devon College and City College Plymouth on June 24th at Kitley House Hotel and Restaurant, near Yealmpton.

The special event, organised by The Chefs’ Forum, will see chefs and front-of-house staff from across the county rub shoulders with catering suppliers and aspiring college students. Billed as ‘A Chefs’ Summer BBQ’, the day will offer inspiring butchery demonstrations and a great networking opportunity for hospitality professionals from Devon and neighbouring counties.

Guest...

Harry Redknapp will be the star of the show in Exeter this June

King of the Jungle comes to the city

The King of the Jungle himself, Harry Redknapp, has announced that he will be coming to Exeter as part of his UK-wide tour.

Harry, whose football career spans over 50 years and is also famous for his time in the ‘I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here’ jungle, will be keeping the crowds entertained with his hilarious tales at Exeter University’s Great Hall on Saturday, 22 June.

The event is being staged by Exeter City FC’s City Sporting Club who say they are delighted to welcome one of the UK’s most popular characters to the city.

Julian Tagg, Chairman of Exeter City...

Have your say about NHS waiting times at Exeter event

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 05/20/2019 - 8:37am

Patients can have their say on waiting for NHS treatment as part of new Exeter research which could influence health policy.

Members of the public are invited to take part in a workshop, held as part of a study examining how waiting for medical treatment is connected to people’s anxiety about their health, and how this time can be made more positive.

During the daytime event, held on 22 May at Exeter Central Library, academics from the University of Exeter will ask people about their own experiences. Participants will also be able to work with the researchers to plan future...

Forces/Services Charity Dress Up Rugby Fun Day

Event Date: 
08/06/2019 - 12:00pm to 11:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Saracens RFC

We are holding a Forces/Services Charity Fun Day at Exeter Saracens RFC which is raising funds for two charities (Pawsome Pensions & Purple Poppy). Our theme is Dress Up Rugby and we have our senior team who will be playing against teams from the forces and services, all wearing a dress along with other side events such as a fun run, and tug of war contest. We have a military band coming and the Cold Stream Guards are bringing a climbing wall. Lots of stalls, bouncy castles and rugby rodeo.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/254352175508390/

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