The Cygnet Company with guests in a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. The world order is turned upside down: servants dress up as their masters, and men as women. Amid such confusions, what happens to Love and Fancy? Wit changes place with Folly, as Malvolio, Lady Olivia’s puritanical steward, gets ideas above his station, donning ‘yellow stockings, cross-gartered‘ and shipwreck brings handsome twins to shore …
Jacquie Crago, actor, director and RSC voice coach, is currently resident voice and dialect coach on the National...
The Magdalen Chapter is delighted to announce it has been nominated as a finalist in The Food & Travel Magazine Readers Awards 2014.
For the second year running, the Exeter hotel is one of five finalists in the City Hotel of the Year category. The hotel is defending its title, having last year been crowned the winning establishment in this category.
The Magdalen Chapter is one of only two properties outside of London to be nominated in this prestigious category. Other properties nominated include The Berkeley in London, Charlotte Street Hotel in London, Mandarin...
Chief Executive of local adoption charity Families for Children Caroline Davis will receive her OBE from Queen at Buckingham Palace today (Friday).
Caroline was awarded the honour in the New Year for her services to children and families in the south-west.
Caroline has been Chief Executive of Families for Children Adoption Agency based in Buckfastleigh for 22 years and during that time has helped to place over 500 children for adoption.
Caroline said “I was very excited to receive my OBE today. It comes at a very exciting time for Families for Children as we are...
Communities say they are keen to work with Devon County Council to ensure their library service continues.
Towns and villages, which had feared a potential loss of their library services due to budget cuts, are saying that alternative solutions are achievable if people put their minds to it.
So far, more than two out of every three of the 2,500 people (67.7 per cent) responding to the council’s consultation agree with the proposals for their local library.
More than eight out of every 10 respondees agree that sharing library space with multiple services – the...
How can you have a big belly and yet reduce the pounds? The answer is when the Big Belly is a brand of litter bin like the ones being installed at resorts along East Devon’s coastline.
East Devon District Council has invested in a five-year lease for a total of 21 new Big Belly brand litter bins. These have a number of benefits – one being that they largely pay for themselves.
The costs of the lease agreement will be offset by savings on agency and staff overtime due to a significant reduction in the number of times the bins need to be emptied and by greater operational...
Ashfords LLP, a leading UK law firm, is holding a Summer Fun Day at Tedburn St Mary School in Exeter to raise money for Children's Hospice South West.
The Summer Fun Day is set to burst with fun-filled stalls to make for an entertaining and enjoyable charity fete.
There will be a number of different stalls located around the school grounds, including Beat the Keeper, Treasure Island, and Higher or Lower. Some more traditional, classic games will also be making an appearance, such as a Tombola, a Coconut Shy and, of course, a Bouncy Castle!
The bathing water at Budleigh Salterton beach is at risk of failing tough new standards for water quality, the Environment Agency has warned.
The Environment Agency, East Devon District Council, local business leaders and interest groups are meeting later today (June 23) to discuss how to meet the challenge of improving water quality at Budleigh Salterton.
From 2015 much more stringent water quality targets come into force under the revised Bathing Water Directive. The Environment Agency is concentrating on tackling sources of pollution before the targets come into force...
If you've been casting off your clothes to enjoy the wall to wall sunshine and scorching temperatures over the past week, you may want to revisit your wardrobe.
For the forecast published by the Met Office up until Saturday shows a change is on the way.
Whilst the beginning of the week saw temperatures of up to 24C, by the weekend we will be dodging heavy showers and even possible thunder storms.
The Met Office says today (Wednesday) will be the turning point. Although the weather is still forecast to be dry with sunny spells, a drop in temperature is expected....
With only six short weeks to go until Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Westpoint Exeter, women across Devon are being encouraged to jump into their training shoes and sign up for this year’s event! This week’s sunny evenings are the perfect time to begin training ahead of the 5k or brand new 10k race on Sunday 27 July.
Taking part in Race for Life at Westpoint Exeter is a great way for women of all shapes and sizes to enjoy the outdoors and get a little more active as they prepare for their event. Committing to take part, and encouraging their mums, grans, daughters, sisters...
Stating they serve hamburgers "as they should be", Byron had a lot to live up to when a colleague and I visted the newly-opened Exeter branch.
We visted Byron on a sunny weekday and it appeared the people of Exeter had defintely heard of the burger joint’s good reputation, with tables full both inside and out. Byron has been in Exeter for less than two weeks, and is the first to open in the South West. There are over 30 Byron restaurants throughout the UK.
The restaurant was created after it’s founder Tom Byng fell in love with the simple burgers he consumed whilst dining...
