Make traditional Christmas decorations in the parlour.
In the morning, Mistresses Eleanor and Christina will also be in the kitchen showing visitors how to prepare sweetmeats, decorations and delicacies for the Hursts’ Christmas celebrations.
Join the University of Exeter’s Drama Department outside the Elizabethan Guildhall in Exeter High Street at 5.30pm and parade down to St Nicholas Priory for a glass of punch and promenade drama performances between 6pm and 7pm.
Meet the fools, clowns and ordinary folk of Shakespeare’s plays in comic scenes and festive silliness featuring emerging artists from the MA Staging Shakespeare course.
In partnership with the University of Exeter Drama department.
Meet and talk with local bird experts from the RSPB and join them for a 20-30 minute walk around RAMM to see the wildlife on display and hear news of wildlife conservation.
Valerie Barden was born in Buckinghamshire in 1938; she studied at Yeovil College of Art and later Art History with the Open University. She lives in Devon with her husband Robert Organ. Barden has been exhibiting professionally since 1994; Piers Feetham Gallery, London; Salisbury Playhouse; Town Mill, Lyme Regis and the Brewhouse, Taunton. Her work is held in the Bridgeman Art Library.
These paintings fit into the genre known as paintings of 'modern life' first explored at the end of the C19th and beginning of the C20th and which has engaged many artists since.
Whether continuing a valued tradition or discovering the magic of this beloved festive classic for the first time – Ballet Theatre UK’s Nutcracker is sure to leave you with a sense of warmth and treasured memories that will last a lifetime.
Tchaikovsky's most loved and unforgettable musical score combines with magical choreography, exquisite costumes and breathtaking scenery that together creates an atmosphere of fantasy and illusion.
"Glittering costumes, expressive dancers.....a pleasure to witness a production of this...
Inspired by the run-away hit movie produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and the award winning book by Chris Van Allsburg, this very special train ride is inspired by magic and designed to delight and inspire your family this festive season.
The Polar Express train makes a mystical round-trip journey to the North Pole. The characters of the story come to life with the conductor punching away at the children’s golden tickets, chefs dancing and delivering hot chocolate and cookies, and the doubting hobo wandering through the train. The story is read aloud and the music from the...
New business, Zoom to Spain, have chosen Exeter as the location of their launch event.
They aim is to bring a taste of Spain to the UK and their main objective is to be an online shop where people can buy authentic and typical Spanish products, to be delivered straight to their door.
This launch event will be a showcase of typical Spanish food, clothes and accessories.
To see more details and to show your interest in attending, visit Zoom to Spain's event on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1aRu9sR
It is free to attend and will be hosted at The Rougemont Hotel on...
A 19-year-old man from Exeter has died in a car crash in Wiltshire.
The man, who has not been named, was a passenger in a car which hit the curb and overturned before colliding with a tree at around 18:30 yesterday evening (Monday 11 November).
The driver, a man from the Peterborough area, was taken to Salisbury District Hospital with serious head injuries.
The 19 year-old died at the scene just outside of Tidworth
Wiltshire Police closed the road to investigate and more details are expected once the families have been informed.
De-silting work is about to start on Dawlish Brook to help reduce future flooding, protect the town centre, residents and businesses and its world-famous waterfowl.
Work is scheduled to start on today (12 November) and is set to last two weeks.
Signs have been put up at the waterfowl warden’s building and the Tourist Information Centre to tell people what is happening.
Dawlish Brook, also known as Dawlish Water, begins its journey at Haldon and runs through Ashcombe valley, before reaching the sea at Dawlish Beach. On its journey it drops over weirs and under...
Success is clearly a highlight on the menu at Denley's Essence of India, as the popular Topsham restaurant has been shortlisted to win one of the country’s prestigious British Curry Awards for an impressive fourth year. Taking place at the vibrant Battersea Evolution, London, in two weeks time (Monday 25 November), the Awards this year attracted a record total of 270,000 public nominations and will be broadcast to over 200 countries around the world.
Having run Indian restaurants since 1996, Jamil Miah, founder of Denley's Essence of India, has prepared and served an estimated 1...
