Exeter's newest nightclub, Rosies, is set to take Exeter by storm following a £750,000 transformation.
Located on the former Mosaic site on Mary Arches Street, the swanky new venue will offer guests a unique opportunity to party in style with three themed rooms, all in one location – Missoula, Popworld and Dao.
The club officially opens on Friday 12 August and will be open from 5pm every day with an enticing 50 per cent off drinks before 9pm; Missoula will be based on the ground floor, giving customers the perfect place to catch up with friends over cocktails, premium...
Live entertainment, fun-filled activities and international food for all the family to enjoy at The Donkey Sanctuary’s Summer Fair on Sunday 14 August from 10am – 4pm.
Come and join The Donkey Sanctuary for their most anticipated family event of the year. This year’s Summer Fair will bigger and better than ever with more stalls and activities, free admission and free parking.
Children and adults will enjoy live music from local musicians, including Anna Hamill, and entertainment from magician Dan Brazier, as well as Punch and Judy, Fire Brigade demonstrations, trailer rides...
House price growth remained resilient in July although key indicators covering, agreed sales and new instructions all remained negative in the South West, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
The UK house price growth indicator posted the softest survey reading in three years in July. Just 5% more respondents nationally saw a rise rather than fall in prices, a downward trend that is evident across the UK. Prices in the South West remain strong against any suggested uncertainty with 26% more contributors reporting a rise in prices as opposed to a fall. Near...
Local cafes around the area are vying for the title of Britain’s Best Cafe and everyone will get the chance to vote for their favourite. The national competition is being organised by SIG Roofing and its local branch, based in Exeter, formerly known as South West Roofing, will be supporting the cafes in their bid to win the title. When votes are counted at the end of October this year, 14 regional winners will be announced, with the national winner confirmed at the presentation event at the end of November. With around 6,000 cafes in the UK helping the nation to get to work every morning...
A special performance by a dancer at the University of Exeter’s picturesque campus is one of the events on offer as part of a project examining the links between the human body and the geological world.
The free and public exhibition also includes video installations and pictures by British and overseas artists depicting ways in which the human body encounters and connects with rock. The exhibition is designed to raise questions about people’s place in the world and their responsibility towards the environment.
The project, Rock/Body, involves humanities scholars, social...
The University of Exeter has climbed places to 11th in the National Student Survey rankings of student experience.
The University has been rated best in the South West, and has also retained second place within the 24 members of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive institutions, based on an average across all question category scores.
The overall score at Exeter was 85.9 per cent, reflecting the outstanding student experience offered at one of the world’s top 100 universities.
The ranking of 11th is based on the University of Exeter’s own analysis of...
The South West Heritage Trust has received a new Excellence Award for its pioneering work in transforming archive services in Devon.
The Archives and Records Association, the lead professional body for archivists, conservators and records managers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, is making the Excellence Awards for the first time. The South West Heritage Trust has received the award for Record-Keeping Service of the Year.
The Trust was nominated by the Friends of Devon’s Archives for work done at the Devon Archives and Local Studies Service since the creation of the Trust...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (12-14 August).
CINEMA
Big Screen in the Park Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 9pm, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter With Mexican street food, local ale and ciders and delicious coffees from the BikeCaffe, grab your friends and celebrate the biggest Exeter Big Screen in The Park ever. Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the gate. It costs an additional £1 to bring your own chair chair. Line up: Friday – Jaws (12A); Saturday – The Martian (12); Sunday – Stand By Me (15). Gates open at 7.30pm with films starting at...
Roll up! Roll up! The 2016 Hospiscare Summer Fete will soon be here where a wealth of entertainment, refreshments and good old fashioned fun for all the family is guaranteed.
The fete will be held on Saturday 3rd September from 1pm-5pm at Wonford House Lawn, next to Searle House, Dryden Lane, Exeter,
There are a huge range of attractions and entertainments available including a Hospiscare Choir, Birds of Prey, Frog Racing (though not using real frogs!), a broad range of arts and crafts, a grand prize draw and lots more. The event is organised by the staff nurses. A full...
Killerton estate apple juice fought off stiff competition to take home Overall Drinks Winner at the National Trust’s Fine Farm Produce Awards and Killerton won four more awards for its sparkling cider, charcoal, honey, and its Clyston Mill stoneground flour. The Fine Farm Produce Awards recognise the best food and drink being produced by National Trust farms and estates. Now in their 11th year, the awards acknowledge the contribution to nature conservation and quality food and drink by the farmers and producers who occupy the 500,000 acres of farmland in the care of the National Trust. The...
