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Come and join the team at A la Ronde for a ‘Grand Tour’ of all the places visited by former owners of the quirky sixteen-sided house, cousins Jane and Mary Parminter.

Over the May half term, A la Ronde will be running an Explorer Family Trail around the grounds based on the traditional European tour. Visitors young and old can look for and try to solve hidden clues, do the activities and win a prize. The trail runs from Saturday 23 to Sunday 31 May, from 10.30am to 5.30pm and is £1.50 per child.

On the 26 May, from 11am to 4pm, the team is also holding a half term fun craft...

On Thursday 21 May Spacex will be launching a Kickstarter – an online fundraising campaign – to raise £10,000 towards two artist residencies and a series of public events. This is an opportunity to support us and acquire some art at the same time - win win!

This Kickstarter is supported by a large number of generous artists who want to see Spacex move into a new phase of it’s history. The artists have donated work so that if you pledge a donation, you can obtain art in return. A variety of items from the Spacex archive are also available to choose from, as ‘rewards’, for donating...

Party loving Mary Mills, who celebrated her birthday with a limousine collecting her from the Exeter hospice to enjoy a fantastic night out with girlfriends, has died.

After her amazing night out Mary recovered sufficiently to be able to return to her Exeter home where she died peacefully in the early hours of Monday May 18.

Despite being very poorly Mary was determined her 62nd birthday party would go ahead and treated her friends to dinner at a luxury country house hotel near Torquay.

They arrived in two limousines, with one collecting Mary from the Hospiscare...

The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP is coming to Exeter during the Magna Carta celebrations to speak on the theme “Magna Carta – do we need a new Charter?”

The former Attorney-General is known for his support of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) but he is critical of the measures announced by the last Coalition Government, and in the recent Conservative manifesto, for the United Kingdom’s potential withdrawal. He argues withdrawal would undermine adherence to international law and would “call into question the devolution settlements for Wales, Scotland and...