October 2015 sees the welcome return of the “Baring-Gould Folk Weekend”.
This intimate and family-friendly folk festival, hosted by Okehampton-based music organisation Wren Mu-sic, brings great local and national music and international dance, and blends them with locally-sourced food and drink and an electric atmosphere to create an unforgettable weekend out for the whole family.
Guest highlights this year include Lady Maisery, a fabulous female trio exploring vocal harmony to breath-taking effect, through their fresh interpretations of songs and ballads, as well as Janet...
Bloodshed, beatings and broken limbs, fireworks, gunshots and riots, are not things people associate with today’s well-respected Salvation Army.
But a new book, published by The Salvation Army in its 150th anniversary year, called Blood on the Flag, highlights that in its early years these were everyday occurrences faced by members of the Church and charity.
The troubles began after the rapid early success of The Salvation Army that drew large crowds to hear preachers to town centres, and also the movement’s promotion of abstinence.
Exeter Chiefs were indebted to a late penalty from replacement Will Hooley to ensure they secured victory over rivals Gloucester in their latest Westcountry Challenge Cup encounter.
Having already seen off the Cherry & Whites and Bath on home soil, Rob Baxter’s side ensured the newly-created Cup would be heading to Sandy Park, even though they still have a game to play in the competition away to Bath next week.
Having dominated the early exchanges to lead through converted tries from Thomas Waldrom and Luke Cowan-Dickie, the Chiefs allowed their hosts to hit back before...
The Cardiac Rehab Team at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been showing their support for World Heart Day by raising awareness of the importance of keeping your heart healthy.
World Heart Day, which takes place annually on the 29th September, is a chance for people across the globe to take part in the world's biggest intervention against cardiovascular disease (CVD). Organised by the World Heart Federation (WHF), this year’s focus is on creating healthy heart environments, by ensuring that everyone has the chance to make healthy heart choices wherever they live, work and...
Twenty interns joined a variety of divisions in June, after successfully being selected to join the UKHO on either 12 week or 12 month internships.
The purpose of the internship programme is to provide school leavers, undergraduates and graduates with an opportunity to gain experience in the workplace through participating in projects or tasks which support our business.
The interns have found there are great personal benefits in taking up this opportunity.
As University of Exeter student Binu explains “The work itself was challenging yet I was able to successfully...
Fancy yourself as a hard man/woman? Love a fiery vindaloo? Know your nagas from your New Mex XX, your Poblanos from your Pasillas?
If you think you can eat really hot chillies, Powderham Food Festival, held this weekend, is THE place to test your taste buds.
Run by chilli connoisseurs, Clifton Chilli Club, whose mission it is to introduce, encourage, educate, have fun and share the love for all things chilli, the competition will certainly turn up the heat at this year’s Food Festival.
Held in conjunction with Dartmoor Chilli Farm and Hunters Ale, entrants will...
Earlier this week I found myself on a train between Exeter and Birmingham which was stopped at Gloucester because of a gas leak and where a two hour wait and chaos ensued. Eventually I arrived at my destination almost 3 hours late and the fragmentation of our once effective railway system is very apparent.
It is clear that the train operators and station companies do not always have contingency plans and, as usual in such situations, official communications are very poor with nobody seeming to know what is going on.
What really happens is that the institutional life of the...
The inspirational achievements of nine peer supporters at RISE Recovery Integrated Services were recognised at the first ever RISE Peer Supporter graduation on Tuesday 22nd September.
The graduation ceremony was held at RISE Exeter with peer supporters coming from RISE services across the county including Newton Abbot, Barnstaple, Tiverton and Exeter.
Over the last year each of the peer supporters completed an ‘Understanding the Principles of Care, Organisational Policies and the Role of the Supporter’ training course accredited by NOCN and have since become a vital part of...
As part of his residency at Spacex artist and independent curator Trevor Pitt is setting up Preston Street Union - PSU an affiliation of artists from in and around Exeter that will come together over a five week period to explore collaboration as a strategy for artists making things and making things happen.
PSU will draw on and extend elements from Pitt’s previous project Cannon Hill Art School, and reference the work of influential artist and educator Josef Albers.
PSU is for visual artists: At any stage of their development, regardless of age or experience (although must...
