One of the area’s best loved museums is putting out a special call - a telephone call, that is.
For Topsham Museum, which is run by 200 volunteers in and around the Devon town, is about to take control of a classic red telephone box.
It will host special displays changing every two months bringing history into the centre of the town, and drawing people to the Museum proper which is located a few hundred yards away on Topsham’s historic Strand.
The box was decommissioned by BT earlier this year and was seized upon by the Museum as an ideal outpost. The shift of...
Lympstone Manor, the acclaimed luxury country house hotel on the banks of the Exe Estuary in East Devon, has once again been awarded 5 AA Rosettes for the fourth consecutive year.
The AA first started rating restaurants in 1955 and ever since has remained one of the most well respected and comprensive guides in the UK.
The AA describes its highest award as “The pinnacle, where cooking compares with the best in the world. These restaurants have highly individual voices, exhibit breathtaking culinary skills, and set standards to which others aspire, yet few achieve.”...
Westbank Community Health and Care, based in Exminster, has opened its doors to local people as part of a new initiative to provide a warm and welcoming space to those challenged by the continual rise in the cost of living.
Mindful that many members of the local community are struggling as a result of the recent hike in their household bills, the charity has launched its Warmwell at Westbank initiative at its premises near Exeter.
The former Seedlings Cafe has been transformed into a comfortable, cosy space with a lounge and dining area where people can drop in for...
On the evening of Friday November 11, Exeter City Council’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (RAMM) will feature the University’s research and teaching methods at RAMM Lates – an interactive evening event revolving around the exhibition ‘ A Picture of Health: Exeter’s Medical History ’, which examines health and wellbeing in Exeter from the 18th century to present day.
The exhibition explores several areas such as smallpox, bodysnatching surgeons, 'the Blue Death,' birth, the art of nursing, medical innovation, and the Exeter Hip, which has been fitted in more than...
Research conducted in schools last year revealed that the coronavirus pandemic, with its lockdowns and restrictions, held back many young children's speech and language development.
So, Devon County Council has created new courses which are available to parents and carers, and staff who work with children and young people, to help children catch up and reach their potential.
The Education Endowment Foundation research suggested that measures taken to address the pandemic deprived young children of social contact and opportunities that would normally have helped develop...
A collaborative art exhibition, between en plein air artist Dawn Jordan and the Seaglass Gallery, in Lympstone, will be taking place from 4-14 November.
Devon and Cornwall’s stunning coastlines, from the hidden gems of East Devon to the rugged cliffs of West Cornwall, have been captured timelessly in oils.
The exhibition will give viewers the chance to walk in Dawn Jordan’s footsteps and see through her artist eyes as she sets off on her quest to chase the light before it leaves the land and sea. Iconic locations including the red cliffs of Orcombe Point, mysterious...
With less than a month to go until the return of Exeter Carnival, InExeter the Business Improvement District, the organisation behind Exeter Carnival’s return have released more information on the Carnival Procession.
Ann Hunter, BID Manager at InExeter says “ The return of Exeter Carnival following 24 years is a historic day for the city and is one we should all celebrate. We are incredibly proud that the new Exeter Carnival will include the Jubilation Cart that took part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant parade in London this summer. Exeter is the only carnival outside...
Plans previously agreed to make the one-way layout of Exeter’s Queen Street permanent are being scaled back due to “significant increases” in costs.
In January, councillors agreed to spend £250,000 constructing a layout similar to the current ‘pop-up’ one, which was installed early in 2021 to help with social distancing and to encourage more walking and cycling.
As part of the agreed scheme, approved by the Exeter highways and traffic orders committee (HATOC), the southern pavement opposite the Royal Albert...
An organisation that supports people in poverty in Exeter and Torquay has won a community award from leading builders merchant Selco.
Punk Against Poverty CIC has secured £500 worth of building materials through its Community Heroes campaign.
The organisation provides free school uniforms to children in need and will use the materials to help fix the roof at one of its two fundraising shops in Torbay.
Stefanie Curran, who helps to run the community interest company (CIC), said: “We are absolutely delighted to have this support from Selco. Being able to obtain...
Exeter will come together on Sunday 13 November to remember all those who have served and lost their lives as part of the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces as a result of conflict or terrorism.
A Service of Remembrance will take place on Remembrance Sunday at the War Memorial in Northernhay Gardens. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Lord Mayor's Chaplain will conduct the service which will start at 10.50 am, with the Exeter Salvation Army Band accompanied by the University of Exeter’s Chapel Choir who will perform before the service and during the hymns.
