When depicting ancestors, Maori carvers often include facial and body tattoos within their designs. These patterns are important because each marking may have an important personal meaning. Come and make a mask based on Maori designs as well as your personal meanings.
Parents are expected to stay with their children while they participate and must remain with them if they are under 8 years of age. Some activities are messy so please wear clothes that can get dirty. Aprons will be provided.
10.30am-3.30pm.
Book your tickets here online or from the museum reception in...
Update: A 45-year-old woman from Axminister has died after being involved in a serious road traffic collision at 7:45 am this morning.
A second woman aged, 56, is in 'critical condition' after their two cars crashed on the B3261 between the A35 and Axminster
The 45-year-old woman from Axminster who died was the driver and sole occupant of the silver Ford Focus. Her next of kin has been informed and formal identification will take place in due course. The 56-year-old woman from Axminster was taken by air ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where she remains in a...
A newly-built £27.5 million health education and research centre is now open, streamlining the process from discovery to patient care. The state-of-the-art Research, Innovation, Learning and Development (RILD) building is a partnership between the University of Exeter Medical School and the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E).
Part-funded by the Wellcome-Wolfson Foundation, the building is innovative in every way – it will enhance collaboration between the two organisations, and has already been nominated in two categories of the Michelmores Western Morning News...
A rare South Devon Bird has been rescued from the brink of extinction following an EU-funded recovery programme. The cirl bunting, native to South Devon, almost died out 25 years ago having falling to just over 100 pairs in 1989 due to the lack of food and nesting sites. Now following an extensive recovery programme to protect their environments bankrolled by the European Rural Development stewardship fund numbers are making a steady return with just under 1000 pairs estimated to live in the South Devon area. Local Devon Euro-MP Sir Graham Watson has hailed efforts to save the cirl bunting...
What's it like to face a hungry Polar Bear and its cubs as they emerge from their den?
Or to swim eye to eye with an enormous Southern Right Whale?
How does it feel to be stalked by Killer Whales in the Straits of Gibraltar?
Multi-award winning cameraman Doug Allan (Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Ocean Giants, Wild Cameramen at Work) presents an unforgettable evening of extraordinary animal adventures and unique wildlife film footage. Ask Doug questions about his encounters and travels, and discover what it's like to be up close and personal with nature's biggest...
Two of the UK 's Leading Tribute Bands to Blondie & David Bowie! Featuring ALL the hits by these 2 music legends including Heart of Glass, Tide is High, One Way or another, Call Me and Heroes, Fame, Jean Genie, Starman and MANY MORE! A night of live music - don't leave me hanging on the telephone.....for tickets CALL ME!
Tickets: £15/ Children under 16yrs £10 (must be accompanied by an adult)
2014 marks the 21st year this group of musical friends have taken to the road to entertain their growing legion of fans with a show of huge dynamic range, passionate and joyful playing and a liberal dose of fun. What started as a daft idea for a folk club night has grown into a folk-rock institution with six CDs to their name, several festival appearances and sell out shows up and down the UK.
Fiddlers Peter Knight (Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Phil Beer (Show of Hands), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Tom Leary (Zeus) and Garry...
On Thursday 3 April, Devon-based law firm Gilbert Stephens LLP will once again play host to the Great Devon Breakfast in aid of local cancer charity, FORCE.
The Great Devon Breakfast last year raised £10,000 across 17 different venues and the event, supported by Gilbert Stephens LLP, will be held at St Olaves Hotel located on Mary Arches Street, Exeter, at 8am. Breakfast costs just £8 and includes a full English with tea or coffee and organisers hope it will help raise around £500 for the local charity.
Philip Luckham, CEO for Gilbert Stephens, comments: “We are delighted...
A Secondary school in Exeter was evacuated this morning after a ‘suspicious’ building fire was discovered. Staff and Students were evacuated from West Exe Technology College in St. Thomas after a fire was discovered in the school’s toilets at around 11am this morning. Fire crews from Middle moor and Danes Castle were dispatched to the school following several calls from the public. On arrival, crews confirmed a small fire in the ground floor toilet block. Two of the crew wore breathing apparatus to gain access to the immediate area and ensured the fire was extinguished. Positive pressure...
