The Ocean Film Festival World Tour returns to the UK this autumn after a highly successful first Tour in 2014.
Audiences will have the chance to immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 11 September.
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. The films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt...
Hear an amazing story about Newton St Cyres man Martin Phillips who was inspired to embark on incredible journey after receiving a rivet as a birthday gift.To rebuilt a Spitfire RR232 and bring it back to flying status.
Martin says: “I’d always been interested in aircraft in general, but the Spitfire is the iconic machine. I got parts from all over the world, put her together with the help of a couple of my workers and specialist firms, and I was able to see her fly in December 2012. She was the last aircraft to fly out of Filton, but I haven’t been up in her myself as she’s a...
Well known around Teignmouth the Estuary Bouys are appearing in Exeter for the first time. The threesome - Martyn ,percussion and vocals, Phil, acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals, and Chris, acoustic guitar and vocals, play a lively mix of rock and pop with a bit of folk. Come and hear many of your favourite songs and join in as well. There will be a limited licensed bar and nibbles. Saturday 17th October at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 in advance.
Tickets Poppy’s Flowers, Topsham Road, Exeter or by post to Events, c/o 62 Exe Vale Road, Exeter EX2 6LF enclosing an SAE. Tel: 01392 682550...
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards is reminding the public to stay alert to rogue traders after residents are conned out of thousands of pounds.
The shoddy work cost victims thousands more to make good the poor standard of work.
The Trading Standards service has received a number of complaints about unsolicited visits from doorstep traders, including one that claimed to be from Somerset Highways, offering gardening, building and driveway works.
The complaints refer to poor quality work, excessive costs, and even sometimes to elderly people being driven to the bank...
Government plans to increase apprentice numbers by 2020 will fail according to training providers and businesses with training academies in England. Many businesses say they would rather take on a migrant worker than an apprentice.
As 16 year olds prepare themselves for their GCSE results this week, research published today reveals that FE colleges and businesses believe they will struggle to recruit the numbers and quality of apprentices they need to sustain economic growth over the next five years. Education cuts, poor careers advice, and schools keeping pupils on to maintain...
A World First on Exeter’s Canal Basin this August Bank Holiday
World first in Exeter this August Bank Holiday Monday!
The UK’s only climbing wall on water returns to Exeter this August for the second Deep Water Solo Exeter competition which takes place on Exeter’s canal basin from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August. The event attracts climbers from across the UK including top athletes such as Steve McClure, Neil Gresham, Emma Twyford and GB para climber Dave Bowes. All come to compete on a climbing wall built over Exeter...
As the school summer holidays get into full swing, a survey has found that the humble chicken is likely to be in high demand on barbecues in the South West. Bangers and burgers have lost out as 29% of people in the South West named chicken as their top pick .
Encouragingly, 29% of people in the South West said they take extra care when cooking chicken on the barbecue. However 22% said they never worry about it, despite the fact that over a quarter of a million people fall ill every year due to campylobacter, the bug most often carried on raw poultry.
What makes the Musicians of London Wall so special is their ability to share the limelight with each other in a very democratic fashion. All the member of this group are stars in their own way and the egalitarian approach of these musicians ensures that they all have a chance to shine in pieces that focus the spotlight on each of the performers in turn.
Catherine Hodgson, the founder and director of classical music charity Concerts in the West saw the Musicians of London Wall performing earlier this year in London at the Handel Festival (in her capacity as Festival Director) and...
The Perks Ensemble has an irresistible charm that is due in no small measure to the fact that its three energetic and committed founding members all just happen to be related. During the summer months the group's vibrant members will be performing at a number of venues in France and the UK, including Exeter, Bridport, Ilminster and Shute, near Axminster in Devon for Concerts in the West.
This dynamic chamber ensemble was created in 2012 by two brothers - Oscar and Elliott Perks - and their sister Ursula. Together they have earned a highly deserved reputation for playing exciting...
The renowned American jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker famously said: "Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you." For many saxophone players, this quote sums up what is often a love hate relationship, but at just 23 years of age, saxophonist Huw Wiggin's 'Liquid gold tones' certainly sound like he's having a pretty good time playing his chosen instrument.
Wiggin is already in great demand both in the UK and abroad where he is recognised as a remarkable soloist and chamber musician. So it's understandable that Catherine Hodgson, the founder and director of Concerts in the West, is...
