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Topsham Rugby Football Club - Summer Bank Holiday Car Boot Sales

Event Date: 
07/05/2018 - 9:30am
Venue: 
Topsham Rugby Football Club, Exeter Road, Topsham, Exeter

Back by popular demand Topsham Rugby Club will be hosting their Car Boot Sale on the Bank Holidays this summer (Monday 7th May, Monday 28th May and Monday 27th August) from 9:30 am to 1pm.

Public on foot - free entrance. We would welcome a £1 donation for parking.

Sellers will be welcome to set up at 8am with fees £6 per car and small vans, larger vehicles and trailers at £10 each.

The clubhouse will be open with hot food and drinks available all morning and the Bar will also be open towards lunchtime, with guest ales and longstanding favourites on offer.

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Topsham RFC - Summer Bank Holiday Car Boot Sales

Event Date: 
07/05/2018 - 9:30am
Venue: 
Topsham Rugby Football Club, Exeter Road, Exeter

Back by popular demand Topsham Rugby Club will be hosting their Car Boot Sale on the Bank Holidays this summer (Monday 7th May, Monday 28th May and Monday 27th August) from 9:30 am to 1pm.

Public on foot - free entrance. We would welcome a £1 donation for parking.

Sellers will be welcome to set up at 8am with fees £6 per car and small vans, larger vehicles and trailers at £10 each.

The clubhouse will be open with hot food and drinks available all morning and the Bar will also be open towards lunchtime, with guest ales and longstanding favourites on offer.

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Wild nightingales join Sam Lee on the bill for Exeter concert

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 04/06/2018 - 11:52am

Wild nightingales will be among the guest artists when the Mercury Prize-nominated folk star Sam Lee brings his much praised Singing with Nightingales event to Exeter Phoenix on Wednesday 9 May (8pm) - combining music and story-telling with a live link to woods where the birds are in full courtship sing.

The evening is a concert version of the campfire nights which the roots music promoter, The Nest Collective, has been running at nightingale sites in south east England since 2015 and which are happening again this Spring in Kent and Sussex.

For the Exeter date Sam Lee will...

Medea returns to Beer Quarry Caves

Event Date: 
11/04/2018 - 7:00pm to 21/04/2018 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Beer Quarry Caves

Beer Quarry Caves will be home once more to the spectacular Ancient Greek production of Medea in April, courtesy of innovative and immersive theatre company, Four of Swords. Following a sold-out run last year, Medea is back at this incredible subterranean venue from Wednesday 11 – Saturday 21 April 2018.

Having toured Devon and Somerset during the autumn, Four of Swords are returning to Beer Quarry Caves to perform again their adaptation of the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea. The production left a lasting impression with audiences who described the production as “hugely...

New film season marks Exeter Pride’s 10th anniversary

This spring, Exeter Phoenix and Exeter Pride are celebrating love, life and LGBT+ with Cine Queer – a new film season at Studio 74 as part of Exeter Pride’s 10th Anniversary.

In a cinematic celebration of diversity and acceptance, this special film season will feature new releases, cult classics, documentary, panel discussions and more. Cine Queer season opens on Friday 20th April with French film 120 BPM, an exhilarating drama following the actions of Parisian AIDS activists in the early 1990s. This screening will be accompanied by a special introduction about those living with or...

Tom Jones to perform at Powderham Castle

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/04/2018 - 10:38pm

Global superstar Tom Jones is set to perform at Powderham Castle, Kenton on Sunday 15 July 2018 in what promises to be an unforgettable evening of entertainment this summer.

Tom Jones is a living legend. His irresistible style fuses musical eras and genres, cuts across class divides, and appeals to all ages, male and female, mainstream and cutting edge. Tom has always been about the power of the song, the power of the voice. And what a voice indeed.

Tom Jones’ distinctive voice and iconic records have earned him a place as one of the best loved artists ever to emerge from...

The girl with the frog tattoos

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Wed, 04/04/2018 - 11:37am

Zoo keepers are dedicated, passionate – even obsessed. They are devoted to the animals with which they work...

For one keeper at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon, each conservation success means so much to her that she gets a permanent reminder. Dr Katy Upton marks her team’s first successful breeding of each rare frog species with an anatomically correct frog tattoo. Katy explained: “I’m very proud of the work we do with these species and I love tattoos of the animals I work with. So far I’ve got two on my right forearm - Raniotmeya summersii - Summers' poison frog - and...

Experience Dartmoor’s dark skies

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 04/04/2018 - 11:19am

Celebrate International Dark Sky Week at a Dark Sky Event on Tuesday 17 April, organised by Dartmoor National Park in association with the Department of Physics & Astronomy from the University of Exeter.

Both the importance of maintaining a night-time environment without uncontrolled outdoor lighting and the sheer joy of witnessing a natural night sky will be explored at this event with hands-on activities as well as opportunities to view the night sky under the expert tutelage of the University of Exeter.

Starting at 7:30pm at the Moorlands Hotel, Haytor, with an...

Devon's food and drink delights no longer a secret

Authored by HarryWild
Posted: Wed, 04/04/2018 - 10:11am

2018 has got off to a flying start for Devon’s food and drink scene and building on the success of recent years it is fair to say that Devon’s fabulous food and drink is no longer a secret. The county continues to grow in recognition as the place to turn to for the very best produce, thanks in no small part to Food Drink Devon and its members, who are continually helping to build this reputation and share the delights of Devon with a wider audience.

Barbara King, chair of the board of directors for Food Drink Devon, says: “We are delighted to see that Devon’s food fame continues to...

London Marathon run to raise funds for colleague’s inspirational charity

Office manager at Luscombe Drinks, Natalie Cook, is going the extra mile this April to raise awareness and funds for Paignton-based Leah’s Fairy Fund. On Sunday 22nd April, Natalie will be pounding the streets of London and clocking up 26.2 miles as she aims to complete the 2018 London Marathon.

With a fundraising target of £3,500, Natalie is running for Leah’s Fairy Fund, a charity set up by her work colleague Wayne Martin. Wayne and his wife Joanne set up the charity after their daughter Leah was diagnosed with a high-grade medulloblastoma at the age of just two years old....

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