A unique piece of artwork celebrating HM The Queen’s 90th birthday will be on show at Castle Fine Art, Exeter on Cathedral Yard from Monday 13th June.
With public celebrations and events taking place throughout the UK from Friday 10th – Sunday 12th June, British artist Nic Joly – who specialises in creating miniature wall sculptures – has produced a new piece in honour of the longest reigning Monarch in British history.
Named ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ the hand-signed, framed wall sculpture is being produced in an edition size of 90 – a nod to HM The Queen’s age. It features...
Nine Below Zero tour with the classic line-up of all four original band members; Dennis Greaves (guitar/vocals), Mark Feltham (harmonica), Mickey ‘Stix’ Burkey (drums) and Brian Bethell (bass). Mickey played live with the band for the first time since the 80s in November 2012 at the 30th Anniversary gig in Islington and now rejoins the band on permanent basis. Since their genesis in the 1970s, Nine Below Zero have been known for providing unique and innovative music in the form of alt blues-rock, a breath of fresh air in a pop punk era. Speaking about the tour, front-man Dennis Greaves...
For people interested in fitness and running from beginners to expert in Devon looking for free static gait analysis, expert footwear and recovery advice, special offers and free gifts are invited to a special event at a local sports store.
Intersport Tony Pryce in Exeter will be hosting a fitness and technical focussed event from 6pm until 8pm on Monday, June 13th and will have expert staff offering advice and a free goody bags for attendees.
Karen Chamberlain, Manager of the store located in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, said: “We wanted to host an event that appeals to...
The Samaritans charity in and around Exeter is celebrating Volunteers’ Week by saying a great big thank you to its team of lifesaving volunteers.
Every six seconds someone contacts Samaritans, and across the UK and Republic of Ireland, over 20,000 volunteers give five million hours of their time a year responding to calls, fundraising, supporting people in prisons, workplaces and schools, and running local branches like the one for Exeter, Mid and East Devon. It would cost £72m a year to operate the charity if all volunteers were paid.
Keep your eyes peeled for a rally of cyclists who next month will cycle a grueling 240 miles starting in Guildford and finishing three days later at Saunton Sands beach in Braunton, North Devon. Each cyclist will be sponsored with the profits being donated to Surf Mobility, a charity that provides surfing experiences for children with physical disabilities.
Riders are confirmed for the first two days of the route, Guildford to Bournemouth and on to Exeter but the charity are on a ‘shout out’ for any cyclists who would like to join in the last 80 miles from Exeter to Saunton Sands,...
Near term expectations for South West house prices turned slightly negative for the first time since 2013 according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
The survey shows house prices in central London falling while prices are continuing to climb modestly across the rest of the UK. In the South West 25% more respondents said prices had risen rather than fallen over the last three months. This figure has fallen in each month since February when 73% more respondents reported a rise rather than a fall in prices.
A study commissioned by Devon County Council has looked into the reasons why some children miss school due to anxiety.
The findings are helping the Council provide practical advice and information to schools in order that they can better support students, enabling them to keep up their attendance.
Educational Psychologists conducted the study as part of a wider exploration of ‘anxiety based school avoidance’ across Devon.
Their report acknowledges that students miss school, or find it hard to attend, for various reasons such as following a period of illness or...
An exhibition of beautiful early 19th-century illustrations of Indian flora exploring the plants’ usage in traditional Ayurvedic and modern medicine.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the East India Company controlled much of the Indian subcontinent. Keen to exploit and export valuable natural commodities, the Company set out to record the flora of India and commissioned Indian artists to create detailed botanical illustrations.
Many of the plants were known through their use in Ayurvedic medicine. One of the world’s oldest medicinal systems, it has been practiced...
Exeter Respect returns to the city on Saturday 11th June and Sunday 12th June 2016. Our diversity festival has grown dramatically along with the diversity of the city’s population, and provides a great, safe, space in which more communities than ever before can come and celebrate and share their cultures.
Exeter Respect is the city's annual celebration of diversity where we use the performing and creative arts to engage the wider community in sayign no to racism and all forms of prejudice. The Respect ethos is a simple one: racism and prejudice often spring from fear, and fear is...
In growing their national network, Prosperity Financial Advisors & Stockbrokers have chosen Exeter as their Business Centre for the South West.
“Our research told us that Exeter is up there in the UK top ten of places to do business, “ said Prosperity’s Hampshire-based Managing Director, Mark Newman.
Mark was in Exeter to open the Company’s new office at the Matford Business Centre in Marsh Barton. “It’s an attractive town that combines a business buzz with a friendly feel where people know each other. To us, that’s very important, as our whole business philosophy is...
