February 2006 » People's Republic of South Devon

Green travelling or time travelling?

By PRSD, on Monday, February 27, 2006

“I had always anticipated that the people of the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand odd would be incredibly in front of us in knowledge, art, everything. Then (.) a flow of disappointment rushed across my mind. For a moment I felt I had built the Time Machine in vain.” H. G. Wells, The Time

Great, what railway?

By PRSD, on Sunday, February 26, 2006

Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the railway, further cuts to an already depleted and erratic service are announced as the Government plans to cut its rail subsidies.

With the A38 clogged up around Ashburton because of the programme of road improvements, for many the train to Plymouth was becoming a

Hold on to your hats

By PRSD, on Saturday, February 25, 2006

Experiments in renewable energy are taking place in South Devon.

British Gas has teamed up with Windsave to trial pole-fixed roof-top propellor-type wind turbines.

But before we throw our hats up in the air with a collective whoop of joy, only for them to be taken farÂ and wide on the prevailing winds, these turbines are not without

Music to my ears

By PRSD, on Thursday, February 23, 2006

Vibraphonic, the Exeter music festival is hitting the streets next week. So listen out there for some funky and original sounds. There’s even the reappearance of the radio station that will dance upon the city’s air waves.

Fair trade fortnight is fast approaching (March 6 – 19), but can anyone tell us what the heck’s going

Who’s responsible?

By PRSD, on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Three cheers for those socially responsible hacks at the Evening Herald, who yesterday reported that the city council is all ready to remove the ‘potentially racist’ mural at Bretonside Bus Station.
The graffiti image of a Kalahari bushman trying to start a fire with sticks of dynamite has apparently prompted outrage from a support group for

This bird has flu-n

By PRSD, on Monday, February 20, 2006

A swan, ah go on! With a bird curfew imininent, this may be the last time we are able to see such avians (and this picture was taken from a bridge – sur le pont, avians I would say if I wanted to push my European credentials, although I have a feeling that my latin

Skanks, but no thanks

By PRSD, on Saturday, February 18, 2006

It seems to have passed everyone by but NoComply are NoMore. The soi-disant horn-fuelled punkers announced the split on their website a couple of weeks ago.
Here’s what their ’statement’ said:Â ‘After a total of nearly eight years as a band, NoComply have decided to call it a day and finish as a band together.
‘We’ve all

Grave situation

By PRSD, on Thursday, February 16, 2006

Hooray for the Herald Express. Their community minded hacks have tipped off the cops about a website prank involving a face-off between ‘Jesus and Satan’, filmed in Torbay’s glamorous Churston church.
The judicious journos also flagged up another website video which apparently boasted acts of vandalism and ‘crude approaches’ to members of the public.
Police have given

Clutching at straws?

By PRSD, on Tuesday, February 14, 2006

â€˜When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for
present delight nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our
descendants will thank us for.â€™ John Ruskin 1849.

Picture this. Tucked away on the old turnpike road just below the busy
A381 Western Bypass on the hill out of Totnes

Political. Correctness. Gone. Maaaad.

By PRSD, on Monday, February 13, 2006

Do you remember the recent hoo-ha about the Bretonside graffiti? It all seems like a long time ago now but it was only the beginning of last week. Which is a shame because it gave everyone who piled into the debate the chance to feel terribly smug and ever-so right-on, daddio. The work, which depicted

With a film

By PRSD, on Sunday, February 12, 2006

The second part of the Creative Collective short film screenings takes part at the Lamb Inn, Sandord, near Credtion today at 2.30pm. Included in the varied and imaginative films on show will be a selection from the 2 Short Nights film festival 2004Â2005. Admission, as ever, is free.

The Creative Collective is a monthly short film

Chiefs and Villains

By PRSD, on Saturday, February 11, 2006

Rosa Luxemburg, I have been lead to believe, was a great fan of rugby union. It was her one guilty, decadent pleasure.

So I found myself with an invite to the Exeter Chiefs. Thrills, spills, excitement, a good crowd and a win for the West Country boys from a stonking second-half performance.

The club moves later this