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Melting Pot podcast #4

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Getting to grips with the underbelly of the Devon music scene.

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In your own time

If, like me, you’re sick of the fast lane, and all that comes with it, especially fast art, then you should head, at a sedate pace, to the Slow exhibition at Plymouth Arts Centre.

Slow? You ask. Why Slow? This is what the blurb says: “By slowing things down, critical reflection is made more possible

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Lamppost post

Have we been left in the dark? Surely not. But we may all be if carbon beating proposals to cut early hour street lighting in Exeter and Kingsteignton get the go ahead. We at the People’s Republic of South Devon say it’s a jolly good idea, but then we get to bed early and refuse

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Unbelievable truth

Last survivor alive out of the World Trade Center and 9/11 truth campaigner William Rodriquez is set to visit the People’s Republic next month.

Turn to D+CFilm for all the details, as well as a clip of Rodriguez in action. And heck, while you’re about it, why not have a look at this week’s new movie releases and all the info about the

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Art to arts

Saying ‘I don’t know much about art, but I do know what I like,’ is no longer an excuse for bad taste.

Get informed at the Red Propeller Gallery in Kingsbridge, which is launching a handful of talks on contemporary modern art led by Kristina Bieganski.

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On the campaign trail

Tridents refits are done in Plymouth, right? And at a time of world-wide nuclear proliferation, war and a proclamation by nuclear scientists that the ‘Domesday clock‘ is closer to midnight (now that doesn’t sound good), CND, the Stop the War Coalition, and the British Muslim Initiative are organising a national demonstration on Saturday, February 24,

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Cinema times

Hands up if you want to go to the pictures? Well get on down to D+CFilm for the latest arthouse releases, with – wait for it – links to trailers! Those D+CFilm people are great (said with a movie-star swoon). And they’ve got all the latest gen on what’s going on in the local film

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Go to the fair

The county council is united in its efforts to become the second Fairtrade county in the country. This will involved all the usual gubbins of serving up the Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits at all their gatherings along with a request to the Office of Fair Trading (now, wouldn’t it be fun if it was

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Animated Exeter launch

Festival organisers, Susannah Shaw left, and Liz Harkman, with one of the Peter puppets at the Peter and the Wolf exhibition at the Animated Exeter launch. Check out even more great pics of that specific shin dig in the gallery. Or post up your own. The whole process is relatively simple… Pic: Jenny Steer

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Holiday

Hurrah for the unions. The anachronism that some would say the TUC had become has reinvented itself to be increasingly potent – if it’s not fighting for better pay and conditions it’s trying to win us more holidays.

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Melting Pot podcast #3

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Getting to grips with the underbelly of the Devon music scene.

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Eye, eye

If any of you yoof need a bit help to get into Europe (like, you’re in Europe already, duh), for work, study or to live then check out the Eye, that’s European Youth Experience, produced by South West Conservative MEP Giles Chichester.

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Join the debate?

Join the debate, they say. What debate? you ask. Good question. Apparently, the debate of our future here in the south west is going on right now, and you can, nay, are compelled, to join in. So what is this debate?

Good question.

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SLOW DOWN

‘Hey, mister bee, why are you buzzing around? Take it easy.’ Good advice indeed, and on the first day of Slow Down week, organised by those Cultural Jammers, Adbusters, it applies to more than just apiarists.

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