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 We bring you all the best of the local music scene. Take a trip through the music industry, in this podcast Niki speaks to Dave Blomberg of Nozzle (formerly of New Model Army). Listen and learn, people. Also featured is music from Destine. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] A new website is offering an independent platform for NHS patients in the People’s Republic to share their experiences and make informed choices about their healthcare. Patient Opinion is an independent, not-for-profit organisation which allows patients to play an active role in driving change in the NHS. Since the introduction of hospital choice in England So is it the death knell for Sats, those pesky exams they prime kids for from the age of four? New children’s laureate Michael Rosen isn’t keen on them, that’s for sure. If you’ve ever picked up one of those Sats booklets and tried to work out what the kids are learning in school nowadays, If you like your theatre with a bit of bite what better than a new company called Theatre with Teeth. Currently holed up at Exeter University, this bunch will be showing off their pearly whites in Moretonhampstead Parish Hall on June 18, followed by their show Take Some of This, at the Barnfield Theatre on Hola, People of the Republic – would you credit it? Our favourite painter has completed a series based on our favourite director. Plymouth-gal Josie McCoy’s solo show Las Chicas de Almodovar, is at DF Arte Contemporanea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from June 16 to July 21, depicts characters from films by Pedro Almodovar including Tree2mydoor are a fun Manchester gift company that specialise in sending personalised trees as gifts by post directly to happy people all over the UK. The People’s Republic of South Devon has teamed up with Tree2mydoor to offer you with a nice little discount that could help save a bit of money while being You wanna know what goes into your burger, on second thoughts, don’t even think about it. Instead go along to see Fast Food Nation, by Richard Linklater no less, and based on a true story, no less. And just one of the films featured in the independent movie round-up on Devon and Cornwall films. Posted Powergen is urging organisers of summer fairs and festivals in the People’s Republic to follow simple energy saving tips and enjoy a more environmentally-friendly event. The company is seeking nominations for the most energy conscious summer fair in the South West during July and August this year and will select the most deserving to receive Plymouth Sutton MP, Linda Gilroy has set up a local Climate Change panel to provide feedback and views on the draft Climate Change Bill. The panel, made-up of those who had written, emailed or called Mrs Gilroy in the past about the environment or climate change, met for the first time on Thursday last week. Get yourselves out to watch an (almost) award-winning play in Totnes next week. Jonathan Brown, writer and actor in The Father Monologues was nominated for Best Male Performer at this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival in the two-part one-man show. Jonathan told the PRSD: ‘To celebrate, we are playing Part 2 at The Barrel House, Totnes, Radical poet and performer Gerry King – well as radical as you can get for a greetings card maker – was in town as his alter ego newspaper proprietor Zero Lubin for the Surreal Saloon, and we sent out one of our more inexperienced reporters to talk to him. Zero Lubin, and the Zero A sopping globe of melting ice will mark World Environment Day at EDF Energy’s Gadeon House office in Exeter, on Tuesday. The company will honour the day with a bunch of activities at various sites around the country, including Exeter and Plymouth, reflecting this year’s Melting Ice – A Hot Topic? theme. At the Eden Artists in Exeter, you’ve got one week to wise up and apply to open your doors to the masses so we can see how you make your arty magic work – yes the closing date for applications to the Exeter Open Studio is looming. The event takes place between November 2 and 4 and is Contestants of the Apprentice-style Nigel Green Recruit show gird yourselves, your whole life will be turned upside down in the competition (it’s not a game) to win the job as… wait for it… an estate agent! Like duh, it doesn’t take a genius to spot the difference between an Alan Sugar-type entrepreneur, and errr… an |
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