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Ethical products

We were told by the Ethical Product Review that consumers (that’s you) are faced with a challenge over which green products to buy.

The Ethical Product Review then coyly suggested we should use them to compare, contrast and make recommendations about the ethical products that are out there. On their site, they say, you

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Knight watch

Our chums over at D+CFilm have been banging on about Ashley Wing’s Hard Day’s Knight for a couple of months now.

Described as a ‘mocumentary of epic proportions’, the 10-minute short follows Britain’s only professional knight in shining armour.

Why are we telling you all this? Well, because you can finally see the flick, in full, on D+CFilm

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Aeon right!

Has it really been a year since the first Aeon Festival? Doesn’t time fly, eh viewers? We were but fresh-faced young upstarts frolicking through the fields of the internet in those days. Now, we feel like rheumy-eyed elder statesmen, dispensing sage advice with a kindly toothless smile.

We’re guessing Aeon organiser Niki Portus must feel the same way (although she definitely doesn’t have rheumy eyes and a toothless smile). We first met her at the inaugural Aeon, and since then she’s been involved in everything from PRSD podcasts to organising and promoting concerts in Exeter and Plymouth.

Like the PRSD, she’s learnt loads over the last year, and evidently put it all to good use at last weekend’s Aeon 2.0, where there was an pervasive air of games being upped, scores being settled and points being made.

It’s reasonable to say that barely anyone bothered to turn up last year. This year, it was different. This year, it was bloody packed. Continue reading…

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On your bike

So, Bank Holiday Monday saw the number of biker deaths in and around Plymouth rise to 12 this year.

All this despite a high-profile campaign backed by the police and the Plymouth Herald warning bikers to, yknow, be a bit more careful. Gee, thanks for that.

Don’t get us wrong – we’re all for

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Put your heart in it

After a jaunt around Haytor and a jive at the AEON festival, we at the People’s Republic are always keen on good ole healthy fun, especially if it gets your pulse beating. So, while you’re feeling refreshed and revitalised we thought we’d tell you about a British Heart Foundation jog, coming up this Sunday

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Gender agenda

The first national transexual conference has been left high and dry after a major sponsor pulled out.

The event is planned for September 8 and 9 in Bath, and organisers are now facing the prospect of raising £5,000 for it to take place.

Dan Hooper, chair of Western Boys, told the PRSD: ‘We need

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Nepal action

Sick of kicking up your heels at home and long to build homes in Nepal? Well now’s your chance.

Action Aid is on the look out for volunteers to help the Kamaiyan people build housing for families recently released from bonded labour.

Helen Walker, Action Aid fundraising spokesperson, told the PRSD: ‘This is Action

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