September 2007 » People's Republic of South Devon

Trophyism

By PRSD, on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 |

You may remember that last year the People’s Republic of South Devon was up for a Plymouth Media Partnership Innovation Award. You don’t? Well let’s not dwell on our past failure (the winner of our category was the stonking Plymouth Music Zone, who we would have lobbied for had we not been bigging ourselves up).

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Keleher wins

By PRSD, on Monday, September 24, 2007 | 2 comments - ()

Remember last year’s Art Farm Project? Sure you do â€“ sour milk, piles of Wellies, et al. Well, one of those who was part of that show has gone on to win the Exeter Contemporary Open (eco). Anna Keleher’s Evolutionary Space images picked up the cash and the plaudits

Organised by the Exeter Phoenix, this

Aaron Custance

By PRSD, on Sunday, September 23, 2007 |

Just one of the images by Aaron Custance in his show at Moretonhampstead.

‘I am drawing attention to the need for a ‘renaissance humain’ by painting the good, the bad and the ugly of our times. This includes themes like Venus, by Boticelli, 9/11, and local ‘good’ characters,’ he told us here at the

Allez ons

By PRSD, on Sunday, September 23, 2007 |

Vive le Revolution!

The new term of the Alliance Francaise d’Exeter et Dartington rolls into action tomorrow. As ever, we at the PRSD are keen to celebrate our multi-culturalism, and with the Alliance putting on events about les SurrÃ©alists and le shopping, maybe it’s not as hard as UKIP would have you believe.

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Peace day

By PRSD, on Saturday, September 22, 2007 |

Did you know it was Peace Day yesterday? Well, we did, and we, err, still forgot, despite the Thin White Duke’s best efforts. Just so you don’t forget again (etch it into your Blueberry now), here are a few Peace Day facts.

Founded in 1999 by do-gooder filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, Peace One Day is

Paintings with a message

By PRSD, on Friday, September 21, 2007 |

Aaron Custance aims to offend everyone with his surreal, political and religious art work on show in the back room of the White Horse pub in Moretonhampstead on Sunday (Sept 23).

‘It’s unusual, political and out of the ordinary,’ said artist Shan Miller, and she should know. The work includes a shroud for goodness sake.

Melting Pod podcast 27

By PRSD, on Thursday, September 20, 2007 |

Niki gives ‘going rural’ a whole new meaning on this week’s Melting Pot on The People’s Republic of South Devon. As well as the usual tips on what’s on and where to go, this week there are tunes from The Smear and Anti Social Club, Deception and Minor Planet.

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