What a relief

Posted by Cptn

Given the current climate, rising sea levels will probably be seen as a message from ‘God’ – a bit like what educated people are calling ‘the Noah’s Ark Myth’. But according to new research, that anti-deluvian [sic] phenomenon kick-started the European agrarian economy (that’s farming to you).

Around 8,000 years ago the

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Status symbol

Posted by Cptn

Old news, old hat and liable to bore your pants off, but we thought it worthwhile to remind everyone that Exeter has not been granted unitary status. It’s all an issue of who runs council services.

The Exeter City Council thought it would be a ‘good thing’ to run all of its

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Wage war

Posted by Cptn

Friday is always a good day to reflect on figures, so get you mince pies (that’s seasonal rhyming slang for eyes) around the latest info on average pay for the South West. If we could afford straw we would have carried out a straw poll about these levels of income, instead we

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D+CFree in Exeter

Posted by Captn

Wanna find out about Free Cinema and the impact it made on the British film industry?

Well, come along to D+CFilm’s free Free Cinema screening, taking place at 2pm today (that’s December 6) at the Exeter Phoenix as the opening event of Two Short Nights.

There are some great historic films to watch and a talk

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Learn European

Posted by Cptn

Roll up, roll up for the true European experience.

Good ole MEP egg, Graham Watson (a former banker, donchaknow – no Limericks, please) is inviting teachers to join in the study tour to Brussels next March to see how the main EU institutions work.

But get your skates on, there are just

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Let it be theirs

Posted by Cptn

A friend of the PRSD is trying to create a chart hit to help stop domestic abuse and sexual violence.

Daniel Rachel (search the archive) has released a single for you guys to take a gander at and help make an effort against domestic violence. Apparently only 1,500 people are needed (that’s

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College supplies

Posted by Cptn Hats off to educational facilities in the PRSD’s geographic footprint.

South Devon College picked up three top slots in the Beacon Awards given by the Association of Colleges. And PCAD made do with one. Granted, the categories don’t stir one’s heart with warm feelings, but we’re assured by pedagogues that they are

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Birds, Orphans and Fools #6

The birds, orphans and fools that are David and Tom have been touring Europe with the roof down to pick up more of the best sounds that were around once. Catch up with them again with the mellow, informative, funky, psychedelic and all round rockin tunes.

In the picture #8

Remember when Devon had a thriving industry base? Well, not many people would. That’s why Eddie Dyke’s roamings and ramblings are so important. Here he’s kicking around the Great Devon Mine again. Catch up with previous ‘in the pictures’ to find out more.

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Social lepers

Our friends up in Taddiport are indulging in their fifth (almost) annual Leper Fest tonight. There will be music, dancing and a torchlit leper procession at 8pm. Why all this fetid fun?

Well, the town was established a leper colony back in the day, and powerhouse artist Shan Miller (enfant terrible of the Mid

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Funkensteign

Check out Chudleigh today from 1pm (at the yoof millennium centre, to be exact) for a load of videos, live music and a combination of both of them from Start Me Up. As part of the VANLAND Village Screen, young Chudleighans made a video of the band, which gets its first airing today. Of

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