Burial at Thebes

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A bit of Greek often means more than a chunk of feta and a dollop of yoghurt, and in the case of the Farringdon Society of Arts there’s a whole Burial at Thebes thing going on, which opens today and runs until Saturday.

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Unholy launch

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Exeter-based poet and novelist Alexis Lykiard will launch his new poetry collection, Unholy Empires at a special book launch in the Exeter Picturehouse bar at 7pm tomorrow (Tuesday May 20).

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From The Closet To The Cosmos (art review)

- From The Closet To The Cosmos, exhibition of painting and photography by Evelyn Dewar, Fairlynch Museum, 27 Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 6NP. Til October 31. Open daily 2pm–4.30pm posted by Nicci Wonnacott

The Fairlynch Museum is lucky to have Evelyn Dewar as resident artist and to have the exhibition for the whole

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The highly talented Ems Coombes is back with a smile on her face and a song (or two) in her heart. And this time the songs come from Spin Two and Golden Apple. Listen and learn. [display_podcast]

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Sunday Service

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In this ungodly age, it’s refreshing to know that a much-loved Sunday Service will continue – the Exeter to Okehampton trains.

After the announced sale of Dartmoor Railway the county council secured the the Sunday Services which has operated each season since 1997 as part of the Dartmoor Sunday Rover network

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Tango: Nuevo (dance review)

To conincide with the Exeter Northcott Dance Festival, Dance in Devon and the theatre have worked with young dancers to review some of the best dance that’s on. The Dance Festival continues tonight (May 17) with Phoenix Dance

Tango: Nuevo at the Exeter Northcott review by Lucie Tullett

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Birmingham Royal Ballet (dance review)

To coincide with the Exeter Northcott Dance Festival, Dance in Devon and the theatre have worked with young dancers to review some of the best dance that’s on. The Dance Festival continues tonight (May 17) with Phoenix Dance

Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Exeter Northcott by Lucie Tullett

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Got talent? Get out there

posted by Cptn

The Surreal Saloon people, Josephine Larsen and Belinda Harris-Reid – are calling on all the talented people in Devon to join in their new high-speed competition.

The first event kicks off on Saturday June 14 at the Exeter Phoenix, and these on-going monthly dos will build towards an awards night in

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Fairway to raise funds

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Take a walk on the wild side, and play golf to too, what could be better?

Devon Wildlife Trust has a few places left for their fundraising golf tournament, which takes place on Friday June 6 – and you have until Friday May 23 to get your entry in.

The tournament

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Keep on walking

posted by Cptn

Prepare to see confused children snaking through the streets in long lines next week, it’s National Walk to School Week (from May 19). And unless those of you sans youngsters are feeling smug while you lie in, the theme is Exploring the Environment through Noise and Sound.

So get that in

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Artists open up

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We have news of the upcoming Totnes and Dartington Open Studios event.

This is Totnes and Dartington’s eighth year and there are now 23 artists (painters, illustraters, sculptors, printmakers, ceramics-ers, photographers, jewellers, basketers and textile-tosters – phew, to name but a few).

And this is your chance to mosey around the

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Lord Young – Dartington

As part of South Devon’s Humanists’ series of discussions, George Black will give a talk on Lord Young of Dartington at 7.30pm on Thursday May 22 in Birdwood House in Totnes.

“Michael Young, the late Lord Young of Dartington, was an entrepreneur most famous for founding the Open University and the Consumers’ Association and

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Rhod or Aran

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The Farringdon Society of Arts has had its hand in an award winning marketing coup for self-published author Geoff Anderson.

Geoff picked up the first prize in the self-published novel marketing award for his book the Legend of Aranrhod, organised by the David St John Thomas Charitable Trust (that’s the David

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Curator’s egg

What possess galleries to come up with some of their crazy ideas? Pile of bricks indeed.

Art correspondent Phil Ginsberg went to a special seminar at Plymouth Arts Centre to find out more about curators

Off to Plymouth Arts Centre for a seminar on curating contemporary art entitled “Inter_connections”. Oh, the finesse of that

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