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Dance Days

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Here is some kickin’ news of Summer Dance Days with attick Dance at Liskeard School and Community Centre, which take place on Tuesday to Thursday August 5-7.

You’ll spend the day making a dance piece that will be performed at end of the session for friends and family. No experience necessary. And you’re advised to take a packed lunch and plenty of water, comfy, loose clothing and trainers.

The breakdown is Tuesday August 5 - 6 to 10 years olds (10am to 2.30pm); Wednesday August 6 - 11 to 15 year olds (10am to 4pm) and Thursday August 7 over 16 years old (10am to 4pm)
Thursday 7th August - over 16 years old (10am to 4pm).

To book your place call 01752 563386 or email info@attik.org.uk

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July 24th, 2008

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Book review - The Great Western Beach

Sarah Clarke of The Torbay Bookshop reviews the latest releases.

Emma Smith’s childhood memoir The Great Western Beach gives us a glimpse of growing up in Newquay, Cornwall, between 1923 and 1935. The family is somewhat hard up with her war hero and gentleman father forced to work as a lowly bank clerk but determined to keep up his high standards for himself and his wife and three children. Every detail of their family life is retold through the keen eyes of a young girl. It is a delight to read.

The Great Western Beach, Emma Smith, Bloomsbury, £14.99, 9780747595915

• The Torbay Bookshop is one of the leading independent booksellers - visit it online.

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Land lecture

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There’s a whole load of hoopla about providing food for a growing world population in the face of climate change, and, dare we say, alternative fuel. But rather than get all Daily Mail about it, why not pop along to the University of Exeter’s free talk on the Use and Abuse of Land Resources (not, as the wags in the office have suggested “Fear in a handful of dust”) on Thursday July 31.

As part of the Geography Department’s series of free lectures on the past, present and future of the Earth, Professor Tim Quine will move between China’s dusty Loess Plateau and Europe’s arable farm land to explain how the latest research techniques are helping gain new insights into the causes of erosion.

Professor Tim Quine told the PRSD: “As we try to keep up with the needs of a rising population, it is more important than ever before that we understand the threats to our land. At the university we are constantly striving to find new and better ways to do this. I look forward to sharing some of our exciting new research projects with local people and to hear from them how they avoid treating soil like dirt.”
Event details:
Professor Tim Quine: Use and Abuse of Land Resources
Thursday 31 July, 6.30pm, Streatham Campus, Exeter (Moot Room)
This event is free of charge and booking is not required.

Other events in the series:

Thursday 28 August, 6.30pm Tremough Campus, Penryn (Lecture Theatre A)
Bridget Woodman: Energy Policy for a Changing Climate

Thursday 25 September, 6.30pm Streatham Campus, Exeter (Moot Room)
Stewart Barr: ‘Doing Your Bit’. Can we change our lifestyles to help the Planet?

Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm Tremough Campus, Penryn (Lecture Theatre A)
Jasper Knight Climate Change and Sandy Coastlines

Thursday 27 November, 6.30pm Streatham Campus, Exeter (Moot Room)
Chris Turney: Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past

Thursday 11 December, 6.30pm Tremough Campus, Penryn (Lecture Theatre A)
Chris Caseldine: Iceland - living on the margin

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