July 2009 » People's Republic of South Devon

Green Devon County Councillor Paula Black speaks to the PRSD

By PRSD, on Friday, July 31, 2009

The Green Party’s Paula Black won a seat for Totnes Rural in the Devon County Council elections, we caught up with her to find out what it means to be the Greenest county councillor in Devon.

Ashley Wing’s Poppies accepted by BBC Film Network website

By PRSD, on Thursday, July 30, 2009

Paignton filmmaker Ashley Wing’s rather excellent Poppies has finally been accepted by the BBC Film Network – some nine months after its completion.

Film Network is the BBC’s interactive showcase for new British filmmakers, screening three short films in broadband quality every week.

Readers of PRSD’s sister site, D+CFilm, will already be familiar with Poppies. Not

Turning the air Blue – David Cameron says ‘twat’ on the radio

By PRSD, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009

No angel – David Cameron goes radio ga-ga

It seems strange to be sat here again wondering about the word ‘twat’.

Yes, only a month after the Stuart Cullimore ‘greasy-haired twat’ debacle, David Cameron went on Absolute Radio this morning and tried the word on for size.

Not only that, maybe inspired by Plymouth City Council’s recent

Fresh Food From Small Places: Green Books of the week

By PRSD, on Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Practical, comprehensive and downright down-to-earth guide to growing food in small places.

Turn your window sills, balconies and back yards into productive vegetable gardens, and even sustainable nurseries for honeybees and chickens (although there is an issue with neighbours here who complain about noise, smell and smart arses who grow their own food).

With Fresh Food From

Sonic Skullduggery from onec on Plymouth Arts Centre’s summer Freesound radio station

By PRSD, on Tuesday, July 28, 2009

It looks a busy summer ahead for those onec people, what with a radio show during the summer radio station that is Freesound at the Plymouth Arts Centre, gigs in September and October and another couple of releases coming out in the next couple of months.

Top-rated Russian travel show comes to Torbay

By PRSD, on Monday, July 27, 2009

A Russian cameraman outside Claires nightclub, yesterday

The English Riviera has been visited by a Russian film crew shooting for Ih Nravy (Their Customs) – one of the country’s top travel shows.

The programme apparently attracts an audience of around a million viewers – which doesn’t seem that much out of a population of, what, 140,702,096?

Recycle your old mobile phone or iPod with Redeem and get a Ticketmaster discount

By PRSD, on Monday, July 27, 2009

Ticketmaster has hooked up with Redeem for a new campaign which offers the chance to recycle your old mobile phone and iPod for the equivalent exchange value in Ticketmaster Gift Cards.

With some mobiles worth up to £150 and iPods worth up to £80, citizens will quickly generate full or part payment toward the purchase of

Devon Wildlife Trust opens heath for East Devon Heath Week

By PRSD, on Monday, July 27, 2009

East Devon Heath Week has come round again… and to celebrate, the Devon Wildlife Trust will have a special open day at its flagship heathland nature reserve at Bystock, near Exmouth, on Tuesday, July 28.

What on Earth? How about organising a Science Event based on the planet?

By PRSD, on Sunday, July 26, 2009

Budding scientists from South Devon can get in early for the next National Science and Engineering Week, which is taking place on March 12-21, 2010.

Exeter catacombs identified as potential swine flu mortuary

By PRSD, on Saturday, July 25, 2009

Exeter city council is considering using 19th century catacombs to store the bodies of swine flu victims if the outbreak worsens.

They’ve identified the empty underground burial chambers in Bartholomew Street, currently used as a tourist attraction, as a potential mortuary.

A council spokesman said the plan would be implemented if the crematorium and cemeteries could not

Geoff Clams: Exorcismus (part 1)

By PRSD, on Saturday, July 25, 2009

A new chapter opens on Geoff Clams‘ life in his regular column.

We had been blessed with a period of relative calm during which the sunshine had been blistering, unbridled and unbroken for sweet weeks on end. The English summer had hit its brief stride and, for a while, the gardens of the valley had sprung

English Riviera by any other name – Torbay’s tourism either changes track or carries on the same (we can’t work it out)

By PRSD, on Saturday, July 25, 2009

It’s difficult keeping up with the tourism to-ing and fro-ing in Torbay. For example, not six months since marketing guru Carolyn Custerson appeared on the scene telling the world that no one knew where the English Riviera is, she’s pushing it as the overall marketing strategy for the whole of Torbay.