Friends, republicans, countrymen… lend me yer eyeballs. Phig Billy here, the PRSD’s resident gonzo cartoonist, eager to report back on his very first all-day comic book workshop last weekend. The event was supported/enabled by the Farringdon Society of Arts and took place at the village hall in Farringdon on Saturday June 21.
June 29th, 2008
posted by Cptn
Friday’s a funeral and Saturday’s bride, as the song goes, and we have hot news from the humanists that non-religious weddings, baby-namings and funerals are becoming far more popular in Devon.
June 28th, 2008
The weekly technology column from those good people at Plymouth’s
Orange Crate
Being accustomed to our compact desktop computers and even smaller laptops (and even smaller pdas), it’s easy to forget how it all began. Forget Charles Babbage and his complex 19th century tinkerings for a second – as important as they were, we’re going to bypass them and move forward a few years to something (a little) more recognizable…
June 27th, 2008
Sarah Clarke of The Torbay Bookshop reviews the latest releases.
A five-part BBC2 series on Russia, with Jonathan Dimbleby as the presenter and the author of a meaty tie-in is a no-brainer as far as I am concerned. In Russia, A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People, the authors travels thousands of miles from Murmansk to Vladivostok, immerses himself in modern Russian culture and encounters many different characters along the way.
Russia, Jonathan Dimbleby, BBC, £25
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June 26th, 2008
posted by Cptn
Rudolf Laban is to dance what William Morris is to upholstery. And as part of its 70-year celebration of his shimmy across Dartington’s doorstep (and 50th anniversary of his death) the place is offering a limited number of bursaries to local people on its four-day Laban dance programme.
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June 26th, 2008
posted by Cptn
News has reached us, with a following wind, that our comrades up north, North Devon that is, have an incredibly thriving arts scene, thank you very much. ‘What about our Art Trek? Came the collective creative cry from the North Shore.
June 25th, 2008
Greetings people’s republicans. Phig Billy hereby apologises for the delay writing this up, but I had an extremely eventful weekend including the rip-roaring success of my first all-day comic book workshop. (You know, for kids.) More on that later, but first…
On Friday I was invited to attend the launch night of the first xNorthcult exhibition “The Unknown” in the newly revamped lobby and bar of the Northcott Theatre. Due no doubt to the incomprehensible presence of a small letter “x” in the event’s title, I was expecting some kind of snobbish, super contemporary display of inaccessible installations. Instead, I was confronted with an intriguing range of often surprisingly edgy and genuinely compelling works by a variety of local artists. (My attorney now informs me that the x stands for Exeter and is a Northcott-wide branding thing… apologies Northcult.)
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June 24th, 2008
posted by Cptn
If yesterday’s cycling fun in Exeter is to make more a lasting impression (saddle soreness notwithstanding), then it might be advisable for all those peddle pushers to freewheel it to the Exeter Beyond the Car talk by Peter Lipman, organised by Low Carbon Exeter, which takes place at the Music Room, Exeter Central Library, on Wednesday July 2 at 7pm.
June 23rd, 2008
We got notification from Equality South West that on Wednesday, June 24 Harriet Harman, Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, is expected to make an announcement on the Single Equality Bill.
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June 22nd, 2008
posted by Jess Sains
There has been considerable strife over the last few months,as we live in a mainly rural community with many older people in its demographic, about the closure of post offices. Now the Royal Mail has announced which offices will be closing in Devon, the strife is reaching fever pitch in some areas.
June 21st, 2008
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