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Not Bad For A Girl: Katie Marie puts her back out

By PRSD, on Thursday, June 18, 2009

Katie Marie Kendo Katie Marie ends up with a bad back and time to catch up with some reading – about the music business, of course

Hey everyone! Had a good week? I’ve had a rather painful time of it, as shortly after I wrote my last article I descided to pull a load of muscles

The origins of eccentricity, according the official eccentric Colin Shaddick

By PRSD, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Devon Eccentric Colin Shaddick (no it’s official – he came third in this year’s competition), dropped us a poetic line to explain a bit about the origins of his award-winning eccentricity. You could get more of an insight at the Salon del Eccentrica, an Eccentric evening at the Broomhill Art Hotel, Barnstaple on Thursday, June

The Geoff Clams column: Premiere Time

By PRSD, on Monday, June 8, 2009

•This is a new regular column on the adventures of Geoff Clams

On an impossibly sunny and happily recent Thursday, it so happened that I caught the local premiere of John Tomkins’ new feature-length movie, Like an Angel, at Torre Abbey’s Spanish barn.

Not Bad For A Girl – Katie Marie’s manic week

By PRSD, on Thursday, May 28, 2009

Katie Marie and the hectic life-style of a multi-talented musician.

Heya there everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful bank holiday weekend – as promised in last week’s article, here’s a full breakdown of my musical (and rather manic!) week/weekend!

Art theft at the Exeter Phoenix

By PRSD, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009

There has been a theft of art work, part of an installation by British artist Doug Jones, at the Exeter Phoenix’s galleries. The incident took place at around 10.15pm on Saturday, May 23.

See how Totnes low-impact community Landmatters live on their open day

By PRSD, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Landmatters community, who live in low-impact dwellings near Totnes, are opening their doors to demonstrate transition and permaculture in action on Sunday June 7.

Olives for Hope: Devon Fairtrade groups support Palestinian livelihoods

By PRSD, on Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Actress turned olive farmer Carol Drinkwater (from essential ’80s Saturday night viewing All Creatures Great and Small) is to help launch a project supporting Palestinian farmers in the face of the destruction of their olive trees.

Diggin It gets guerrilla gardener to Plymouth for Colourful Communities talk

By PRSD, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Diggin It, the organic garden people in Plymouth, have lured internationally renowned guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds to Plymouth to give advice on how to transforming urban wastelands into areas enriched with flowers and wildlife in a special talk for anyone who wants to see a bit more green in the concrete jungle.