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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

Geoff Clams is fixin’ to die

By PRSD, on Monday, June 15, 2009

The weekly column from the world of Geoff Clams

Given the media tumult surrounding the Iranian presidential elections, accusations of stolen votes and an inflammatory cultural split, one might be tempted to say that, by comparison, political passions in Britain are either dying, dead or extinct.

Behind the scenes of the North Devon Art Trek on artsculture site

By PRSD, on Saturday, June 13, 2009

Our friends in the north (that’s North Devon) are up to all kinds of crazy art antics. Powerhouse of the North Devon arts scene Stella Levy, who’s organising this year’s Art Trek, June 19-21 and June 26-28, has started a blog over on artsculture.

Wallaby spotted jumping around Teignmouth, South Devon

By PRSD, on Friday, June 12, 2009

On a cool evening in a seaside town you can often do with a woolly jumper. Although that’s probably not what David Evans had in mind when he and his family saw a wallaby cavorting around a field in Teignmouth.

Culturally homogenized Devon debate over on D+CFilm

By PRSD, on Friday, June 12, 2009

A few things over on D+CFilm have caught our eye this week, not least South West Screen’s notion that naming something after a Devon myth alienates people from up-country.

Can you make the world cry with your voice?

By PRSD, on Thursday, June 11, 2009

Are you talented Tenor? Dartington International Summer School is looked for one to be the dastard Pinkerton in Madam Buterfly.

Lemanis’ The Truth About a Push Me Pull You set for physical release on June 15

By PRSD, on Thursday, June 11, 2009

The latest Lemanis album The Truth About a Push Me Pull You is set for a physical release on June 15, which means we need to make sure we publish the our review, so you know just what you’re getting into when you shuffle off to buy it from actual shops. For all you potential

Review of Monoprinting Workshop, Plymouth Museum, June 6, 2009

By PRSD, on Thursday, June 11, 2009

Picasso, Matisse, Emin… and now, after a Saturday workshop at Plymouth Museum, add Smith to the list of people who have produced monoprints, (although unlike the list of artists before me, income from my efforts wouldn’t even cover the bus fare home).

Exeter Northcott to use Open Space Technology to shape the future of theatre in Devon

By PRSD, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

‘Whoever comes are the right people’ is the first principle of Open Space Technology, which is the technique the Exeter Northcott will use to inspire a theatrical revolution in the South West.

Like trees? Volunteer Tree Wardens needed in Teignbridge

By PRSD, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A Tree Warden scheme is set to be relaunched by Teignbridge District Council and the Tree Council, and they need volunteers. You don’t have to be an expert, but you kinda need to like trees.

Katie Marie free download on the PRSD (ssh, it’s on our secret page)

By PRSD, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Katie Marie, she of the weekly column Not Bad For A Girl, got in touch to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for her in the Palm FM poll. And as a sign of her appreciation she’s offered her nominated song 3-1 as a free download on the site.

Latest People’s Republic of South Devon newsletter out now

By PRSD, on Monday, June 8, 2009

With all the inside gen on what’s been going down at PRSD towers, plus a little heads-up on one of our (not too secret) secret additions of offers and giveaways on the site, the latest newsletter has a unique insight into the current PRSD developments