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Cast of Platform 4's Triffids (Image: Andi Sapey)

Go on a gig-theatre adventure with Triffids!

Take time out this month to go on an gig-theatre adventure with music, sound and pictures…

New Year getaways with a difference

How do you get a change of scenery without going abroad? Here’s a few ideas for a New year getaway with a difference!

Creative Nature Boxes in Devon

If you go down to the woods today…

Get out with your family and enjoy the nature in a new way with eight new creative boxes in Harpford Woods near Sidmouth…

Clovelly Herring Festival - Mike Smylie, aka 'Kipperman'

Kippers and crafts at Clovelly Herring Festival

If you’re looking for something unusual to do this month, then head to the Devon village of Clovelly for a festival that’s a bit fishy…

Pepper Pot market hall in Chagford, Devon - By Nilfanion - Wikimedia UK

Chagford’s film festival returns to Dartmoor

Chagford Film Festival opens in Devon for a week of screenings and special events including dog-friendly films and a scarecrow trail…

Rural Retreat © Judith Jones, 2020

Devon exhibition is hiding in plain sight

An intriguing new exhibition in Devon will have you looking much closer at the artworks. Why? Because each piece has something hidden in it…

Hero and Leander second image credit Chelsey Cliff

Outdoor theatre gig show tours with its own bandstand

Hero & Leander — Or, I Love You, But Everything’s Under Water — is a classic Greek myth that will be retold this summer as an outdoor theatre gig show…

Dine at the Aquarium after-hours

Dine at the aquarium after-hours

Fancy sipping prosecco and dining in style, as an array of wonderful marine life glides by? Well, this autumn, you can do just that…

Creative Cabin on tour in Devon

Devon’s Creative Cabin goes on tour

Devon’s Creative Cabin is about to hit the road with a packed programme of events to help you get closer to nature…

Creative Cabin on tour in Devon

A creative cabin is travelling your way

The Creative Cabin, an innovative travelling creative space, will be taking nature and culture on tour in Devon this autumn…

Exmouth seafront

Exmouth residents invited to help with seafront art project

Local artists and creatives have been invited to help shape Exmouth seafront’s creative journey and rejuvenate the Abode of Love…

Olney Pancake Race, Shrove Tuesday, Olney Buckinghamshire

Competitors get ready to batter one another this Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday (aka Pancake Day) for most people means pigging out on pancakes, but there is so much more to the day, from local customs to wacky races…

Lyth Valley Wassail and Mummers Play - Contrary Life

Old Twelfth Night is the time to go wassailing

On the old Twelfth Night (17th January) a traditional ceremony known as a wassail takes place in villages and orchards across England…

Open Arms exhibition at THG, Devon

Gallery opens arms to thought-provoking exhibition

Open Arms East Devon, the Honiton-based mental health group have launched their first exhibition at Honiton’s Thelma Hulbert Gallery…

Tenby Boxing Day Swim 2017

‘Tis the season for chilly dips into icy waters

This festive season, brave souls will be donning their trunks, swimming costumes, and fancy dress outfits as they prepare to take a quick dip in the waters…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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