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Rethinking Traditional Garden Fencing

In many British gardens, fencing is simply part of the background. It marks a boundary, keeps pets in, offers a bit of privacy from next door. Yet anyone who has replaced a fence more than once knows it’s rarely a small job. Panels loosen, posts lean, and before long the whole structure begins...

Plymouth’s Open Air Cinema returns to city’s waterside locations

Plymouth Arts Centre’s Open Air Cinema is returning for 2018, offering audiences the opportunity to enjoy their favourite films in a series of iconic locations. Since 2012, this much-loved feature on Plymouth’s summer calendar has visited spectacular sites across the waterfront city for a programme of film events through July, August and September.

With a mix of blockbusters, cult...

New play inspired by the Suffragette-Suffragist struggle comes to Plymouth

A new play inspired by an imagined meeting between two great leaders of the women’s suffrage campaign is coming to the Barbican Theatre Plymouth as par of a tour of the South West.

The Cause depicts the explosive meeting of minds when Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst come together at a time when campaigns for women’s rights were at their most revolutionary & embattled....

Extended Diploma Film students work with international directing duo Zhang + Knight

UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art & Design (Film, Animation & Media Production) students from Plymouth College of Art recently took advantage of an opportunity to work with directing duo Zhang + Knight on a music video for FRIEND London, an agency that has produced commercials, online content, short films, and music videos, for clients including Google, Adidas, and Nike.

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Plymstock student to follow in the footsteps of international dance stars

A talented young student from Plymstock will be taking part in a nine-date tour of the UK with a young dance company from one of the most prestigious performing arts schools in Britain.

Nineteen-year-old Ollie Selwood is a dance student at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and is a member of the school's Encore Dance Company, which will be showcasing an exciting programme of...

Plymouth Gin design challenge winner announced

Lewis McCulloch Ryan has been announced as the winner of a design challenge to create a new iconic drinking vessel for Plymouth Gin, scooping a £1,000 prize fund.

The competition, a collaboration with Plymouth College of Art, saw 15 design student finalists compete during a live final at the gin distillery.

Known for supporting local makers in Plymouth city, the iconic gin...

Camp Bestival tour comes to Plymouth

Partnership ahoy! The Camp Bestival crew are very pleased indeed to announce that the good ship HMS Camp Bestival will set sail Around the World In 18 Raves with ace seafaring mates Big Fish Little Fish.

Hoisting sail for a host of fantastic family rave regattas, they'll be cruising Lundy, Portland, Wight abdThames, and all across the shores of the south coast and beyond, landing at...

100 Easter Eggs for CHICKS

Local Health and Safety Training and Consultancy firm has donated 100 Easter Eggs for children’s charity CHICKS.

SSG Training and Consultancy, based in Plymouth, have been collecting eggs for CHICKS for the past four years. This year they contributed an amazing 100 eggs; beating last year’s record of 69.

CHICKS, Country Holidays for Inner City Kids, is a nationwide charity...

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Tim Firth’s new musical The Band heads for Plymouth

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Take That have announced that the UK Tour of Tim Firth’s new musical, The Band, with the music of Take That, will come to Theatre Royal Plymouth Tuesday 15 – Saturday 26 May.

Take That said, “We are incredibly proud and excited that our first production as theatre producers is THE BAND – a musical that we think will touch the hearts of not just our...

Who’s in your home when you’re not there?

A new survey released today by UIA Mutual Insurance reveals that when we aren’t leaving our keys with other people, many of us will hide them in hidden locations outside of our house. The most popular hiding places are under a flower pot (14%), under the doormat (12%) and in the garden shed (7%). According to figures from ONS, 70% of home intruders in the UK gained entry through a household...

New regional agency will reduce waiting times for children awaiting adoption

Local authority adoption services in Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset are joining forces to become a single regional adoption service, under the banner Adopt South West.

The move, required by the Government, is expected to improve the adoption process; making it simpler for adoptive parents, and quicker so children awaiting adoption are waiting less time.

Council adoption...

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