Lifestyle

A striking Indian dance troupe and an inspirational orchestra of blind musicians will be among the headline acts at the 2013 Plymouth Respect Festival .

The event, which is organised by the Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council, is being hosted by Plymouth University over the weekend of October 12 and 13.

It will feature a blend of music, entertainment and food from across...

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery’s ‘Young Explainers’ have scooped a regional learning award at a special ceremony at the British Museum.

The student volunteers from Plymouth University are joint winners in the South West category of the 2012 Marsh Awards for Museum Learning, alongside a fellow volunteer group from the Holburne Museum in Bath.

They received the accolade for...

Imagine a fantasy jukebox that contained all the most influential, innovative, adventurous and just plain great music since the dawn of the recording era. OK, so the likes of iTunes, YouTube and Spotify have made this more of a reality than a fantasy, but setting aside their rather indiscriminating presence, what should it include?

Continuing a series exploring some of the key...

The Treasury, a café, bar and restaurant on Royal Parade in Plymouth, is celebrating ten years of business this July. From the ‘Betamax’ birthday party on the Friday 19th July and throughout the rest of July and August, The Treasury will be offering people the chance to discover, or rediscover, a bar which has been central to Plymouth’s cultural scene over the last ten years. Or as they put it...