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New West Country gay play, Open Door comes to Exeter

On a dark February night in 1954, a young man catches the Exeter to Bristol express. He never completes his journey. What happens to him on the train changes the life of every queer person in the land...

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Ant & Dec's supercomputer heads for Drake Circus

Drake Circus shoppers in Plymouth can become TV stars if they’re brave enough to take on the Saturday Night Takeaway Supercomputer which is coming to the region’s leading shopping centre today (Monday 24 March).

The Supercomputer, made famous by the prime time show hosted by presenting duo Ant and Dec, has been travelling up and down the UK giving members of the public the chance to...

Hospital Poem goes online

A poem written about Derriford Hospital by Plymouth's Poet Laureate, Mike Sullivan, has gone on line.

The board of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust commissioned Mr Sullivan to write a 'warts and all' poem about the hospital.

The result is a work called "Bring Us Your Sick".

Mr Sullivan was recently a guest on Hospital Radio Plymouth during which he...

The Chattiest Streets in the South West are the Happiest Streets

Making small talk with a neighbour doesn’t always come naturally for people in the South West but when they do make the effort they feel happier, a new study has revealed.

A national survey carried out by Lottery-funded initiative The Big Lunch, the UK’s annual get-together for neighbours, found that more than 70% of people in the South West said that small talk makes them feel happier...

Art on show at Council House

If you’ve not yet been to see the latest art exhibition at the Council House there are two more public viewings on Wednesday 19 March and Tuesday 1 April.

The open art show is the third to be hosted by Plymouth City Council in partnership with the Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth University and the University of St Mark and St John to showcase the talent of local artists.

It...

Plymouth to host major MTV music event

MTV will be ‘crashing’ Plymouth Hoe this summer to stage a spectacular live music event as part of the city’s ‘Three Towns’ centenary celebrations.

Organised in collaboration with the City Council, ‘MTV Crashes Plymouth’ will take place in July and feature a number of headline music acts.

It follows other massively popular MTV Crashes events staged in Glasgow, Belfast and...

Young SW couples wanted for hit BBC3 show

BBC Three hit ' Hotel of Mum and Dad' is back and it's creators Mentorn Media are urging couples in Devon to consider appearing.

The show gives couples who are living in the family home a chance to live on their own for a week to see if domesticated bliss is all it's made out to be!

If you or your partner are :

• Desperate for your own space • Too used to home comforts...

Cleaners talk dirty in smash-hit comedy

If you’re looking for a way to do some theatrical spring cleaning and dust off the winter blues with a good laugh, then Plymouth-based Gadzooks Theatre Company have got just the thing for you.

“Dirty Dusting”, by Ed Wood and Trevor Waugh, is the hilarious tale of three cleaning women who are going to be made redundant and decide that to get their own back, they set up a sex chat line...

Portraits by pioneering female artist go on show at Museum and Art Gallery

A touring exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery, London featuring paintings by one of the most popular and pioneering British artists of the 20th century will open at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 1 March.

'Laura Knight Portraits' highlights the life and career of Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), whose highly distinctive and vivid work saw her rise to the top...

Council House opens its doors for third art exhibition

A new exhibition of contemporary local artwork has gone on display at the Council House.

The open art show is the third to be hosted by Plymouth City Council in partnership with the Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth University and the University of St Mark and St John to showcase the talent of local artists.

The show aims to reflect the breadth of contemporary visual art...

Festival in memory of former Plymouth bar manager

A music festival is being held in Plymouth in memory of Paul Smith who died during the Great West Run in Exeter at the age 26.

Juncfest 2014 is taking place on Saturday (1 March) at The Junction pub in Plymouth, and will raise funds for SADS UK, in memory of Paul who was the former bar manager.

Paul collapsed and died several miles in to the Exeter half marathon in May, 2011....

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