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Data, Not Guesswork: How AI Predicts the Next Big Trend in Online Entertainment

A new game or entertainment app can feel like it “gets better” after a few days. That’s not by accident. Behind the scenes, AI is paying attention to how you use it; what you stick with, what you skip, and what keeps you returning.

To understand why this happens, it helps to look at...

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Playing Cards in Plymouth - Where and How?

Playing cards is a great way of earning cash if you've got a knack for it, but it's also a shared experience that is often most enjoyable when betting against your friends. The sense of community in the gambling world is usually understated, with people usually thinking of large-scale casinos and clubs, but there are lots of smaller local groups that meet to play and have fun.

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Free exhibition about the Dartmoor Search and Rescue teams

A free exhibition at the Princetown Visitor Centre is throwing a spotlight on the 220 volunteers who selflessly give their time to staff the four teams that make up the Dartmoor Rescue Group (DRG).

The display explores half a century of the dramatic and sometimes harrowing search and rescue work of lost or injured people that the men and women undertake both on the moor and further...

Free festival of blues and jazz music in Plymouth this weekend

This weekend, Plymouth’s Barbican will be filled with the sounds of smooth blues and swinging jazz as the Ocean City Blues ‘n’ Jazz Festival returns for its fourth year.

The festival, organised by Plymouth City Council, runs from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 August and starts at 12pm each day.

The main stage on The Parade will welcome 21 talented bands and musicians across the three...

BTS bring the Soul back to Vue

South Korean pop sensations BTS are back at Vue Plymouth and they are bringing the soul. Following their landmark ‘Love Yourself’ tour, BTS return to the big screen with ‘BTS Bring the Soul: The Movie’.

After the success of their 2018 movie ‘Burn the Stage: The Movie’, with worldwide pre-sale orders reaching nearly 1 million, it’s no surprise the global sensations are back for more....

Theatre Royal Plymouth presents Platform

Two weeks, four shows. Platform is a vibrant celebration of the most engaging work being made in the South West. Theatre Royal Plymouth presents this brand new event from Tuesday 6 – 17 August.

Platform is a showcase of four new shows made by TRP’s Lab Associates. It offers audiences the opportunity to see new and original theatre, made by local artists and companies.

Ben Lyon-...

Psychic Sally: Ten Years and Counting

Show date: Wednesday 18 September 2019 Tickets cost: £27.44 (including a 12% booking fee) Plymouth Guildhall

Following her gripping appearance on Celebrity Big Brother which saw a triumphant Sally stay to the final 5, 2019 sees the nations favourite Psychic and forerunner in the Psychic field take to the stage across the UK, Europe and Australia for her all new ‘10 years and counting...

Cornish folk singer to be presented with top honour at Dartmoor Folk Festival

A CORNISH folk singer will be honoured with one of the highest awards in the folk world at the Dartmoor Folk Festival on Sunday, August 11.

Vic Legg, will be presented with an English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) Gold Badge.

Such gold badges are presented for unique or outstanding contributions to folk music, dance or song, distinguished service to EFDSS and/or...

How to Find the Best Bingo Sites in the UK

The internet is now full of bingo sites, meaning there is far more opportunity to enjoy this favoured pastime than there ever has been before. Having so much choice doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to find the perfect bingo platform, though. Unless you put effort into actively researching the best bingo sites that the UK has to offer, you’re not just going to stumble across the one...

Devon’s Postman Poet to be celebrated at Dartmoor Folk Festival

A NOVELIST and two musicians will bring Devon’s 19th century Postman Poet vividly back to life with a vibrant entertainment of words and music at this year's Dartmoor Folk Festival at South Zeal, near Okehampton on Saturday, August 10.

It was 200 years ago, on January 21, 1819, that Edward Capern, Devon’s Postman Poet, was born into a poor, working-class family in Tiverton.

His...

National Theatre Live: Fleabag comes to Vue Plymouth

A live broadcast of the award-winning Fleabag will be coming to the big screen in Vue Plymouth this September courtesy of National Theatre.

The one-woman play, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, was the inspiration for the phenomenally successful BBC television show of the same name, and has now returned to the West End after a sold-out New York run.

As well as the...

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