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What Is a Tournament Chess Set? Boards, Pieces, and Official Requirements

A chess set for tournaments is not just a regular chess board with pieces, but rather a combination of the appropriate square size of a chess board and the appropriate visibility of pieces. Therefore, a tournament accepts an official playing equipment format to create equal conditions for all...

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20% of Plymouth's adults still watch cartoons in the morning

Despite legal adulthood starting at 18, the nationwide survey found that the average modern Brit doesn’t consider themselves a grown up until they pass the 30 year old mark, and a staggering 83 percent admit they find huge comfort in activities associated with childhood.

More than HALF (54 percent) of adults in modern Plymouth admit to secretly buying sweets on a regular basis for...

Susan Boyle heads to Plymouth

Following her triumphant return to the Britain’s Got Talent stage this weekend, Susan Boyle, is thrilled to announce she is heading back out on tour for the first time in four years with a spectacular new show, ‘The TEN Tour’, appearing at Plymouth Pavilions on 14 March 2020.

Celebrating ten years since her iconic BGT audition catapulted her to global fame, a phenomenal recording...

Show-stopping music and theatre on the big screen at Vue Plymouth this July

A month of first class music, theatre and more has been unveiled by Vue Plymouth as part of its Big Screen Events calendar.

It has been 20 years since Westlife’s debut single hit the top of the charts, and now their hotly anticipated reunion tour, which sold out in minutes, is coming live to Vue on Saturday 6th July for one unforgettable night.

Broadcast live from Dublin’s...

Ideas For How To Spend Your Free Time

There has no doubt been a time in your life where you were simply unsure over how to spend your free time. Perhaps it was on the weekend, or during a weekday evening. Regardless of when it was, you kept looking at the time, you were scrolling on social media, and you messaged some friends to see what they were up to.

This article is here to provide you with some ideas on what you can...

Water and colour in Cotehele Gallery

The summer exhibition at Cotehele Gallery on the National Trust estate near Saltash opened this weekend. The gallery, which is only one of a few within the National Trust, carries a range of exquisite British contemporary art and craft.

Gallery Manager Allison Cowen has handpicked the pieces for ‘Water and Colour’, choosing bold and dramatic paintings, woodcarving, ceramics and...

St Austell Brewery Ladies' Day returns to Newton Abbot

Glitz, glamour and great racing are set to return to Newton Abbot Racecourse on Tuesday 25 June with the return of the ever-popular St Austell Brewery Ladies’ Day evening racing fixture.

Alongside seven thrilling races during the evening, added excitement will come in the form of the Best Dressed competitions which are closely fought each year.

During the fixture, a team of...

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Many & Beautiful Things - an exhibition exploring the nostalgia of youth and teen angst

Many & Beautiful Things is a collaborative exhibition from artists Naomi Frears, Binelde Hyrcan, Melanie Manchot, Santiago Mostyn, Beth Emily Richards, and Antler Press in collaboration with students from Plymouth College of Art

Friday 5 July 2019 - Saturday 31 August 2019 Opening Event: Thursday 4 July, 5-7pm, free entry

Many & Beautiful Things is concerned with that...

Watch films under the stars at Plymouth Arts Cinema’s unique Open Air Cinema by the sea

Watch films under the stars at Plymouth Arts Cinema’s unique Open Air Cinema by the sea.

Plymouth Arts Cinema has announced the films that will be shown this summer, at the spectacular waterside venues of Tinside Lido and Royal William Yard. Plymouth Arts Cinema has been taking its cinema on tour each summer for a sell-out series of events since 2012. The Independent recently featured...

Healthy living sporting craze inspires family festival at ‘spiritual home' Bantham

A PIONEERING, dynamic new outdoor activity craze has inspired a family-friendly festival at it's ‘spiritual home' Bantham in Devon.

‘SwimRun' is an amphibious adventure race which sees participants taking part in long-distance races both in and out of the water.

Wearing the same outfit of shoes and a wetsuit for both activities, pairs of adventurers run and swim along...

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Healthy living sporting craze inspires family festival at ‘spiritual home' Bantham

Vue Plymouth celebrates twenty blockbusting years

Vue Plymouth has marked its 20th birthday at the Barbican Leisure Park on Thursday, celebrating two decades as part of the community with a special cake.

The 15-screen venue was first opened as part of the Barbican Leisure Park in May 1999, and has since been screening the latest film, theatre, musical performances and more for happy customers in the city. To mark the anniversary,...

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