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South Devon College with campuses in Paignton, Newton Abbot and Torquay celebrated the achievements of its University Centre students at a joint ceremony held over two days at Torquay’s Grand Hotel.

The event was hailed a double celebration as the college awarded its own degrees for the very first time.

The two-day event (14th and 15th October) was held to ensure that both the...

Next Friday (22nd October) Drake Circus will welcome its newest addition to The Barcode, with the much-anticipated return of Las Iguanas to Plymouth city centre.

Creating 30 new jobs, the restaurant will open with its brand-new autumn / winter menu, offering some of its favourite dishes including the Bahian Coconut Chicken, the Cuban Sandwich, garlicky Gambas prawns, Albondigas lamb...

Performing at Theatre Royal Plymouth Funky Llama Festival, Human combines the visual spectacle of aerial circus and dance, film and a binaural soundtrack. Human is an antidote to anxiety, gently bridging the transition from being at home in a pandemic to live performance in a tender, quirky collage of lives past and now. The show has been created to be as accessible as possible.

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The Box is delighted to have acquired a new painting for its permanent art collection from Devon-based, Brownston Gallery.

‘Dartmoor China Clay’ was painted in 1992 by Jean Jones (1927-2012), a London-born artist who had a deep connection with Devon throughout her life.

The artwork shows a stunning rural landscape painted with Jones’ signature broad brushstrokes and simple...