Dr Timothy Cooper works in the fields of environmental and political history at the Penryn campus of Exeter University. His teaching emphasises on the role of historical knowledge in thinking about how we can realise different possible futures. He has been working with colleagues on an oral history of the Torrey Canyon disaster in 1967, which is the topic of this evening’s lecture.
Claire Fitzpatrick completed her doctoral studies at Cambridge University, and is now a lecturer in modern Irish history at Plymouth University. Her research interests lie mainly in the development of democracy in the Irish free state and the role of Labour in the Irish revolution. She is also interested in popular participation in the revolution, and the effects of partition on politics and identity and the development of the state in Northern Ireland in relation to Labour and popular politics. She is currently working on a history of the...
Plymouth City Centre Company is commencing a 6 month trial in partnership with Community Screen Networks Ltd (CSN) to make you and your group the stars of the Big Screen!
Vice-chair of Plymouth City Centre Company Liz Lawson said: “The Big Screen sits in the centre of the City on the Piazza which is widely used for events and entertainment. Therefore it is of the utmost importance that...
Plans to improve Plymouth’s second busiest bus interchange have been given the green light.
Planning permission has been granted for the Derriford Hospital Interchange scheme, which will convert the existing one-way bus link to allow buses to travel in both directions.
The scheme, which is being delivered in partnership with the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, will also create...
Throughout January and February, Saltram House near Plymouth will be open and many of its treasures illuminated for the first time.
The East Wing holds some of the house’s grandest rooms, including a spectacular Robert Adam saloon and the Great Kitchen. In past years, the house was closed to visitors out of season, partly to protect the collection from degradation caused by sunlight...
It’s fair to say many people have a fear of clowns, which is known as Coulrophobia. A child’s fear of an unfamiliar face has become widespread, with many developing a fear of clowns. The phobia leads to people in later life being anxious when confronted with clown costumes, a clowns facial features and of course their make up. A clown therefore would not seem to be the ideal employment for someone who suffers from Coulrophobia, yet Doug Child decided to try and overcome his fear to retain his job in the latest Circus of Horrors production, which is currently on a world tour.
The multi-award-winning radio comedy I’m Sorry I Haven’t Got a Clue comes to the Plymouth Pavilions on Saturday 6 February.
Join Barry Cryer, Miles Jupp, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and host Jack Dee for an unmissable evening of inspired nonsense. Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment.
“Whether the teams are singing the words of one song to the tune of another, making up serial rhymes or entering the mythic maze of Mornington Crescent, they have now become the National Theatre of fun" Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph.
Plymouth City Council is buying the Quality Hotel and will market the site, with its commanding views of the renowned Hoe and Plymouth Sound, in a bid to attract an international standard hotel.
The Council has exchanged contracts with the owners of the Quality Hotel and a report is going to Cabinet today (12 January) to give the go-ahead to buy the empty property.
Francis Clark, the largest independent firm of Chartered Accountants in the South West, today announced a merger with Princecroft Willis, a leading Accountancy Practice in Dorset and Hampshire.
The merger will take place on 1 April 2016.
The newly merged firm will have a combined revenue of £38 million and a team of more than 580 people across nine offices, consolidating...
The World famous Transat yacht race will return to Plymouth after a successful bid to host the start of the race.
People will be able to see the yachts in Plymouth from 24 April up until the solo sailors start their 2,800 mile race across the North Atlantic on 2 May.
This event will bring a brand new Ocean City Rhythm, Blues & Jazz Festival, as well as an air show and...
