A very positive piece from today’s Herald: Norman Lockyer Observatory A £50,000 loan has been given to the Norman Lockyer Observatory by East Devon District… Read More »The District Council supports the Norman Lockyer Observatory with a £50k loan to build a new classroom
The Herald provides an excellent overview of the upcoming Folk Week: “Sidmouth FolkWeek was recognised last year for its cultural contribution to the South West,… Read More »Sidmouth Folk Week > preview
The latest in the Ecologist magazine on climate change – from the Friends of the Earth: Inspiring hope for an effective climate campaign
Sidmouth Plastic Warriors have just issued this: Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Sidmouth – we’ve done it! Well done! With Sidmouth now on the official… Read More »Plastic Free Sidmouth: official accreditation announced
Something which started in Australia has become an international phenomenon: And there are all sorts of things going on, with some excellent pieces from the… Read More »This is Plastic Free July!
Are we nearing a ‘plastic free’ East Devon? Seaton goes on the march against plastics pollution
This is quite an achievement – as covered on the District Council’s news pages: Handbagged is a play by British playwright Moira Buffini that… Read More »The UK’s longest standing weekly rep season @ Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre
In Colyford and Colyton, there is determination that a large site include a good amount of affordable housing – as reported in the Herald: Trust… Read More »Colyford and Colyton Community Land Trust launched to ensure there are enough affordable homes for local people
“Another change to recycling collections in East Devon is on the cards.” As reported by the Express & Echo: More changes coming which could… Read More »More changes coming which could revolutionise rubbish collection in East Devon
Are you passionate about good food? Would you like to support people in your community to reduce food waste? Or perhaps you’d like to help… Read More »Love Food Hate Waste & Food Surplus Cafe workshop @ Crediton
Last month, we blogged a piece on the putting-together of a film on the Folk Festival: Sidmouth Folk Festival film The Herald has quite a… Read More »Crowdfunding ‘A Small, Quiet, English Town’ – an homage in film to the Sidmouth Folk Festival
It looks as though the Sidmouth Folk Week will have a fair bit of international flair: El grupo de baile tradicional asturiano ´Noceu´ representará a… Read More »Sidmouth’s international Folk Week
It’s that time of year – when German tourists flock to ‘Rosamunde-Pilcher-Land’: Wie in den Pilcher-Filmen Der letzte Wandertag war bei bestem Wetter von Budleigh… Read More »Rosamunde Pilcher Land @ Sidmouth
Sidmouth’s high street is not doing so well: Sidmouth loses another high street shop As chronicled on the FF blog: High Streets @ FuturesForumVGS But… Read More »Businesses in Honiton are ‘seriously considering their future’ amid pressures facing Britain’s high streets
Exeter’s on-street city electric bike hire scheme is set to expand into East Devon. Councillors from Sidmouth, Axminster, Seaton and Honiton all said that they… Read More »Exeter city electric bike scheme to expand into East Devon