the Devon Week

The Devon Week is a round up of news events throughout the region.
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Totnes puppeteer John Roberts is famed as meerkat man and has a career in puppeteering

John Roberts, the puppeteer creator of the meerkat in the Comparethemarket’s comparethemeerkat advertising campaign lives in Totnes, and is proud of his lifelong puppeteering prowess

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Tiverton Pannier Market (video)

Tiverton Pannier market

Devon filmmaker Will Foxwell captures the strength of Tiverton Pannier market in a film which highlights the need to support local business and the quality of produce available in Devon

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Barnstaple Blackout (video)

An independent filmmaker in North Devon put the flash mob idea to the test in Barnstaple

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A Devon community has opened its own village shop, with a strong focus on local produce (video)

Spreyton Community Shop

The people of Spreyton didn’t like being without a village shop, so they set up their own. The community shop has a strong focus on local produce is incredibly handy, and could give more back to the community than just convenience.

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Revitalising the seaside prom in The Bay

A new research project is currently reviving popular seaside performances of the pierrot troupe, to establish the role that performance might play in the cultural regeneration of seaside resorts in the South West.

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Castles, gorges, rivers and tunnels: facelift makes the West Devon Way even more accessible

Brentor, on the West Devon Way

The West Devon Way is perfect for walkers, experienced or novice, cyclists, sight seers or those who just want to get out in the historic countryside of West Devon. And the new facelift makes it even more accessible

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Exeter schoolboy Robert Leck a rising tennis star (feature)

Exeter schoolboy, eleven-year-old Robert Leck, who is currently ranked number one in his category, trains at the Exeter University’s Sports Park and receives dedicated coaching from Will McNally, the university’s director of tennis

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Three Devon women to join Pen Hadow on Arctic climate change survey (feature)

Three women from Devon will join Polar explorer Pen Hadow’s Catlin Arctic Survey to investigate climate change. They are Polar explorer Anne Daniels, Dr Helen Findlay of Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Dr Ceri Lewis from the Exeter University

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Churchill’s Empire revealed in new biography (feature)

Exeter University professor Richard Toye’s new book on Winston Churchill, called Churchill’s Empire – The World That Made Him, asks challenges perceived ideas of Churchill’s approach to Empire, especially during his early years

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Feature: funding wars, ransoms and the slave trade – the legend of silver at Exeter University

Exeter University is holding first exhibition of Maria Theresa thaler – one of the first examples of international currency – to be put on in the UK.

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