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Torquay
Zoos warm to thermal art
Arts & Culture : Zoos : Whats On
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is launching a unique art exhibition that brings together wildlife conservation and military hardware.
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Kingsbridge
Water Visions and Recent Works
Arts & Culture : Whats On
Harbour House in Kingsbridge is delighted to welcome the renowned wildlife artist, Mick Loates, to the gallery with an exhibition of his paintings.
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Torquay
Polar bears come to Living Coasts
Arts & Culture : Wildlife : Whats On : Nature & Wildlife Parks
A seven foot polar bear - complete with cub - is coming to Living Coasts. This towering Arctic predator, along with two large blue frogs, is part of a summer of environmentally-friendly art at Torquay's coastal zoo.
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Kingsbridge
From a Distance up Close
Arts & Culture : Art Gallery : Whats On : Art Gallery - Public
Harbour House in Kingsbridge is the venue for an exhibition of paintings by local artist Arthur Glendinning. In a body of work entitled From a Distance up Close ...
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Cornwall
New Paul McGowan show coming to Eden this summer
Arts & Culture : Whats On
The acclaimed British artist Paul McGowan will be staging Living on the Edge, his first major show in six years, at the Eden Project in Cornwall from August 8.
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Cornwall
On-line artist paints the English coastline in support of RNLI volunteers
Arts & Culture : Charity
A Cornish artist, who raised £12,000 to train RNLI crew volunteers and lifeguards by selling his paintings on line, is launching another fundraising project for the charity.
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Teignmouth
SPECIALIST ARCHITECTS TO PROVIDE CONCEPTS FOR CARLTON
Arts & Culture
Specialist architects have been appointed by Teignbridge District Council to prepare concept and design work for a brand new community theatre and arts centre serving Teignmouth.
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United Kingdom
PAINTING BY WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE FEMALE ARTIST MAKES £1.7 MILLION AT BONHAMS MULTI-MILLION POUND RUSSIAN SALE
Arts & Culture : Art Auction : Auction Rooms
An exceptional oil painting, The Sailboat, by the world's most expensive female artist, Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) sold for £1.7m at Bonhams Russian Sale in New Bond Street, London, on 9 June.
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Cornwall
Falmouth creatives savour the sweet taste of success
Arts & Culture
Creative Falmouth, a website celebrating Falmouth's extraordinary range of creative enterprise, has added a whole new set of profiles focusing on some of the town's hottest talents, from visual artists and writers to ceramicists and automata makers.
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The Rocket Festival 2008, Andalucia, Spain
Arts & Culture : Festivals
If you're looking for something unique, spectacular and stimulating to do this summer, then mark the calendar for 16th, 17th and 18th May, as the third edition of the Rocket Festival kicks off once again.
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United Kingdom
TOLKIEN ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY
Antiques Auction : Literature
A very rare 1937 first issue of the first edition of J R R Tolkien's much-loved classic The Hobbit was sold today by international fine art auctioneers Bonhams in London for a staggering £60,000
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United Kingdom
PHOTO ELEVATE Ground Based Aerial Elevated Mast Photography
Photography
Photo Elevate is a company based in Tiptree Essex, specialising in Low altitude aerial photography often referred to as Elevated Photography or Mast Photography.
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Kingsbridge
Devon Photographer Gains International Recognition!
Photography
A Kingsbridge based award winning photographer is celebrating another win!
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Kingsbridge
South Devon in Focus... and more
Photography : Whats On
Harbour House in Kingsbridge is the venue for the annual summer exhibition of photography by Tim Stanger and Mick Allen, celebrating the famous beauty of the whole of the South Devon region.
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Devon
PHOTO COMPETITION TO PROMOTE MARINE LIFE
Photography : Weather & Environment : Wildlife
Wembury Marine Centre and the Plymouth group of the Marine Conservation Society are running a photo competition this month to help promote the weird and wonderful wildlife found off our coasts.
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Kingsbridge
Local Photographer Gains International Recognition
Photography
Kingsbridge based Photographer, Martyn Norsworthy has gained International recognition at this years PX-3 Prix de la Paris International Photographic competition.
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United Kingdom
A double take on MPLS
Photography
A UK firm specialising in photo shoot experiences has installed an MPLS network to support its four studios and has likened the benefits to the leap from dial-up to broadband connections.
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Lindsey Glover wins photo portfolio prize
Photography : Photographer
M.F.A. candidate Lindsey Glover is the winner of the inaugural Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize.
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Chicago
Cornell Press publishes art book of manuscript pages
Books : Art History
The best quills are plucked in springtime from the left wings of live geese.
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Cornwall
University and museum to uncover history of mass communication
Communications : Research : Where To Go : Libraries & Museums
The University of Exeter and Porthcurno Telegraph Museum have won a prestigious research grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to study Britain's leading role in the history of mass communications.
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Devon
Agatha Christie Festival 2008 - 15th - 20th September
Whats On : Books
More murder, mystery and mayhem is being planned by some very devious minds on the English Riviera this year, with the fourth annual Agatha Christie Festival
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United Kingdom
The Host Book Review
Books
In The Host, a sci-fi novel "for those who don't like sci-fi", we see what happens when the aliens win in a situation akin to Invasions of the Body Snatchers.
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United Kingdom
SHERLOCK HOLMES FIRST EDITION FROM OXFAM SHOP SELLS AT BONHAMS IN OXFORD FOR £18,600
Auction : Charity : Books - Rare & Secondhand : Books
Items gathered in by Oxfam shops across the country were auctioned by Bonhams in Oxford on behalf of Oxfam on May 20.
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United Kingdom
Secrets and Shadows. Art exhibition explores twilight world of 'Thirteen'
Fine Art : Whats On : Books
Thirteen artists give their own personal take on the darker side of the human psyche in an exhibition to mark the paperback launch of Sebastian Beaumont's latest novel Thirteen.
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United Kingdom
JAMES BOND EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF IAN FLEMING'S BIRTH ON SHOW AT BONHAMS INTERNATIONALLY
Films : Books
Over the next year Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, will be partnering Ian Fleming Publications in a prestigious international exhibition that celebrates the birth of James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming.
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United Kingdom
Blackwell reports 1 in 10 Brits admit to cheating at school
School : Books
1 in ten Brits confess to watching film adaptations of classic novels instead of reading the original books.
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United Kingdom
Mystery Murder Adventure New Book Release by Mary Follows East Midlands Author
Murder Mystery : Books
Four scientists travel the globe looking for answers to an environmental anomaly that could prove disastrous to millions of people, while at the same time escaping from the clutches of their nemesis.
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United Kingdom
Bland homes need canvas photo prints for personality.
Photo Processing
Looking for a quick and easy way to add colour and personality to your pale walls without denting your home's value? CanvasRus.co.uk, the online art gallery, accurately recreates your treasured photos onto canvas.
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United Kingdom
PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA MAKE £512,000 WITH RECORD PRICES AT BONHAMS AUCTION IN LONDON
Photographs
The collection of Kanwardip Gujral - photographic images from the 1850s to the 1940s, covering India and the adjacent countries - was sold in London by Bonhams on 9 April for record prices.
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United Kingdom
One in Three People Have Lost Their Digital Photos
Photographs
Today's generation will have no memories stored on photos warns CeWe Color, Europe's largest photo company, after a survey found that one in three (31 per cent) of 16-24 year olds have lost or accidentally deleted their digital images.