Budleigh Past and Present

Nicky Hewitt in Fairlynch Museum’s Priscilla Carter Room Fairlynch’s own Nicky Hewitt will be giving a presentation about the natural history of the Pebblebed Heaths on Thursday 5 November. Nicky, who looks after the archaeology, geology and natural history collections in the Museum’s Priscilla Carter Room, made a deep impression in the local area with her impassioned letter to the Woodbury News about the Pebblebeds in October 2014, and an invitation to speak to the village’s Local History Group followed. Nicky also works for the RSPB on the area’s Commons as a part-time administrator and writes the regular report on the Aylesbeare Common Reserve. Based on her first-hand experience and considerable knowledge, this talk about our mysterious local landscape should be thoroughly illuminating. The talk begins at 7.30pm in Woodbury Village Hall.  Non-members are welcome to attend.

The Heath Quartet: playing at Budleigh Salterton This month's concert in the St Peter's Music series will consist of chamber works by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, performed by the Heath Quartet. To add to their earlier prizes and awards, the Heath Quartet has in the last few years had spectacular success in the music world. Selected by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2008, the Quartet won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2008 Tromp International Competition in Eindhoven and 2nd Prize at the 2009 Haydn International Competition in Vienna along with Special Prizes for the best interpretation of a work by Haydn and of a commissioned composition. The Quartet went on to give recitals throughout the Netherlands, including their Concertgebouw debut, took part in the Haydn Bicentenary in the Esterhazy Palace and gave concerts at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Sage Gateshead (broadcast by BBC Radio 3) and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. The Heath Quartet was ...