Malcolm Mardon: 50 Years of Hospital Radio
Malcolm Mardon, chairman of Hospital Radio Exeter, tells the story of a station that has been on air since 1974, and reflects on fifty-one years of walking hospital wards, collecting requests, and kee...
26 Aug 34min
Ellie Taylor: What Exeter's Oldest Community Charity Has Learnt About Lasting Change
Ellie Taylor, Chief Executive of Exeter Community Initiatives, traces the thirty-year history of one of the city's oldest charities and explains why the most important outcomes of its work are often t...
12 Aug 40min
Nick Hall: Music in Devon Initiative and The Devon Music Scene
Nick Hall and Dave Knox of Music in Devon Initiative (MIDI) share the story of a decade spent building the infrastructure Devon's music scene never had, and reveal the two city centre spaces that are ...
22 Juli 36min
Jen Harris: Leading the Cloth Nappy Revolution
Jen Harris, founder of the Baby Room on Paris Street, traces an eighteen-year journey from a cold scout hut in Heavitree to one of the most essential community spaces in Exeter, and makes an unanswera...
8 Juli 45min
Debbie Bucella: Alibi and the Case for Children's Creativity
Debbie Bucella, Chief Executive of Alibi, tells the story of one of Devon's most significant arts organisations; forty years of taking world-class theatre into school halls, and a reinvention that tur...
24 Juni 34min
Maresa Bossano: Building a Community Food Hub on Cowick Street
Maresa Bossano, founder of Love Food CIC, shares the story behind Exeter's community food hub on Cowick Street in St Thomas, and makes a compelling case for why local, plant-based food isn't a lifesty...
27 Maj 38min
Will Adamsdale: Building Exeter's Comedy Scene From Pub To Festival
Perrier Award winner, actor, and the man behind Locally Sourced comedy night, Will Adamsdale traces the unlikely journey from a comedy emergency in a Sidwell Street cafe to founding Exeter's own annua...
22 Apr 39min
Lightbear Lane: Building Culture and Community Across Exeter's Streets and Stories
Dr Sarah Spencer and Dr Judith Morgane, the partnership behind arts and heritage organisation Lightbear Lane, share how they are using community film, creative mapping, Shakespeare and asset-based dev...
8 Apr 43min
