Lecturer in Geology at the School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences at Plymouth University and presenter of the recent outstanding BBC TV series, Iain Stewart will discuss the challenges facing our planet in relation to climate change and answer questions following the lecture.

On 14 and 15 of August Dartington Hall played host to ‘Apparitions’ – a world exclusive nighttime performance, set in the buildings and grounds of a 12th Century Medieval estate, starring a cast of 85 professional and amateur musicians and actors and featuring a 2000 year old Celtic war horn, a full choir, and the devil on a very large horse.

Book ending the Westcountry Storytelling Festival are two of the most amazing and diverse poetic experiences you are likely to find this summer – Matt Harvey’s Wondermentalist Cabaret and international poetic superstar Robert Bly.

Set in lush tea plantations of 1930s southern India and against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement

“Ultimately Kung-Fu Panda is something of a guilty treat.” – Time Out

This selection of shorts from local, regional and national filmmakers

This award-winning bittersweet comedy was Uruguay’s submission to the 2008 Oscars.

Storytelling, campfire tales, live music, performance poetry, kids events, workshops and more are on offer at the West Country Storytelling Festival

As part of the Totnes Festival, local community group The Farringdon Society of Arts presents Burial at Thebes by Seamus Heaney, a 21st century version of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone.

James Boyd is one of Britain’s finest chamber musicians. A member of Raphael Ensemble and founder member of the Vellinger String Quartet, in 2001 he formed the acclaimed London Haydn Quartet.Maggie Cole is known for her concerts and recordings on harpsichord, fortepiano and piano and regularly performs with Britten Sinfonia, the Nash Ensemble and the London Mozart Players.