Issue 254/December 2019 COVER Treat your best mate to a cool accessory from Exeter-based The Distinguished Dog Company (www.theddcompany.com). Photo by Matt Round
UPFRONT
8 SPOTLIGHT It’s beginning to look a bit like you-
know-what
13 JP HEDGE UNESCO recognition for our city! 17 MY DESK William Matthewman of Charles Stanley
FEATURES
19 CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE 10 pages of great
pressies from local, independent shops and makers
52 I AM THE LAW Meet Exeter’s best young lawyers
under 30
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THE ARTS
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39 INTRO New RAMM exhibition Sea Garden 40 WHAT’S ON Hot tickets as the temperature drops 46 RUNNING THE SHOW We drop in on rehearsals
for the Northcott’s panto
FOOD & DRINK
60 FOOD & DRINK NEWS Squashes, meaty afternoon
teas and local lager
BUSINESS
65 EXETERWORKS Good news from InExeter,
Wilkinson Grant and other local businesses
PROPERTY
73 SHOWCASE Is this the perfect house in which to
spend a Devon Christmas?
REGULARS
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63 SOCIETY 82 EXETER LIVES Let’s hear it for Alistair Brammer
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