Work to repair the Old Postern, a Grade II* listed 15 Century building and home of Schumacher College, has now begun.
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Author: Dartington Trust
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Programmer’s Pick: Jojo Rabbit
Barn Cinema’s top 5 films of 2019
Ali Donkin, programmer at the Barn Cinema, runs through her top five films of the year...
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Summer School is Devon Tourism Awards finalist
Dartington Music Summer School & Festival has been nominated for the Devon Tourism Awards 2019/20 in the category of International Visitor Experience of the Year.
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Celebrating the launch of the first AWE programme
This week we are celebrating the launch of the first Accelerating Women’s Enterprise (AWE) Making a Difference programme in Plymouth.
Read More >Women supporting women
In what ways can we help each other to succeed, as women? The key is to motivate ourselves to make those new connections with other women we admire, says Daisy Healy of Dartington's Accelerating Women's Enterprise (AWE) programme.
Read More > Old Postern added to English Heritage’s At Risk Register
Schumacher College's medieval parsonage, once home to the half-brother of Richard II and also to the celebrated botanist William Keble Martin, is among the latest buildings to be added to annual Heritage at Risk Register.
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Barbara Jewell
When anyone talks of Dartington’s Retail Shop (the precursor of the Cider Press Centre) Barbara Jewell’s name is invariably mentioned in the same breath.
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Beatrice Musson
From the very first Summer School of Music (at Bryanston in 1948) and through 29 Summer Schools at Dartington, Bee brought to them an unforgettable charm and grace.
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Beatrice Straight
Beatrice - daughter of Dorothy Elmhirst - worked with Chekhov in the USA and went on to achieve great success in the theatre, both nationally and on Broadway.
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