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September 2022
2022 Annual Conference
We plan to hold our 2022 Annual Conference and AGM at the Royal Hotel in Bideford from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th of September. Further details will appear here and on the conference main…
Find out more »Annual lunch (Exeter & E Devon Branches)
Our Branch annual lunch at the Exeter Golf & Country Club will be preceded by a talk by DA President Professor John Mather (title to be announced). Members of the East Devon Branch have…
Find out more »October 2022
The Colour and Optics of Insect Wings (Entomology Section)
An illustrated talk by Peter Vukusic. Peter is the Professor of BioPhotonics at the School of Physics at Exeter University and he will talk to us about the fascinating work he has been doing…
Find out more »Art in Elizabethan Devon (Exeter Branch)
A talk entitled Art in Elizabethan Devon to be given by Honorary Professor Sam Smiles, University of Exeter. Professor Smiles will be talking about Exeter’s most famous artist, Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – 1619),…
Find out more »Bringing nature back to Devon (E Devon Branch)
A talk by Harry Barton, Chief Executive, Devon Wildlife Trust. We are facing an ecological as well as a climate crisis; over the last 200 years much of our wildlife has disappeared from Devon…
Find out more »Harry Juniper on Bideford Pottery (Bideford Branch)
Harry Juniper will be talking about Bideford Pottery which he founded in 1983. Bideford-based potter Harry Juniper made his first harvest jug in 1958 for the Torrington Town Crier, Burt Waldron, using the traditional…
Find out more »Illustrating Sherlock Holmes (Lit & Art Section)
An illustrated talk by Ron Tiner, an experienced artist with a deep interest in the history of illustration. He has spent several years producing a unique, meticulously researched illustrated edition of the first of…
Find out more »November 2022
A photographic journey round the South West Coast Path (E Devon Branch)
An illustrated talk by Gary Holpin. DA members £2, non-members £3.
Find out more »Devon’s Bridges (S Devon Branch)
A talk by Kevin Dentith, Devon County Council’s Chief Engineer, Bridges and Structures about the inspection and maintenance of Devon’s three thousand bridges.
Find out more »December 2022
Devon’s Railway Heritage (E Devon Branch)
An illustrated talk by Robert Hesketh. DA members £2, non-members £3.
Find out more »Jurassic Calamari (S Devon Branch)
A talk ‘Jurassic calamari: new research on fossil squid-like cephalopods from the Wessex basin’ to be given by Malcolm Hart (Emeritus Professor, Plymouth University). Belemnotheutis. Image contributed by Prof. Malcolm Hart. DA members £2,…
Find out more »January 2023
AGM 2023 (Entomology Section)
The Section's AGM will be followed by a talk: “Spoilt for choice: Invertebrates of Colliery Spoil Habitats”. This will be given by Liam Olds and promises to be a fascinating look at colonisation of…
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