Knit-A-Mitt
16th February 2008
November: cold and windy, and hands all over campus were chilled. Something had to be done. We decided to unleash the power of knitting.
Thus the birth of Knit-A-Mitt, a workshop for anyone interested in learning to knit while relaxing on the sofas of Starbucks with wool in one hand, hot ...
From Foodeaze to Farms
16th February 2008
As everybody knows, all you need to get through the hard winter months is an adequate supply of delicious food. Why, then, do so few students know about Foodeaze? Or even about the Farmers’ Market? I know students are sedentary creatures – I am one – but make it your ...
Exeter… on the other side of the world?
16th February 2008
What can I say about Exeter? Well, at 9 in the morning the weather forecast already shows that it is 12ºC. It’s fairly clear up in the sky, with a few scattered clouds. I am not in fact mad. This is Tasmania.
Not so much of a coincidence, this, when you ...
Electric Gypsy REVIEW
16th February 2008
Stepping inside Electric Gypsy feels like discovering Aladdin’s cave. Opening the jingling door, I am blasted with an explosion of colour, pattern and sparkle. The walls are adorned with rails, crammed full of intriguing pieces. Woven baskets lie on the floor, spilling over with handbags and belts of all shapes ...
Exeter’s Bookshops
16th February 2008
At first glance it might seem that the twin powers of Blackwell and Waterstone’s have Exeter’s literary scene firmly under their control. In fact, off the main streets lives a group of thriving independent book shops just waiting for your custom. Out of these, three in particular definitely warrant a ...
Stitch Monday 11
13th February 2008
Good Stitchy Evening!
Apart from it being Chip Week, Marriage Week (cue Valentine’s groans), the end of Bramley Apple Week, and the start of Nest Box Week (where the hell did they come up with these ideas?) it is also ELECTRIC STITCH'S CLUB NIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT! Wooohoooo! So here's a ...
Writers’ Corner
11th February 2008
Whether you are writing for the website or the mag, you will find some useful information up here.
Word limits
300 for magazine, 300-500 for website, but may be longer depending on feature.
Deadlines for Stitch Magazine
No magazine planned at the moment - please write for the website instead!
Deadlines for Electric-Stitch.com
No specific deadlines ...
What Stitch did next: Fashion Show update
11th February 2008
Having created all those wonderful outfits for the Recycled Fashion Show (see article), what should we do with them all? It seems a shame for Rosie’s wonderful designs not to be seen again, although in the style of true catwalk couture, they are not terribly practical for everyday wear ...
EUTCo: The Miracle Worker INTERVIEW
5th February 2008
Stitch interviewed Isley Lynn and Katie Maughan, director and producer respectively, of EUTCo's The Miracle Worker. Here is what they had to say...
First, Isley:
Why did you choose The Miracle Worker?
I have always been interested in plays that explored the relationships between people and ways in which people interact. The Miracle ...
Stitch Monday 10
4th February 2008
Hello, Good morning, and welcome to another edition of Stitch Monday!
Despite the fact that Exeter's weather is living up to its mid-winter status we managed to have a Stitchtastic time this weekend at Bovey Tracy. Check out the photos on the Facebook group.
This week in the weird and wonderful world ...
EUTCo: The Miracle Worker PREVIEW
3rd February 2008
I have discovered dedication. It comes in the form of driving from Devon to Dorset, Essex and Kent to collect three rocking chairs. Which will now sit, in true Alabama style, on the porch of a house built on stage.
It is clear that the team behind EUTCo’s main play of ...
EUTCo: Wherever I Am Actor INTERVIEW
30th January 2008
Cameron Lund plays Richard in Wherever I Am. Stitch interviewed him by email about this week's EUTCo production. As student writing, Wherever I Am is completely new to all of the people involved in putting the play on the stage.
I asked Cameron how it felt ...
Stitch Monday 9
29th January 2008
Good Tuesday evening! Hope all of you in the Stitchy loop are doing goood!
Sorry for the Tuesday-ness of Stitch Monday – due to circumstances beyond our control (blame the internet company).
Important information for everybody (see previous email for more):
We will be having an ELECTRIC STITCH DESIGNERS MEETING THURSDAY 31st JAN ...
EUTCo: Wherever I Am Writer INTERVIEW
28th January 2008
Wherever I Am is an exciting new piece of theatre that is written, directed and acted by Exeter students. It is this year's entry from EUTCo into the National Student Drama Festival.
Over coffee Emily Jenkins explained how the idea for Wherever I Am ...
Stitch Monday 8
21st January 2008
It may not be “Good Monday Morning†you wish to hear as we're all set to enter exam week… but for one thing it’s actually evening, and for another, we all need a break, right?
Firstly please find attached the minutes from the club night meeting. Looks set to be a ...
NEWS: Uni gains Fairtrade status
16th January 2008
The University of Exeter has gained full Fairtrade status for the products sold on its campuses. Students and staff can now buy anything from chocolate and coffee to sugar and wine which carries the Fairtrade label.
Phil Rees-Jones, Assistant Director of Hospitality Services said, “Achieving Fair Trade status is part of ...
Stitch Monday 7
14th January 2008
Good Monday Morning! Welcome back to term two of Stitch madness.
Please find attached minutes from the Social Stitch meeting held last week.
We hope you will stay with us as we journey through this term; find out what Stitch is doing and what's going on in the art and culture scene!
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NEWS: Save the Exeter Northcott
13th January 2008
Many people have been astonished by the Arts Council's proposal to cut funding to Exeter's Northcott Theatre. Especially when one considers that they provided assistance to the recent £2.1m refurbishment of the theatre. Exeter students would be directly affected by the repercussions of ...
FOOTLIGHTS: Little Shop of Horrors PREVIEW
12th January 2008
I love Little Shop of Horrors. It is so brilliantly campy, so silly, and yet has a refreshingly seedy underbelly. Although immortalized in the 1986 film, the musical itself was written in 1982 by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (the team ...
EUTCo: Between Mouthfuls REVIEW
23rd December 2007
‘Between Mouthfuls’ And The Return Of Nouvelle Cuisine
As theatre goes, ‘Between Mouthfuls’ was fairly digestible, not that I am really the best judge. I like steak and this was more like sushi. A delicious morsel of something that you couldn’t help but wish there was a ...
