Leigh Curtis is deputy editor of Exeter Observer and a director of its publisher Exeter Observer Limited.
She writes many of our community and culture stories and also contributes to news, features and investigations.
Leigh holds a degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, and leads on design and marketing as well as Exeter Observer’s financial and administrative management.
She is also an accredited UK press card holder and a member of the National Union of Journalists.
Stories by Leigh Curtis
SUNDAY 14 JULY 2024
Fore Street Flea
Market with stalls selling vintage items, handmade craft, food and drink plus live music from local artists.
FORE STREET
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2024
Brillsville Market
Regular community-run market that offers goods from local growers, makers and traders with a repair cafe and more.
ST THOMAS
Junior doctors strike takes place in week before general election
Latest round of industrial action is eleventh walkout by junior doctors in two year NHS staff dispute with government over pay and employment conditions.
SATURDAY 6 JULY TO SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2024
The Gift of Nearness
An exhibition of recent paintings by local artist Janet Sainsbury.
EXETER PHOENIX
SUNDAY 30 JUNE 2024
Green Phoenix festival
Sustainability festival featuring talks, workshops, film screenings and community stalls.
Decision concludes that development on former vehicle breaker’s yard would have posed ‘substantial danger’ to pedestrians and drivers in rural lane on city outskirts.
