Leigh Curtis is deputy editor of Exeter Observer and a director of its publisher Exeter Observer Limited.
She writes most of our community and culture stories and contributes to news, features and investigations.
Leigh holds a degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. She leads on design and marketing and also manages our finances and administration.
She is an accredited UK press card holder and a member of the National Union of Journalists.
Stories by Leigh Curtis
TUESDAY 30 & WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 2024
Igloo by Travelling Light
Interactive and non-verbal performances for children aged 0-3 years.
EMMANUEL HALL
Student landlord submits new plans for Union Road HMO back garden block following appeal failure
Application for six bedroom, single storey purpose built student accommodation block made on site of refused ten bedroom, two storey scheme in garden of thirteen bedroom shared student house.
Junior doctors stage industrial action either side of Christmas in longest strike in NHS history
Latest round of strikes are eighth walkout by junior doctors in eighteen month national dispute over pay and employment conditions with government.
Regional transport infrastructure strategy published for public consultation
Framework seeks to draw together major evidence base assembled over several years to address key challenges to 2050 including integration of walking and cycling with local bus and rail network and freight decarbonisation.
FRIDAY 5 & SATURDAY 6 JANUARY 2024
Twelfth Night candlelit concerts
Pianist Alex Wilson plays traditional music from across Europe at Christmastime.
ST NICHOLAS PRIORY
SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER 2023
Exeter Phoenix NYE
A silver, sparkly mirror ball-themed New Year’s Eve celebration to welcome in 2024.