Leigh Curtis

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 as well as news reports and contributes to features and investigations.

Leigh holds a degree in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. She leads on 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

Bloom Festival 2024

SUNDAY 12 MAY 2024

Bloom Festival 2024

Mental health and wellbeing event returns with a day of workshops, talks, poetry and performances.

EXETER PHOENIX

Exeter Pride 2024

SATURDAY 11 MAY 2024

Exeter Pride 2024

Exeter Pride returns for a celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity with a parade, marketplace, music, cabaret and more.

EXETER CITY CENTRE

Trikkeballakke at Fore Street flea market Exeter

SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024

Italian Liberation Day festival

Italian Cultural Association Exeter hosts a day of music, dance, poetry, singing and Italian food.

THE HALL

Devon County Council SEND spending 2019-20 to 2024-25 bar chart

SEND deficit deal demands £50m budget cuts, £13m asset sales and use of £20m financial reserves

Department for Education to contribute £95 million over nine years, but terms of deal require Devon County Council to break even on SEND within two years despite five years of multi-million pound overspends.

Exeter Cathedral Roman bathhouse excavation 1972

FRIDAY 5 APRIL 2024

Exeter’s Roman fortress

RAMM hosts the launch of a new book by a local archaeologist about the discovery of Exeter’s Roman fortress.

RAMM

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