Leigh Curtis

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

Dayzee and the World of Tomorrow graphic

SUNDAY 15 TO SATURDAY 28 DECEMBER 2024

Dayzee and the World of Tomorrow

Quirk Theatre presents a festive family-friendly adventure about a magical future.

EXETER PHOENIX

Children cycling with Santa Claus

SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER 2024

Kidical Mass Christmas ride

Kidical Mass Exeter holds its ninth family bike ride as part of an ongoing campaign for safe cycling routes for children, young people and families.

BELMONT PARK

King George V playing fields proposed-layout aerial view

Exeter City Community Trust survey misses mark on King George V playing fields development plans

Council promised “wide-ranging, fully open public consultation” on future of 40 acre public open space when decision made to transfer land to trust, while outcome of statutory consultation on disposal remains unpublished.

Devon MPs voting record assisted dying bill second reading map

How did Devon MPs vote on the assisted dying bill second reading?

Ten of Devon’s thirteen MPs voted in favour of a private member’s bill to legalise assisted dying in the House of Commons on Friday as the bill reached its crucial second reading stage.

Exeter neighbourhood relative deprivation indices 2019 map

Exeter real-terms wages fall while increasing in neighbouring districts

Devon Public Health Intelligence index also scores several Exeter neighbourhoods among highest combined relative poverty risk areas in county.

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