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
MONDAY 27 JUNE 2022
PRISM Exeter Pride month queer science celebration
Devon network champions LGBTQIA+ STEMM contributors and the impact they have had on young people in queer science competition.
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2022
The Big Spork! Poetry Picnic
Spork! is holding an interactive family-friendly indoor poetry and music workshop on picnic blankets.
EXETER PHOENIX
TUESDAY 24 MAY 2022
The Shadow: a Devon for Ukraine fundraiser
Soviet playwright Evgengy Schwartz’ poetic and philosophical retelling of a Hans Christian Anderson tale is a subversive fable about choices we make for social and political gain and for love.
MAKETANK
THURSDAY 9 & FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2022
Cast A Sheep’s Eye: 16th and 17th century love songs
Joe Levy and Konstantinos Terzakis perform Renaissance and Baroque music by Purcell, Dowland, Morley and others in a series of concerts in historic buildings.
ST NICHOLAS PRIORY
SUNDAY 26 JUNE 2022
Sound Walks with Emma Welton
Musician and sound artist Emma Welton is leading a series of Sunday afternoon sound walks as part of Exeter Dream Festival.
CYGNET THEATRE
SATURDAY 21 MAY 2022
Marsyas Quartet: Dreaming in Sound
Marsyas Quartet plays music by Mozart, Bach, Andrew M. Wilson, Judith Weir and Sungji Hong as part of The New Season Series and Exeter Dream Festival.