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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
SATURDAY 14 MAY 2022
Exeter Pride 2022
Exeter Pride returns for an in-person celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity and visibility after moving online in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
EXETER CITY CENTRE
SUNDAY 8 MAY 2022
Pride-themed Fore Street Flea
Fore Street Flea market returns for a special Exeter Pride-themed event.
FORE STREET
TUESDAY 19-SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2022
Turn Up The Volume at Green Phoenix
A week of climate crisis-focussed concerts, talks and training orchestrated by Music Declares Emergency with Climate EQ, A Quiet Night In and Music is Murder.
EXETER PHOENIX
FRIDAY 22 APRIL 2022
A Quiet Night In
The ensemble’s thirteenth exploration of the creative possibilities of quiet contemporary music in quiet spaces will take place on Earth Day as part of a week of climate change awareness events.
EXETER PHOENIX
WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2022
Climate Science and Creativity
Quay Words’ spring writer-in-residence Ellen Wiles hosts a discussion between Devon writers and scientists about the ways they address the climate crisis in their work.
EXETER CUSTOM HOUSE
SUNDAY 8 MAY 2022
Traditional Italian music and dance
Exeter Italian Cultural Association is holding a workshop exploring the folk traditions of Southern Italy in music, dance and song with Trikkeballakke and La Tarantella.