Our Special Cafe in Exeter
Monday, March 30, 2026
Welcome to the Pink Ginger Flower Cafe
Dao has been providing beautiful flowers for IPC for many years now. She is a qualified British Master Florist and has always wanted to run her own cafe. Being Thai, goodwill and hospitality flow in Dao's veins - she loves sharing beautiful things with other people, and she loves welcoming people. If you have tasted or experienced Dao's hospitality you will remember it.
The Exeter Pub Scene Part 1
Thursday, March 26, 2026
The Exeter Pub Scene Part 1: A Focus On Three of Our Favourite 'Watering Holes'
At the last count we found a total of 84 pubs in Exeter. They are everywhere ! You'll find a pub within easy walking distance of every home. When people refer to their 'local' they are referring to the pub (Public House is the formal term) that they like the most or the one they go to regularly. English people go to pubs to meet friends, to unwind after a long working day or at the end of the working week and commonly to drink alcohol. England is famous for its pub culture and there are many different types of building, speciality drinks, decor and atmosphere. In this first in a new BLOG series, our man in-the-know Andy Bungay focuses on three historic Exeter pubs.
Ferry House - Our Special Riverside Cottage for Visiting Group Leaders and Adult Students
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Ferry House is the beautiful riverside cottage nestled in the little village of Topsham just outside Exeter and owned by IPC. We offer the cottage to accommodate visiting Group Leaders - it's one of our special 'unique selling points' which means that it is something we have that no other school has - it's something that makes our School Group offering special. The house is also available to adult General English students who want to make their stay extra special It can even be booked to a couple or three guests who want to improve their English and have a teacher visit them at the house.
8 Important British Christmas Traditions That You Might Not Know About
Friday, December 21, 2018
1. Christmas Crackers
Don’t be fooled by the name – this isn’t a biscuit-style cracker, or in fact edible at all. Rather, a Christmas cracker is a cardboard tube covered in decorative paper and tied into twists at both end with a prize inside it (usually a paper crown, a bad Christmas joke, and a novelty item such as a mini pack of cards or a comb).
Everyone has a cracker by their seat at the table. You and a partner both pull an end, and the cracker splits with a bang – there’s a ‘snap’ inside that makes a noise. The person who has the larger end wins.
You usually wear the crown for 5 minutes until it falls off, read the jokes out loud to a tableful of groans, and then forget to take your gift home with you, so whoever clears up gets 12 giant paperclips and flimsy screwdrivers.
Where to try Fish and Chips in Exeter
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Crispy golden batter, soft white fish, the fluffy crunch of potato with a zing of vinegar and the salty sea...
Ah, fish and chips. What would us Brits do without it? What else would we eat, sitting on Exmouth beach in tightly-hooded rain jackets on a cold, windy day, refusing to accept we should really be indoors?
Best Bookshops in Exeter
Monday, July 23, 2018
Do you buy a book every time you go abroad?
We get it: When you visit a foreign country, there’s nothing quite like taking a piece of the local language home with you.
Colleton Crescent: 5 Things You Didn't Know
Monday, July 16, 2018
If you have already visited IPC, you will have felt the magic of walking through the school’s front door for the first time. But how much do you really know about our historic home?
