East Devon border with Dorset is part of the designated World Heritage Site called the Jurassic Coast; the designated area itself continues up to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage. East Devon District Council contains 58 Councillors representing 38 wards, with the Conservatives holding a clear majority As of the 2016 elections the council was made up of the following: Exeter International Airport is located in East Devon. A small stretch of the M5 passes through the district. The head office of Flybe is in the Jack Walker House on the grounds of Exeter Airport. East Devon East Devon is a local government
The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage