Community Coronavirus helpline set up for Torbay
Neighbours are being encouraged to look out for each other as the coronavirus crisis deepens across the Bay. With more...
Apart from five years studying in Oxford I’ve lived most of my life in London where for many years I was Head of English in a prestigious girls’ school, but since taking early retirement and heading West to be nearer to my two daughters - settling in Torbay with my wife, Anna, in 2011 - I’ve worked in the voluntary sector.
I took on the role of Service Provider, for example, promoting the Red Cross Torbay Navigators Project, while now I’m a Trustee and part of the Media Team for our local Healthwatch. I’m a governor at Torquay Academy, too, giving me the chance to stay up to date with what’s happening in the world of education.
Other interests, aside from friends and family, include art and art history, reading - from contemporary fiction and poetry to Elizabethan/Jacobean literature - history, politics, cooking, walking, and music, in particular Bob Dylan, the blues, and early Elvis.
I love writing, too, with one novel published so far – Elvis in Wonderland – and another, Who’s There?, that still needs plenty of work!
Neighbours are being encouraged to look out for each other as the coronavirus crisis deepens across the Bay. With more...
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With funding from Devon Community Foundation, a new video has been produced which outlines the issues visually impaired people face...
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Working on new ways to grow the arts organically. ‘In these times, with budgets stretched, and marketing of shows always...
The NHS in Devon is reminding parents to book flu vaccination appointments for their children, this winter.Over the past few...
Public Health England (PHE) say they've seen a huge increase in the norovirus and have issued key advice. PHE say...
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With the winter months coming along more people will be seeking help from foodbanks , so Healthwatch Torbay have provided...
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