On August 6, 1945, the world watched as the United States bombed Japan. 80,000 people perished in Hiroshima, followed by...

Overlooking the sea at Babbacombe Bay is Walls Hill. It's the site of a prehistoric field system which dates from...

Today Torre Abbey is a place of peace and tranquillity. It wasn't always like that. The medieval Abbey was a...

In July of 1667 Torquay was attacked by two Dutch warships.In a letter a dated July 19 1667 it was...

It's fairly well known that Britain exported its criminals to Australia. What is less known is that over 52,000 British...

Funding is now available for small community-led Torbay schemes to improve people’s health and wellbeing. This could be to helping...

Torquay in the year 2053 is a sun-bleached gangland nightmare in local writer Adam Nevill's novel Lost Girl. The Guardian...

Back in 1964 a young Mick Jagger observed, “Torquay’s a great town. But I shouldn’t think there’s much to do...

Local history can tell us how we got here. A knowledge of the past can also suggest ways to tackle...

The people of Liverpool have for generations holidayed in Torbay and it's not unusual to hear that most noticeable of...

Good Omens is a new TV miniseries based on the 1990 novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The series...

Between July 10th and the 14th 1666, and again on October 20th, a fleet of 'Guinea Ships' assembled in Torbay....

We like movies made in Torbay and this is one of the earliest. It's 'The Rocks of Valpre', made in...

Also known by young locals over the years as Seagull Island, Crab Island, Heartbreak Rock or even Rat Island, the...

One morning in 1576 the residents of the villages of Torbay woke to find an unfamiliar large and well-armed fleet...

At a recent talk on 'The Movies of Torbay' presented to the good folk of Upton Church, a lovely lady...

Dragon’s Den for Torbay? Everyone can be a dragon at Torbay’s first Local Entrepreneur Forum on 7th June. Just like...

It's always a pleasure to find the long heritage of Torbay Horror being continued- and a great relief to find...

In 1840 Dr AB Granville visited Torquay and described a town of the sick and dying. He wrote, "The Frying...

Britain's largest political organisation had its roots in Torquay. It had more support than the trades' union movement and, in...