Wilkie’s ‘The Woman in White’ in Torquay
“No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.” This weekend the BBC launches...
Kevin Dixon went to Audley Park – now Torquay Academy – and South Devon College when it was at Torre.
After studying at Birmingham City University, he returned home because there’s nowhere else quite like Torquay.
He then became involved in community and adult education, completed a PhD at Exeter University , and started writing about the weird and unknown side of town.
He now Chairs Healthwatch Torbay and is involved in health and social care in the Bay.
“No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.” This weekend the BBC launches...
We’ve often said that no good can come from leaving Torquay. Why leave the Bay when we have it all?...
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“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea”, Ulysses The Irish novelist and poet James Joyce (1882-1941) is considered...
This one’s for all you merry swains and maids of Torquay – a swain, apparently, is a country lad or...
In 1865 Charlotte Winsor was arrested at her small cottage at Lawe’s Bridge - pretty much where MacDonald’s now...
In September 1964 Sean O’Casey died of a heart attack in Torquay at the age of 84. He was cremated...
From its very beginnings as a town, Torquay had a significant gay population. As in many other coastal towns, the...
In November 1997, a slim book sewn together with string was discovered in a palazzo in Italy. This was the...
Claude Friese-Greene (1898-1943) was a British cinema technician, filmmaker, and cinematographer. He made more than 60 films between 1923 and...
Local history can tell us how we got here. A knowledge of the past can also suggest ways to tackle...
In the late nineteenth century, Torquay was the richest town in England. Many millionaires lived or visited the town. However,...
Remarkable as it may seem, not all of Torquay’s residents are honest and upstanding. Indeed, over the years we seem...
"Someone who struggled with a difficult family background and a host of prejudices, against his ethnicity, his sexuality and his...
During the 1930s the cinema was one of the main forms of entertainment in the UK. Even through the war...
“Who does not know the ‘comics’ of the cheap stationers’ windows, the penny or two penny coloured post cards with...
We recently posted some Torquay Rock memories... They seems popular so here's some more flyers from past visitors to ...
For decades all the big bands came to Torquay. We were on the national music circuit and tours wouldn't have...
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