Imagine that you've just got the job as a location scout for a film company. You have loads of exotic...

The English Civil Wars lasted between 1642 and 1651 and were fought between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers). The conflict...

“Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but the...

Back in 1989 Torbay claimed to be, “one of Europe’s most sophisticated holiday venues… with an unrivalled cosmopolitan atmosphere”. The...

For several years in the mid-80s Torquay’s Ilsham Marine Drive was home to Larry Grayson. Larry (1923-1995) was born William...

Is Torquay in Devon? This seems like a straightforward question. We know that Devon is an English county that reaches...

The English have fought so many wars - many now forgotten as are the men and women who died as...

  Ransom Stoddard: “You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?” Maxwell Scott: "No, sir. This is the West,...

  Torquay, “like a picture postcard of China gone crazy”, Malcolm Lowry 1933   Malcolm Lowry was a serious alcoholic...

"Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". Matthew 16:18...

For 12 months in 1973-74 Torquay had one of the highest murder rates in Britain. This was due to two...

  During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries some British towns and cities with large factories had set periods when the...

  Sometimes you have to think twice before writing an article on local history. Usually past events are so long...

  “Sex and horror are the new gods” ************* Harry H Corbett was one of the best-known television stars of...

If you’ve taken on the profession of Fearless Vampire Killer, what’s the first thing you’re going to need? Of course,...

  “We are not hot-blooded Southerners, or orgiastic negroes, or volatile New Yorkers, or pagan Greeks!” Some have us have...

“...to the Fleece tavern to drink and there we spent till 4 a-clock telling stories of Algier and the manner...

  One of the strangest sub-cultures of the twentieth century began with a now-forgotten author who spent his last days...

Torquay ,“a swank seaside resort”,  The New York Times 1950 Continuing our series looking at movies made in Torquay, here’s...

Even though Torbay is an east-facing natural harbour and a refuge, the Shipwreck Index of the British Isles still records...