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...

  During the early twentieth century two reported incidents gave a house in Torquay the reputation of being one of...

Back to our theme of movies made in Torquay... or, in this case, movies almost made in Torquay. This one...

Today Kents Cavern is a fine tourist attraction and well worth a visit. But what about the actual name of...

    The origin of the name of Torquay is fairly straightforward – the hill by the quay. ‘Tor’ is...

“A very punchy, funny, scary movie and a fantastically unnerving location.” The Guardian Some Torquay folk can be a little...

  Dark haired dangerous school kids Vicious, suspicious sixteen Jet-black blazers at the bus stop Sullen, unhealthy and mean Teenage...

“Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long...

      “A generation who try not to fall not in love because it’s ‘square’… who fall in love because they’re...