Good Omens is a new TV miniseries based on the 1990 novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The series follows prissy angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen of The Queen and Frost/Nixon) and swaggering d…

Between July 10th and the 14th 1666, and again on October 20th, a fleet of 'Guinea Ships' assembled in Torbay. This gathering was to celebrate the foundation of the West Africa Company.Those ships wer…

We like movies made in Torbay and this is one of the earliest. It's 'The Rocks of Valpre', made in 1919 and directed by Maurice Elvey. The story is adapted from the popular 1913 novel of the sa…

Also known by young locals over the years as Seagull Island, Crab Island, Heartbreak Rock or even Rat Island, the now-you-see-it-now-you-don't seaweed encrusted rock off Torre Abbey Sands does have an…

One morning in 1576 the residents of the villages of Torbay woke to find an unfamiliar large and well-armed fleet anchored in the Bay. Their initial concerns significantly increased when they discover…

At a recent talk on 'The Movies of Torbay' presented to the good folk of Upton Church, a lovely lady mentioned that she remembered the wartime 'Two Thousand Women' being partly filmed in Torquay's Gra…

Dragon’s Den for Torbay? Everyone can be a dragon at Torbay’s first Local Entrepreneur Forum on 7th June. Just like the popular TV programme Dragon’s Den, the Local Entrepreneur Forum (LEF) which t…

It's always a pleasure to find the long heritage of Torbay Horror being continued- and a great relief to find the paranormal banner being raised again so efficiently. Shelley, Stevenson, Crowley, Lytt…

In 1840 Dr AB Granville visited Torquay and described a town of the sick and dying. He wrote, "The Frying Pan along the Strand is filled with respirator-bearing people who look like muzzled ghosts, an…

Britain's largest political organisation had its roots in Torquay. It had more support than the trades' union movement and, in 1910, when the entire national electorate was only 7.7 million, it had a …

Here in South Devon we're proud to export our Devonshire ways to other places. For centuries we have disseminated the gems of our culture across the planet. Our mission is to enlighten and our message…

Ladies’ Lounge is a women-only drop-in based on the top floor of the Salvation Army building in Market Street Torquay opening on Mondays 11.30-2.00pm and Wednesdays 1.30-4.00pm.The women who attend su…