Torquay’s Christopher Head and the Massacre of Braybrook Street
“These murders are the most heinous crime to have been committed in this country for a generation or...
‘Memories of Babbacombe and St Marychurch’ at Babbacombe Theatre
Join us on Thursday 25 November at 2pm at Babbacombe Theatre for 'Memories of Babbacombe and St Marychurch'.All are welcome...
The English Riviera Film Festival heads for Seventh Heaven
A glittering lineup of events is on offer at the 2021 English Riviera Film Festival returning for it's Seventh annual...
Gentian Hill & the Ghost of St Michael’s Chapel
The fiction writer Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984) lived in Marldon for 12 years and played an important role in the...
Torquay’s Hydropathic Hotels
Hydropathics - or Hydros - were institutions created to practice hydropathy, a cure-all which played an important part in Torquay's...
Torre Abbey’s Armada Ghost
The most familiar of Torquay's supernatural tales is of the Spanish Lady of Torre Abbey. The setting is the Abbey's...
The ‘African Blondin’ and Wild Times at Cockington Court
On 31 July 1888 the Western Times reported on a fete at Cockington Court held to support the local Conservative...
The Invisible Invasion of Torbay
In April 1599 Hortensis Spinola, an Italian spy working for Spain, was preparing the ground for another invasion of England....
‘Chelston in Lockdown’ at Torre Abbey
As part of 'Create to Recover' local artist Fred Gray Fred was awarded a grant to paint a series of...
“Oddly shaped cigarettes”: Torquay’s Cannabis Tradition
The police recently raided a Torquay house and found cannabis plants to the value of £12,000 growing in two bedrooms....
‘What Next? Torbay’ building alliances through Arts and Culture
'What Next? Torbay' brings together people working in arts, culture and heritage across Torquay, Paignton, Brixham and the surrounding areas....
Torquay and the Life, and Beyond, of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
On August 5, 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave a lecture at Torquay Town Hall. Here was a literary celebrity...
Celts, Romans & Saxons- Faith & Belief in Torbay
So when did Torbay become Christian?We know that the first recorded inhabitants of Torbay were a Celtic people who inhabited...
Is Torre Abbey a Monastery?
Is Torre Abbey a monastery? Did it have monks or canons and is there a difference? First some Devon history....
The Tragedy of Talitha Pol
The Speakeasy Cinema is screening the 1964 film The System in The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey on Thursday 19...
Torquay’s Oldest Pub?
'The Hole in the Wall' is promoted as, "the oldest pub in Torquay". The marketing continues, "This historic tavern...
The Lyd- Torquay’s other stream
When we think of a Torquay stream the usual contenders are the Shire Brook which feeds into the King's...
The Torquay ‘Bunker’
Plans have just been submitted to convert the old Torquay Magistrates’ Court into ten residential apartments. Pre-Lockdown, there was a...
Rome’s Torquay D-day?
In 1724 Daniel Defoe wrote of Torbay: "In the Bottom of this Bay is a beautiful, well-built, and finely-situated...
The Hell that is Torquay
Back in July of 1947 the Spectator Magazine’s James Pope Hennessy spent three days in Torquay… and he didn’t like...
