Martin Hesp recalls the days when he used to be a TV presenter taking the cameras on hikes and other adventures across the West Country
Martin Hesp
Martin Hesp recalls the days when he used to be a TV presenter taking the cameras on hikes and other adventures across the West Country
Quick video - flying to St Vincent in the Grenadines in a small 8-seater Islander aircraft
Bob Bell reminisces in a kind of beautiful prose poem his early boyhood days when he first fell in love with music - it’s what he’s thinking about as he drives across the great empty wastes of south and west USA…
Walking at this time is a real pleasure - not too hot, not too cold - although it can get a little blustery. Pick your day though and it’s the best time of year to walk in the English hills
Martin Hesp interviews the man behind Cornish tea and its amazing success story. Jonathon Jones of the Tregothnan Estate was recently awarded the OBE - much deserved, says Martin, who has edited an interview he did with Jonathon a couple of years ago…
Martin Hesp looks up an old interview he recorded with Sir Tim Smit at an event celebrating 25 years of The Lost Gardens of Heligan - in this fascinating chat Tim shares his thoughts on historic gardens and the future of horticulture
Autumn 2020 is a good season for apples - especially in the West Country where there’s plenty to be done if you have a lot of fruit
Martin Hesp goes walking on Goonhilly Down - one of the strangest landscapes in England, let alone Cornwall
Colin White continues his recollections, looking back at the technical wizardry - and the shortcuts - of his old Devon workplace in times past
Martin Hesp finds a hidden part of West Cornwall away from the madding crowds - and watches two suns descend toward evening at the magical Merry Maidens
More of Bob Bell’s remarkable memoirs of times out on the American highways with a touring band and plenty of bookings to go and gig - and all of them 100s miles apart
Continuing his Roomful of Blues Hot Little Mama tour of 1981 Bob Bell recalls reaching the West Coast and San Francisco
In the latest Secret Cornwall series Martin Hesp goes to far West Penwith to explore the remarkable granite area near Land’s End and create a podcast after to talking with two born and bred local ladies
In another of his Secret Cornwall series Martin Hesp visits the upper reaches of the Fal estuary
Tim Bannerman’s masterclass in glass continues with these fascinating thoughts on the most beautiful object in the world (at least, it was in Roman times), and how the very delicacy of glass can interweave between high politics and friendships
Bob Bell continues his memoirs of remarkable journeyings across the USA with the band Roomful of Blues in 1981
Continuing his Secret Cornwall series Martin Hesp visits the beautiful estate at Trelowarren on the Lizard peninsula
Walking Madeira’s magnificent levadas. Martin Hesp has created a podcast about the experience and put a selection of photographs onto his website