Martin Hesp
Tim Bannerman continues his fascinating memoirs of working in the theatre - here we learn about ‘corpsing’ and other foibles on the stage - and about how the work changed the life of both Tim and his family in the run-up to their next “Big Adventure”
The English grape-harvest is about to begin - and after a mixed season so far the wine-makers of the South West are feeling optimistic
Here’s a walk that takes you to the very place where Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander wrote the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful
Now is the season of fruitfulness in the English West Country - this article celebrates the sort of ingredients and dishes you can enjoy in September
Martin Hesp celebrates the new Taste East Devon Festival with lunch at a very special country hotel - The PIG at Combe serves a 25-mile-menu which more or less sums up all that is good about eating and drinking in the East Devon area
The hunt is on for old cider apple varieties - Martin Hesp discovers how DNA fingerprinting could help the Devon firm Sandford Orchards to bring back the fabulous ciders of yesteryear
Martin Hesp pays tribute to his old friend, the potter Johnny Leach who passed away on Sunday August 29, 2021
Martin Hesp recalls being sent to Doniford’s Queen Bee site to interview the folk of Camp Badger back during the first of the government’s badger culls…
The day Dunster Castle got a new roof - Martin Hesp recalls going on a journalistic mission to discover why the old castle needed a new roof
Tim Bannerman continues his often hilarious, always moving and passionate, theatre memoirs
Martin Hesp has been counting a lot of butterflies in hs valley this summer and recalls writing many articles on the subject in the past…
Martin Hesp takes us on a walk up over the hills from Widecombe in the Moor, following in the footsteps of Uncle Tom Cobley and All…
Martin Hesp pays tribute to the llfe of his old friend Brendan Sellick - sometimes billed in the media as “The World’s Lat Mud-Horse Fisherman”
Anyone who visits Budleigh Salterton today will undoubtedly come away saying it is a very nice place indeed, but it wasn’t always like that. Back in 2003 Martin Hesp remembers writing an article about the East Devon seaside town after it was named the biggest rip-off zone for property prices in Britain…
More theatre drama from Tim Bannerman, this time on the agonies and ecstasies of being creative and experimental with a small theatre company at the same time as very nearly having a major work broadcast on TV
Martin Hesp reviews a very useful cookbook indeed, one which focuses on catering for two - which is actually the number of people most likely to sit down for lunch or dinner. Two’s Company is by Exeter-based food writer and chef Orlando Murrin
Martin Hesp enjoys a walk on Dartmoor by taking a useful seasonal bus service to the top of the hills
Reporting an a seminal event which might well help to change the artisan bread-making scene in Britain
