A walk in the hills behind the medieval village of Dunster - the hike covers much of the ground which is the location for Martin Hesp’s new fairy-tale book ,The Deer Park
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A walk in the hills behind the medieval village of Dunster - the hike covers much of the ground which is the location for Martin Hesp’s new fairy-tale book ,The Deer Park
There’s a new book called The Deer park launched this week - and it’s immediately proving to be very popular. Martin Hesp explains how the story came about… The Deer Park - a children's fairytale inspired by the magical woodlands above Dunster and includes references to local history and legends, intertwined with the author's personal experiences and family stories
We meet on of tbhe UK’s top TV producers specialising in making programmes about food and drink - with such folk as The Hairy Bikers, Nigel Slater, Nigella Lawson etc
Tim Bannerman’s pens the second in his series which is basically a diary recording how a village pantomime is being put together for its big day on the stage
Tinned food is often looked down upon in the UK, but a West Country chef has just launched a new brand of luxury canned seafood from Devon and Cornwall which helps put the store-cupboard staple back on the foodie map.
Tim Bannerman begins a new series in which he describes getting involved with a village pantomime
Photographs of a visit to La Palma a few years ago - glad not to be there now - feel sorry for the people of this most beautiful of islands
Walking in the western parts of Lanzarote can be interesting - an exhausting - lava flows are not the easiest terrain to stroll across
A walk around the National Trust’s Godolphin Estate in Cornwall
This walk takes us west of Lamorna Cove in far west Cornwall
A wonderful circular walk in Cornwall from the old fishing harbour at Mousehole west to the famous artists’ cove at Lamorna and back across the fields.
The famous Tamar Bridge - once the longest suspension span in the UK - is 60 years old. Here journalist Martin Hesp recalls the article he wrote 10 years ago when the bridge was celebrating its half-century
There’s more to making a cup of coffee than meets the eye - we try a morning training session in a bid to learn how to become a proper barista at Owen’s Coffee in Devon
We Want Real Food is the name of a book written by Graham Harvey - yesterday Graham and I were in discussion with our friend Ian Macnab about the concept of taking the message out to a wider world with the help of an open-topped double-decker bus - and here’s an article I wrote about the book some years ago
Tim Bannerman concludes his remarkable series recalling his days in the theatre
It’s time for the annual Dartmouth Food Festival - and event which every year punches well above its weight - here’s a preview now that the festival is about to return after the Covid pandemic
A new arts and cultural festival is underway on the Isles of Scilly - Martin Hesp enjoyed a sneak preview just before the autumnal series of events began
A meal out with friends in Cornwall - which included a taste-test to see the difference there is between the flavour of a lobster and a Cornish crawfish. Quite a big difference as it turns out… Thanks to our friends at Indulgence Catering
Meat eating has had a bad press - but the media never bothers to look at the idea that there are different ways of producing meat. Now a new project called Farm Wilder intends to bring the very best environmentally-friendly meat to the market
