Launceston. Report from the Literature and Art Section
To John Betjeman, Launceston was the gateway to North Cornwall, with the Camel to the west, the Tamar to the east, and Bodmin Moor to the west. Of all the towns in the district,...
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Dartmouth. Report from the Literature and Art Section
Situated near the mouth of the Dart on a deep and safe harbour Dartmouth has great topographical and historical interest, and clearly has had and continues to have lively residents and visitors in literary...
Buckfast. Report from the Literature and Art Section
In the early 1600s, Tristram Risdon, when approaching the Dart near Buckfast, looked down on the: “skeleton of a huge body, whereby might be conceived what Bigness it once had, whose ruins might move...
Cullompton. Report from the Literature & Art Section
The Camden Town Group — The Devon Connection As defined by the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Camden Town Group (whose work I particularly admire) was a group of English Post-impressionist artists, who met on a...
Tavistock. Report from the Literature and Art Section
In the centuries when national travellers wrote of their journeys around England and nationally celebrated artists travelled to paint Devon scenery, Tavistock was little visited by such notables. Of the early writers only Tristram...
Artists of the Devonshire Association – an exhibition
The DA held its first ever art exhibition entitled ‘Artists of the Devonshire Association’ in October 2014. This beautifully presented and phenomenally successful three-week event was staged at the elegant gloss-Art Exeter gallery and...
Barnstaple. Report from the Literature & Art Section
Barnstaple has long been an attractive destination. Several of the indefatigable early travel writers included the flourishing borough on the Taw in their itineraries in North Devon. In 1538, John Leland found “manifest ruins...
Kingsbridge. Report from the Literature & Art Section
It is fortunate that the one-time Literature section now includes some aspects of Art as Kingsbridge has proved to be a town and area with many active artists, a great number of whom show...
Torquay. Report from the Literature & Art Section
In two hundred years as a seaside resort, Torquay’s mild climate, clear light and general feeling of well-being have attracted residents and visitors seeking health and relaxation, with leisure to spend on reading, writing,...
Axminster. Report from the Literature Section
Axminster must have been on the route in the last millennium of many writers using the main road to and from the south west counties, staying in the many inns or travelling south to...