Macabre goings on at the top of town…At the time of year when the veil between the worlds grows thin, Val Jones, Nancy Pickard and Verity Newman present an exhibition taking an irreverent romp around the certainty of death. Work from these three established West Country artists, Val and Verity from Totnes and Nancy has…
Conker shoes – a Totnesian institution, goes a long way back. 1977 in fact. Originally a co-operative of several people and inevitably having several changes is now owned by Simon Gwilt and Yvette Worrall. Passing through the immaculate showroom takes you into a thoroughly functional factory space where the handcrafted work gets done. Simon explains…
As you would expect in a land of crystals, generic healing and wooden mushrooms, Totnes’ very own Bob the Bus is considerably more than two yellow mini buses chuntering around town. Totnes Pulse decided to find out more and during October, we will be highlighting this truly innovative service. We sought out the coordinator, Lyn…
We’re in an age where that is rare. By John Anderson Contributing Editor The announcement earlier this month that Steve Peacock has retired as a reporter and editor at the Totnes Times should be viewed with more than a little alarm. In an age where regional journalism has been by and large reduced to cursory…
A Saturday morning kids show made and presented by young people themselves without adults telling them what to do … free-flowing chats on literary, philosophical or any number of themes … a hugely varied range of music … to whatever YOU want to come along and contribute – a small taste of the varied, community-created…
The beautiful twin town of Totnes, Vire in the Calvados region of France have introduced a ground breaking plan to drastically reduce waste and inefficiency by recycling cheese. The towns forward thinking environmental campaign group, Visionary Village Vire (VVV for short) (Pronounced Veh Veh Veh in french) (The V’s are in a different order in…
Josephine Larsen has been ruffling feathers… LONG READ: 15-20mns …and she appears to be delighted to be opening out debate. On a new website she has been penning a regular blog and recently wrote positively about Tommy Robinson who was released on appeal from a prison sentence for contempt of court for filming defendants at…
Fiona Green has recently exhibited her work in Kingsbridge and Dartington Arts Lab, under the name ‘Art Without Borders’. The purpose of the exhibition has been to help raise funds for the refugee charity Integr8, featured in another 2016 article here. Some originals and all prints are still available, see below. She shared some thoughts,…
Luck of Birth is a charity set up by Totnes’ Sam and Theo Nelson, who witnessed first-hand the extreme hardship suffered by refugees in both Calais and Greece …
Anita Nowinska shares her passion for life and art with Kate Sermon