November 25th 2019 Totnes has taken the invitation to be one of 3 UK towns trailing a new kind of website this winter – a user-led not-for-profit online hub that will provide pages for all kinds of community needs under one web address. The ‘www.TotnesTQ9.com‘ website is the result of a digital project called EEIO,…
Totnes is no stranger to a good lantern festival… …but this one is planning to be slightly different. The focus is specifically on the crisis we now face regarding the alarming awareness of species extinction. Steve Nayar is a local artist who has dedicated his work to highlight endangered species and works closely with WWF…
Fifty young people are coming together to make an inclusive arts festival this half term. The festival called Ordinary Extraordinary is for disabled and non-disabled young people and their families and is taking place between 24th and 26th October at Dartington Hall. The festival is bringing the community together to talk about loneliness, well-being and…
1st October 2019 What are they talking about? Jazz rock band Shadow Factory have joined forces with performance poet Robert Garnham to create an unforgettable show which marries music to spoken word. Based on Robert’s Edinburgh show from 2018, “In the Glare of the Neon Yak” and will be debuted at the Barrel House in…
Poetry and all that jazz….. In 2009 I was part of an online ‘poem a day’ forum. It was a swanky way of greeting the page accompanied by some very smart, funky, London poets. One morning I wrote a poem entitled “The Word Café.” I had a clear vision of an actual café where poets,…
Profiles – 26th May 2019 Bev Knowlden has been developing her unusual art over the last seven years after making a commitment to devote her full-time work to making and creating pieces regardless of commercial demands. Giving herself the freedom to sculpt and experiment with new techniques. to have my work included in this year’s…
You will have seen the vans around town often enough and sometimes volunteers rattling collecting boxes outside Morrisons, but if you you’re not familiar with one of the most important support groups in Totnes, here’s more… Set up in 1987 to provide support for the patients of the two GP practices in Totnes, over years…
Astounding! Martin Harley and his authentic, soulful blues were surely an experience to remember at The Barrel House on Saturday 8th December. The crowd, seemingly in awe of his talent, Harley possessing the power to both captivate an audience and make them go wild with adoration and excitement, as his increasing passion and mastery of…
The legendary Jazz trumpeter Dave Holdsworth has been supporting the Totnes Jazz Workshop for years and has finally decided it’s time to concentrate fully on his new project ‘Dave Holdsworth’s New Brew’ following the release of his acclaimed latest album, ‘Wodgi‘. Dave has been playing Jazz in many forms since the 1960’s and is a…
Following the heartbreaking death of Reuben Williams in a car crash this time last year, his grieving grandparents have made every effort to generate positivity from real tragedy. Reuben, 3, was in a car on Plymouth Road, when it was hit by a drink-driver, Andrew Vass who is now in prison on a charge of…