Profiles

The True Spirit of Christmas
Jay Smith is on a mission to make Christmas Day considerably better for a large number of people. A short while back, having recieved devastating new that his 10 year old son had been involved in a potentially fatal car crash in Leeds, Jay Smith's life changed immediately and he ...

Digging for Devon…
The Force4Nature volunteer teams provide a friendly, motivated and increasingly experienced and well equipped work force to projects large and small that are actively giving nature the helping hand it needs to recover and once again thrive. The teams venture out every week to a wide variety of projects, all ...

Picky About Sounds
I’m a music snob. It feels good to finally say it out loud. To open up. To reveal this gift to the world! Because that’s what it is. A gift! And now you know I will, do, and have judged many an unsuspecting person on their music catalogue and playlist-making ...

Band Meeting – Abrasive Trees
How did Abrasive Trees get together as a group? Matthew Rochford: I had the desire to start an experimental/dark music project back in 2018. So, I started to write and the first thing I came up with was Bound For An Infinite Sea and then I spoke with Ben about ...

KNEES UP: Totnes muso revives the dying art of the pub singalong
“There’s nothing finer than a roomful of people singing at the top of their lungs,” reckons Totnes pianist Andy Hill. The former host of a traditional pub singalong back in his hometown of London, Andy Hill now lives in Devon, and he’s on a mission to revive the lost art ...

Totnes Woman in Finals of International Photography Competition
Sita Dommett from Totnes, has reached the finals of an international photography competition. Sita, captured the imagination of the judges for his shot entitled ‘Calm', and she’s now reached the final of the Down’s Syndrome Association’s ‘My Perspective’ photography competition. Sita said, on reaching the shortlist: ‘I feel happy I ...