Category: History

Rudyard Kipling: Humble Pie
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Rudyard Kipling: Humble Pie

By on Aug 13, 2011 in Featured, General Babble, History, Torquay's Other History

Doesn’t it strike you as ironic that newspapers are teaming with critics of a modern age who bemoan the fact that fame today has become more about image and not substance, notoriety and not talent, yet become celebrities in their own right? If we disregard that hypocrisy, it is an interesting challenge to a society [...]

Christie: How She Dunnit
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Christie: How She Dunnit

By on Aug 01, 2011 in Featured, General Babble, History, Torquay's Other History

You would be forgiven for assuming that Torbay’s only claim to literary fame rests with one woman. After all, her influence, arguably, extends beyond that of any other modern writer – she is the world’s bestselling author having sold upwards of four billion novels worldwide and she characterised a period in British writing which infatuated [...]