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I'm not very good at keeping secrets, so it was a difficult few months keeping quiet about this one.  Rick Stein suggested me for the programme himself which was enough for me, but ultimately the filming and eventual showing of...

In May 2022, I curated and helped to organise an art show as a major fundraiser for Bude Sea Pool.  I learnt to swim in the pool and it is 93 years old.  In 2012 , the 'Friends ' took...

My son is the head distiller and creator of Bude Gin and several scratch distilled rums at  'The Cornish Distilling Company' on the Norton Barton Artisan Food company.  The purpose built distillery is beautiful and tours can be booked which...

In July with film maker Charlie Key, we made an art film in Cornwall. With the year turned upside down by a Pandemic and my plans for my brilliant 60th birthday all out of the window, it was time to...

I have lived outside for most of the summer, either in the garden, on the beach or in the van. I am a summer person and love the feeling of the sun on my skin. My soul is fed by...

I have long been a fan of Emily Barlow’s writing on ‘The Cornish Scene’ and she is a great photographer too so when she asked to come to the studio to do a piece on me I was thrilled. Read...