EcoStreet (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
If you happen to be in the vicinity of Totnes in Devon on Saturday the 20th September or the 11th October, why not try your hand at making your own eco-friendly shoes. Green Shoes is holding a fun one day workshop for wannabe green cobblers to try their hand at making a pair of [...]
Andy D'Agorne (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
This summer, as in most years since the eclipse in 1999, our family have spent a week camping in Devon on a biodynamic farm overlooking Totnes and the River Dart. There is something for all ages including the many children and teenagers. For details see http://www.sharphamfamilycamp.co.uk/ The vision of an annual community of friends old and new, started by the farmer Richard who...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
A physiotherapist from Totnes has been struck off for incompetence and misconduct following an investigation. Arul V Rathina was employed by Devon Primary Care Trust at Totnes Community Hospital in Devon.
Travel the Home Exchange Way (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Q: We own a gorgeous but small cottage in the middle of a tourist town (Totnes, Devon) - ideal for a couple or couple with one or two children. There is a good sized double and smaller room we use...
Transition Culture (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Quite suddenly and almost by accident, a wholly new political movement has exploded upon the scene. It erupted in Totnes, an ancient town on Devon's River Dart of only 7,500 inhabitants. Scarcely two years ago, a small group of its citizens took note of the announcement that the global supply of oil had ‘peaked', (meaning [...]
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
This silver penny of Aethelred II was struck in Exeter between 997-1003. The city's first coin mint was established during the rule of King Alfred the Great (871-901) and continued production until the reign of Edward I (1239-1307). It was one of four Saxon mints in Devon, with Barnstaple, Totnes and Lydford.
Transition Culture (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
By Rob Sharp. The Independent. Thursday, 1 May 2008 If you were to nip down to Devon's Totnes market on a Saturday looking to buy some spelt flour pancakes, crêpes or falafels, then [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008
If you were to nip down to Devon's Totnes market on a Saturday looking to buy some spelt flour pancakes, crêpes or falafels, then you might just encounter Lou Brown, who is a remarkably fine cook. But she has another, non-culinary distinction. Unlike most businesses in the country, Brown does not deal in currency with a picture of the Queen's head on it. No, instead, her change features an image much...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Totnes & dartington won the graddon vending devon premier cup, beating appledore 2-1 in the final on tuesday night.
The Bankwatch (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
Listening to Nigel Topping speaking about Totnes currency. In Totnes, Devon, they have issued their own community currency, with a view to keeping their money in the community. All sorts of challenges, and issues, but it is receiving growing acceptance. The Totnes Pound was launched as an initiative of Transition Town Totnes [...]
English Blog (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
Are you in the mood for something different? Are you tired of visiting towns and cities that have the same things to offer over and over again? If you are, then you might want to head on over to the town of Totnes in Devon. Visitors to this town have one common thing to [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
Nowadays, all town centres seem the same. Mix and match an M&S store, a Next, some estate agents, a few dead-in-the-daytime pubs and a burger bar around a pedestrianised precinct and you have a snapshot of them all.
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 15/04/2008
One seaside town that never succumbed to suburban homogeneity is Sidmouth in east Devon, where a Canadian millionaire - Totnes-born Keith Owen, who made his money in...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Five crews of firefighters were today tackling a house blaze in Mid Devon. Crews from Exeter, Cullompton and Totnes were called to the fire in the first floor of a house at West End Road, Bradninch, shortly before 10.30am. For full ...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
How do you persuade people to buy a product they won't need until they're dead? It's a challenge facing Craig Cooper, director of Daisy Coffins. Having launched its 100 per cent natural and eco-friendly coffins last summer, the new family business based in Totnes, South Devon, also faces the difficulty of trying to enter a very established industry.
