Features

A truly independent panel?

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Patient groups have every right to question the make-up of the inquiry panel that will investigate the sacking of Royal Cornwall Hospital's Trust chief executive John Watkinson and the manner in which upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery was moved from Truro to Derriford...

Tackling bovine TB must be the top rural priority

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Who would be a new Prime Minister? David Cameron's in-tray will be overflowing with 'urgent' requests and insistent demands. Every special interest...

Lonely sea where men are a threatened species

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sea Fever was a great choice as the title for this excellent documentary series about the lure of the sea. John Masefield's poem begins: "I must down...

Owl watching a real treat

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

At last we have tawny owls in one of our owl nest boxes after a three-year wait. It has been very special to listen to the daytime gentle calls of the...

Welcome to the Show

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

WELCOME to three great days celebrating the very best of our rural way of life. The Devon County Show – a showcase where town meets country...

Dull entrepreneurs cast a shadow over hybrid show

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Apprentice meets Dragon's Den with a little bit of Mary, Queen of Shops thrown in for good measure in High Street Dreams, a hybrid which has very...

Playing Shostakovich and Sibelius in country churches

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The truly-eclectic cocktail of a nationally-acclaimed string quartet playing Sibelius and Shostakovich in country churches, schoolchildren performing...