Kevin Dixon is a local journalist based in Torquay, United Kingdom. He writes for Torbay Family Butchers Ltd and his work has also appeared in DevonLive. Kevin's articles cover a range of topics including local history, literature, culture, and community events in Torquay.
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Kevin Dixon’s work predominantly covers local Torquay culture and society, with a focus on historical or cultural events and figures. He's also interested in profiling local personalities and exploring the city's history.
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By: Kevin Dixon
“Some were in the sea, some were lying stretched out in the sun, and some were anointing themselves carefully with oil”, Agatha Christie’s ‘Evil Under the Sun’ (1941) It was during the 1920s that people in Torquay started taking their clothes off. They had decided that ...
“The best friend man can possibly have”, Voltaire (1764) Do good dogs go to Heaven? Tucked away around the back of Torre Abbey is a pet cemetery. It’s a kind of place that’s less scary than Stephen King and more melancholy than Secret Garden, with ancient walls and locked doo...
By: Kevin Dixon
FROM a small fishing village of around 800 at the end of the eighteenth century, 50 years later Torquay’s population stood at over 11,000. By the beginning of the twentieth century, it was over 33,000. The Georgian and Victorian resort’s offer of employment and accommodation attracted th...
Every September thousands of volunteers across England organise events in the nation's largest festival of history and culture.
By: Kevin Dixon
Is there a secret tunnel connecting Torre Abbey and the enigmatic St Michael’s Chapel? That’s the Torquay legend that has been around for decades or even centuries. But is it true? The obvious first question concerns the real logistical problems of digging a tunnel over half a mile long ...
See Torbay's 'The System' on the Big Screen -
By: Kevin Dixon
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”, Charles Baudelaire (1864). Not far from Torquay Harbour, overlooking Torbay, is a limestone plateau 75 metres above the sea. At the base of the cliff is a cave formed when a slab of limestone fell ...
Having been 50 years since the Roebuck shooting shook Torquay, local historian Kevin Dixon chronicles what happened on the tragic day of October 3, 1974
By: Kevin Dixon
“You’ve never made love, until you’ve made love in a gondola”, Scandal (1989) That possibly caught your attention! We’re on the topic of biographical films, or biopics. These are movies that dramatise the life of an actual person, using the central character's real name...
Local historian traces the struggles of the traditional seaside resort
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