A life on the road pt 2
In the post-war days a job for an assistant invariably came with accommodation and a car. In my case the living was No.1 Bird’s Nest…
Lifestyle
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
Fancy a saloon car with mind-bending performance? Look no further than the Giulia Quadrifoglio, it's a road-going ballistic missile! Approaching this vehicle across the car…
Welcome to Florence
Sitting on the banks of Tuscany's river Arno, Florence is one of Italy's jewels and is widely accepted as home of the Italian Renaissance. It's…
Baby, it’s cold outside…
The shortest day of this winter has gone and two months of winter remain, so far we in Devon have missed any disruptive snowy or…
Wonders of Whimple
Whimple truly is a wonderful place, having lived there myself briefly in the 90s, it was before all the property development had happened and the…
My life was suddenly a big HOLE
Am I really that scary? Are the males in this household so frightened of me that they are stupid enough to think that I won’t…
The power and the glory: McLaren 720s
McLaren's stunning new 720s sets out to stir the soul as well as pummel the senses Absurd as this may sound, the one complaint levelled…
Moving stories
I’m writing this on a bleak mid-winter’s day - all grey skies and biting winds. As consolation I find my mind turning to warmer thoughts…
Perfect camouflage for snow – the white and tan Jack Russell
See if you can spot the wild life in this shot, and yes, I do mean 'wild ' in every sense of the word, -…
Book release – Viper’s Blood
From Devon author David Gilman, Viper’s Blood is the fourth book in his Masters of War Series, with the central figure in the story being…
Happy Birthday Jack
It's Devonshire magazine's own Jack Jones, celebrating his 10th birthday Jack's regularly featured in the magazine, particularly when we include countryside walks, although these days…
Book release – Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor
East Devon author Jenny Nater was born in the United States to America parents several years after the end of the World War I. At…