Martin Hesp recalls being sent to Doniford’s Queen Bee site to interview the folk of Camp Badger back during the first of the government’s badger culls…
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Martin Hesp recalls being sent to Doniford’s Queen Bee site to interview the folk of Camp Badger back during the first of the government’s badger culls…
The day Dunster Castle got a new roof - Martin Hesp recalls going on a journalistic mission to discover why the old castle needed a new roof
Martin Hesp has been counting a lot of butterflies in hs valley this summer and recalls writing many articles on the subject in the past…
Martin Hesp pays tribute to the llfe of his old friend Brendan Sellick - sometimes billed in the media as “The World’s Lat Mud-Horse Fisherman”
Looking back at some of the videos I made during my years as a journalist - hiking, bike racing, talking about Cornish mines, West Country icons and so on…
Ephemeral River is a poem by Martin Hesp - and you can hear him reading it in a video here
Martin Hesp remembers the filming projects he used to do with ITV Westcountry and digs out a load of old photos from the various episodes
When Handforth Parish Council exploded onto the internet as a worldwide YouTube sensation it caused one of British newspaper reporter to remember the days when he’d trawl around exceedingly dull parish council meeting hoping and praying for a row to ensuw
Short video of a sea safari from Falmouth west along the eastern coast of The Lizard
The G7 Summit is to be held in an obscure corner of Cornwall called Carbis Bay in June - Martin Hesp reflects on the West Country railway journey that will take delegates to this special place
A newspaper column written by Martin Hesp in the depths of December a few years ago - all about liking winter - at least, until you get fed up with it in February
With Christmas on its way Martin Hesp is reminded of his normal routine which is to purchase a large turkey from the December Cutcombe Fatstock Show on Exmoor - and one year this meant bringing it into the house past the ashes of his old friend Roy Tassell
Martin Hesp has been walking the high ridge of the Quantock Hills in a gale - and shooting a little video as he goes - talking about the Shute Festival and his novel, The Last Broomsquire
Martin Hesp takes a walk around his misty valley just after lockdown
The Lemon Tree Forest is a novel set partly in Greece and partly in West Somerset’s Brendon Hills. Here writer Martin Hesp reproduces a single chapter after hearing about the death of a rather lonely middle-aged man on the other side of the hills.
Martin Hesp remembers his friend Tim Heald, who wrote a biography about princess Margaret, which those watching The Crown on Netflix may be interested to hear more about…
Martin Hesp has edited a video of shots he took at Devon County show years ago - and in this blog he recalls the country gatherings where thousands of rural folk travel for miles to meet up and generally strut their stuff…
Martin Hesp recalls the days when he used to be a TV presenter taking the cameras on hikes and other adventures across the West Country