Words by Jamie Crocker Exceptional hospitality and reassuringly good food combine to stop the clock. Should you find yourself in Topsham, casting around for somewhere to placate those tummy hunger trolls, then The Galley Restaurant, at 41 Fore Street offers something to keep them at bay. For more than 30 years, it has held a prominent place in town’s food scene, consistently earning a reputation for serving “the very best of Devon on a plate.” From the get-go, the restaurant has been guided...

Words by Jamie Crocker A Redruth wine bar shaped by long experience and a measured approach. Cooper’s Bar opened in Redruth as a natural extension of its owner’s established work in hospitality. The bar grows directly from years spent running Philleigh Way Cookery School and Cove Café, drawing on daily contact with guests, food and drink. It reflects a considered knowledge of how people like to socialise, observed over many years working within the hospitality sector. Wine sits resolutely at...

Words by Jamie Crocker With many museums and art galleries going through a period of self-examination, Exeter’s does not shy away from its inheritance. The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) is a Victorian institution that courageously challenges its genesis to show the world it has a contemporary grasp of what it has to be – to exist and to survive. Founded in 1868 to mark Prince Albert’s memory, it was conceived as a place where a growing city might meet the wider world...