Beaford has recently developed a new website which includes an unparalleled record of North Devon by the revered photographer James Ravilious and Oscar-winner Roger Deakins. We want to make this website as interesting and user-friendly as possible so that people from all over the world can easily access and enjoy these extraordinary photos.
Read MoreWe’re looking for an exceptional person or team to work with the PFNDC Steering Group and the existing wider PFNDC five-year Strategic Plan to define the public-facing programme and deliver the fundraising strategy required to resource it.
Read MoreDave Scotting, Volunteer Assistant Photographic Digitiser and Oral History Interviewer shares his experience working on the Beaford Archive.
Read MoreJack Dean, creator of the raucous new show, Jeremiah tells us about the much misunderstood Luddite Rebellion and its connection to North Devon.
Read MoreOn the 19th January Plastic Free North Devon and Plastic Free Barnstaple are coordinating a mass unwrap event at local Tesco stores.
A five-year strategy and action plan to rid northern Devon of single-use plastics has been agreed by members of the Plastic Free North Devon Consortium.
Can you help us with this challenge?
Read MoreHalf-human half-goats surround a family farm in their bulldozers, engines revving.
Read MoreCan you help us solve the mystery?
Read MoreGive someone a special present this Christmas. Order a print of James Ravilious’ Best and Good selection for the Beaford Archive and receive 25% off.
Read MoreThere’s just three weeks to go until Swimbridge Jubilee Hall is converted by the Hefted company into a magical storytelling arena.
Read MoreThis Sunday we’ll pay our respects to all those who gave their lives in battle. These documentary photographs by James Ravilious depict how this important day has been marked in North Devon.
Read MoreThis month in North Devon we’ll host processions and carnivals, we’ll light torches and roll barells in much the same way as the generations before us.
Read MoreAn ensemble of North Devon survivors is gathered on Lundy Island in 2075, looking back on the folklore of their land and the environmental collapse that swallowed it.
Read MoreFrom witches and wizards to star constellations and costumes with a more political edge, Devonians know how to create wonderful fancy dress costumes. Ditch the off-the-shelf option and make something truly unique, taking inspiration from the Beaford Archive.
Read MoreRehearsals between Multi Story and the Swimbridge community cast for North Devon theatre epic Hefted are now underway. Playwright David Lane went along to pass his script over at the first rehearsal, leaving the company to begin their unique exploration of a very local play with a global environmental vision.
Read MoreOver a 2 year period, Beaford worked with eight primary schools and six artists to explore how creative learning can be embedded into different rural settings through a programme combining arts, heritage, environment and community engagement.The project has delivered outcomes far beyond what was expected.
Read MoreA new community cast from across the generations in Swimbridge, music and sound created live on stage by the performers, the magic of 600 years of North Devon myth and history in nine scenes, and the openness, talent and experience of the region’s own Multistory Theatre at the helm – we’re off!
Read MoreMary Quicke, Dairy Farmer and Cheese Producer, says: ‘I love this picture. It’s an early, tiny combine harvester harvesting what looks like spring barley.
Read MoreDisc Jockey and Radio Presenter, Simon Bates says: ‘…this photograph of rows of stooks really has no place in modern Devon. But neither should it be looked at in a rosy glow of nostalgia…’
