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Headland executive head chef mentors regional Future Chef winner
Nicole Sutherland, 13, a pupil at Penair School in Truro, won the regional final of this year’s Future Chef competition and her professional mentor, Christopher Archambault, couldn’t be prouder. Christopher is Executive Head Chef at The Headland hotel in Newquay. When...
Georgie qualifies as a celebrant
Georgie Higgs, from Portreath, has become one of the first people in the county to be fully qualified as an independent civil celebrant. Her achievement means she is now able to help couples create a celebratory event that is personalised to them. Words, vows and...
St Ives to stage Ryan Paris Dolce Vita show
Eighties singing star Ryan Paris, who had a huge worldwide hit with Dolce Vita, will be making his first live appearance in the UK for decades when he performs at St Ives Guildhall on Friday 6 April. Broadcaster and writer Judi Spiers will compere the evening and a...
Choral concert brings A Story of Cornwall home
A very special performance of the prize-winning choral work ‘A Story of Cornwall’ is taking place at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro on Saturday 10 March. Composed by Cornish bard Nick Hart and commissioned by the Royal Institution of Cornwall which is celebrating...
Making her mark in a man’s world – botanist Elizabeth Warren
Cornishman: Wednesday, February 3rd Two hundred years ago in 1818, a group of men and women gathered at the County Library in Truro to establish a society of learning and culture that still exists and thrives today. The Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) runs the...
Charlotte joins The Headland
Charlotte Hayes has joined The Headland in Newquay as the hotel’s new Sales and Marketing Manager. Originally from Launceston, Charlotte has worked in some very well-known establishments – including The Dorchester, Cliveden House Hotel and the Hind’s Head in Bray....
Lecture reveals Cornwall’s scientific past
More than fifty people listened to Dr Simon Naylor talking about Cornwall’s scientific past in the first of this year’s Royal Institution of Cornwall’s lecture series. Providing a history of the RIC’s establishment in 1818 and detailing its early organisational...
Terrace Takeover Success
Donations made during the recent ‘Terrace Takeover’ event at the Headland Hotel in Newquay have raised £144.70 for The Springboard Charity. Working in partnership with Truro and Penwith College, the aim of the evening was to raise awareness of new apprenticeship...
Spring Spa Fair at The Headland Hotel
Taking time to relax and have a well-deserved break helps to promote positive well-being. That’s the message behind The Headland Hotel’s Spring Spa Fair on Sunday 4th March. Mini spa treatments, taster sessions and one-to-one consultations with staff will all be...
An eco transformation
Feature - Cornwall Life, November 2017 ‘Can do’ is Stephen Chidgey’s mantra. When the multi-award-winning businessman from Tregonetha, near Padstow, decided that the property he had bought in 1988 as a self-catering holiday let needed a complete facelift, he wasn’t...
Unassuming schoolboy who dreamed beyond the stars
Feature - West Briton, January 2018 Two hundred years ago in 1818, a group of men and women gathered at the County Library in Truro to establish a society of learning and culture that still exists and thrives today. The Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) runs the...
Discover the unexpected
Feature - Cornwall Today Step into the Royal Cornwall Museum and prepare yourself for discovery. With a brand new layout in the Main Gallery and an easy-to-follow route from pre-historic Cornish finds and stories through to the modern day, there’s never been a better...
Headland Hotel raises over £45,000 in support of the National Trust
Guest donations made at the iconic Headland Hotel in Newquay have raised over £45,000 for the National Trust since 2011. The total has been reached through the optional £1 donation made by many guests at check out, resulting in a significant sum for the charity. In...
Big expansion for Lang Bennetts’ payroll department
The impact of auto enrolment on businesses locally and nationally has led to a significant expansion in the size of Lang Bennetts Payroll Department. The team has almost doubled in size from 5 to 8 members since Christmas and staff are now managing more than 500...
Anniversary celebrations for RIC 200
On the same date that the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) came into being on 5 February 1818, the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro held a special event to celebrate the organisation’s 200-year history. The Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Bolitho and Chief...
High profile wedding experts re-locate to Cornwall
Two of the UK’s most highly sought-after wedding experts have relocated to Cornwall - wedding event florist Simon Nickell and his husband, wedding planner Lester Gethings. Simon Nickell has been creating floral masterpieces for weddings, photoshoots and high-profile...
Battle of the Valentine flowers
Think roses are the obvious choice for Valentine’s Day? A Scilly-based flower farm would beg to differ. In a blog entitled ‘Battle of the Flowers’, Zoe Julian sets out her case for scented narcissi as a Valentine’s gift to remember. Admitting her own bias as the...
South West Tourism Gold Award for second consecutive year
It’s no mean feat for the owner of a self-catering property in a small Cornish hamlet to take on the best of the best across the seven counties of the South West and win but that’s exactly what Stephen Chidgey has achieved. Not only that, he’s done it for the second...