The Fowey Hotel's News Feed

Du Maurier Festival

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The annual Du Maurier festival, held in honour of world-famous novelist Daphne Du Maurier, will be held once again in the delightful town of Fowey.

A fully-fledged arts festival, this year's celebration, which runs from 9th - 20th May, offers a fantastic mix of music, talks, performances and workshops, which will be held in the specially created Festival Village in the town.

Amongst some of the famous names appearing in the packed programme are Sir Terry Wogan, Esther Rantzen, Julian Clary, Richard and Judy and the BBC's Trevor McDonald. There will be a number of readings and literaty discussions, including novelist EV Thompson. Plenty of musical offerings are included, including celebrated guitarists John Williams and Gordon Giltrap, songwriter Nik Kershaw and Georgie Fame, together with a feast of folk and choral music.

Find out more details about the festival HERE.

Stay with us at The Fowey Hotel and soak up the festival atmosphere!

Fowey Mussel Festival

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

A fantastic new festival will be held in Fowey this year! The Fowey Mussel Festival will be held on Saturday, 23rd June 2012 and will be a celebration of this deliciously, tender morsel and Cornwall's other seafoods and shellfish. And whilst you're visiting - keep an eye open for Murray the Mussel!

There will be cookery demonstrations, special tastings in the local restaurants, pubs and shops, together with music and entertainment. The event will culminate in an evening feast of mussels and other goodies, plus live music, in the gardens of The Fowey Hotel, overlooking the River Fowey and out to sea.

More details to follow soon...

Jazz Sunday Lunch

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Following a sell-out Jazz Sunday Lunch earlier this year, The Fowey Hotel cheduled in another musical feast last Sunday, 27th November.

Jazz maestros, Fine Whines, played a selection of toe-tapping melodies following a slap up lunch in the hotel's award-winning restaurant. Three delicious courses, fantastic sea views AND jazz cost just £25.00!

Mac 'In Residence' at The Fowey

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Daily Mail's celebrated cartoonist, Mac, will be 'Artist in Residence' at The Fowey Hotel this coming May!

Mac (real name Stanley McMurty) will be in residence at the Fowey Hotel during the week beginning Monday, 9th May. Guests will have the opportunity to chat to Mac about his life as a cartoonist and he will be holding a workshop with local residents and college students. He will also be working on a new cartoon, which he plans to donate to the Fowey Hotel for a charity auction.

He will also be hosting a mingle at the hotel, which he will be attending with his good friend Valerie Singleton, of Blue Peter fame. Mac is also looking forward to visiting the Daphne Du Maurier Festival, Fowey’s well established arts festival, which will be running during part of his stay.

Mac's first venture into cartooning was as a trainee animator for Nicholas cartoon films in 1956. Under the inspired tutelage of Nick Spargo he eventually became a key animator and worked on animated films for TV and cinema for ten very happy years. During that period he was sending freelance cartoons to Punch magazine, The Daily Sketch, The Daily Mirror and any other newspaper or magazine which carried cartoons. During a lull in the animation business Mac was offered a trial on the Daily Sketch as political and social cartoonist. The Daily Sketch was taken over by the Daily Mail in 1970 and Mac has been working for the paper (on a trial basis!) ever since. Mac was awarded an MBE in 2004, has been voted ‘Cartoonist of the Year’ many times, and in 2000 was given the ‘Master Cartoonist Award’ for lifetime achievement and excellence.