​Kate Haskell

Photo: Matt Austin What makes someone inspirational? More importantly for this series what makes a woman inspirational? Without banging the feminist drum too much, women have had to fight their way to the front in life, from getting the right to vote to being in charge in the boardroom; I’m not even going to start on equal pay! But forgetting all that for a moment, and allowing ourselves to be inspired just by the way someone lives their life or their outlook, you can find yo

Photo: Matt Austin When you become a parent, you set out to be the best you can be, to love your child unconditionally and to give them the world. Sometimes, due to circumstances, ill health or even choice, it doesn’t happen and it is the child that suffers. This is when angels appear, such as in the shape of Wendy Hart, a foster mum, who opens her heart and her home to children in times of crisis. Having had her first child at 20 years old, Wendy decided at 22 that fostering

All photos: Matt Austin Luxury, opulence, indulgence…these are not the words one would normally associate with a holiday park. Well, it’s time to think again because Coast View in Shaldon has ripped up the rulebook and created an environment worthy of all three words! Josh Donald of South West Holiday Parks and his General Manager, Russell Knight, are proud and keen to show me just how this once rather faded and run down holiday park has been transformed beyond recognition. C

Photo: Matt Austin In the latest in her series throughout 2017 profiling inspirational women, Kate Haskell talks to runner Peggy Crome As I make my way to meet this month’s Inspirational Woman, I ponder to myself as to whether I might do some long-overdue exercise when I get home. Much internal debate later, I decide I might be a bit too tired. After chatting with Peggy Crome for an hour though, I not only feel ashamed at my laziness but have also discovered a renewed enthusi

Photo: Steve Haywood They think they know it all, don’t know they’re born and want it all for nothing; these are just some of the criticisms thrown at the ‘younger generation’. Well, there is one young woman proving those stereotypes completely wrong. Focused, hard-working and determined to succeed are just some of the words that could describe 25-year-old Elly Wentworth, or as you might know her, BBC Two MasterChef: The Professionals runner-up 2016. From starting out as a po