Crime

Buckfast Abbey celebrates 100 years since installation of treasured artefact

South Devon’s Buckfast Abbey marked the centenary since its restored medieval artefact, the statue of Our Lady of Buckfast by placing it by the monks in the new Lady Chapel of the Abbey Church. The ...
Crime

Buckfast Abbey releases exciting new series of concerts and organ recitals

Buckfast Abbey has released its new line-up of concerts and organ recitals for 2022. Recognised as a centre of culture and the arts in the South West of England, the Abbey Church is known for its ...
Slate

“Wreck the Hoose Juice”: The Monks’ Wine That Fuels Hooliganism

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. The lovely, historic Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, England, has been ...
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England’s popular monastic wine has a backstory, and a bite

Buckfast Tonic Wine at Buckfast Abbey. (Credit: Skin-ubx/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).) Listen BUCKFASTLEIGH, United Kingdom – With Pope Francis’s two-day visit to Ireland just a week away, ...