Chocolate box cottages, rolling green fields, viewpoints out to the sea and little spaces buried into hillsides, the glow of bedroom windows the only light in dark cold evenings. That’s the image of Devon that is painted to many, but what sits beneath that perfect ideal? Villages where teenagers are left with little to do, their limited resources leading them to experiment with alcohol, drugs and loud, wild parties, small places with big skies where they are often forgotten.

With the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe less than a month away, performers from all over are preparing to bring their shows to festival goers and entertain the masses. I spoke to a pair of such performers, Daniel Stanger-Cornwall, and James Hawley, who form the double act ‘2 Mouthed Men’ all about their show and about bringing it up to Edinburgh as the organisers prepare for a return to pre-pandemic Fringe festivities. So, what is 2 Mouthed Men? Could you please tell us about