The Susan Ward Collection at Fairlynch
Friend of Fairlynch Museum and founder of Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival Susan Ward, left, with Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at a Brook Gallery reception in September 2010 Picture credit: Brook Gallery New acquisitions in the Museum’s display of costumes this year consist of items from the Susan Ward Collection. When Susan and her husband Charles moved to Budleigh Salterton in 2005 she soon became involved in fundraising for Fairlynch, becoming a Trustee of the Museum's Endowment Fund. But it was the Literary Festival that she founded which then became her real passion. The first three-day Festival opened on 18 September 2009 with a strong line-up, including Hilary Mantel, H.R.F. Keating, Val McDermid, Simon Brett, the actor Sheila Mitchell and journalist Virginia Ironside. Very sadly, after a long illness, Susan died peacefully at home in Budleigh on 19 June 2012. Thanks to a thoughtful gesture on...