Editing Looe (section)

===20th century and beyond===
[[File:Celtic Cross War Memorial Looe - panoramio.jpg|thumb|The war memorial]]
[[File:Burgee of Looe Sailing Club.svg|thumb|Burgee of Looe Sailing Club, established in 1934]]
With the Victorian fashion for seaside holidays, Looe evolved as a tourist town, with nearby [[Talland Bay]] being dubbed "the playground of Plymouth". This trend continued throughout the 20th century; more and more hotels and tourist facilities were built in the town, and Looe grew and prospered, with peaks in fishing and boatbuilding following the First and Second World Wars.

New Zealand writer [[Katherine Mansfield]] stayed in Looe for spring and summer 1918, while recovering from [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/brick-red-frock-flowers-everywhere-painting-katherine-mansfield|title='That brick red frock with flowers everywhere': painting Katherine Mansfield|website=theartsdesk.com|date=15 June 2018 |language=en|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref> She joined there her long-time friend the American painter [[Anne Estelle Rice]], who famously painted her in red.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/41995|title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=18 September 2018}}</ref> The ''Portrait of Katherine Mansfield'' made in Looe has been exhibited since 1946 in the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa Tongarewa museum of New Zealand]].

Looe and its surrounds are the filming location of BBC television crime drama ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]'', which first aired in 2023. It stands in for the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbott.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/where-beyond-paradise-filmed-location-icornwall-bbcs-death-in-paradise-spin-off-series-2151396|title=Beyond Paradise filming location in Cornwall for the BBC's Death in Paradise spin-off series|first=Lucy|last=Aplin|date=15 February 2023|website=inews.co.uk}}</ref>