Grass Valley Hosts 9th Annual St Piran’s Celebration

Grass Valley Hosts 9th Annual St. Piran’s Celebration- Saturday, March 9, 2013 Grass Valley invites everyone to become Cornish for a day at its ninth annual celebration recognizing the patron…

Borlase’s & Scawen’s Legacy Preserved

Borlase & Scawen’s Legacy Preserved Two manuscripts written in Cornish, dating back as far as 1688, will undergo “much needed” conservation work this spring. A grant from the The National…

Our ‘Private Individual’ Calls Shots in UK Politics

Information on the extent of political power wielded by the English monarchy was released this week, following a ruling that the information could not be kept secret, despite the Westminster…

[Its our Cornwall] Tell them enough is enough!

Concerned by housing development proposals for Coyte Farm (and all the others)? Incensed at the insult to the Tristan stone? Fuming at the feebleness of councillors to stand up for…

Lavery slings his hook

Kevin Lavery, chief executive of Cornwall Council, will be leaving his post to take up a new job in New Zealand, in Wellington, the capital city. UK and corporate apparatchik…

Census Shock – the Cornish nation exists!

In last year’s UK Census 83,499 people across Cornwall, Wales, and England have declared their nationally as at least part Cornish. Northern Ireland and Scotland’s figures are not included. To…

Skol Veythrin Karenza launches Childrens songs CD

A CD (compact disc) and booklet of Cornish language songs for young children has been launched. Called Keur Kernewek (Cornish choir), it was created by parents and volunteers who run…

Shame as Cornwall Council breaches Tax Payers trust

An Open Letter: “It is with some alarm that I see Cornwall Council has outsourced enquiries in respect of those in receipt of a sole occupier’s Council Tax Rebate to…

[Trelawney Alliance] Stop the Mass Destruction of Cornwall

On 11th December Cornwall Council will decide on its housing target for the next 20 years. Councillors will be asked to support a motion to build 48,500 houses out of…

Sky Blue all around downunder

There was sky blue all around when Cornish Bards in Australia held their 26th Assembly, on Saturday 27th October, 2012.  Held during the 3rd Cornish Cultural Celebration in Nowra, NSW…