Pasty treat for the Cornish in NSW Australia
The Cornish Association of New South Wales in Australia are having a special Cornish Fayre Day on Saturday 23 July, 2011. A Pasty making demonstration and workshop (up to 12…
Policing in Cornwall may be even more from ‘up country’
In a ConDem government move than would further distance policing of Cornwall from the community of the Duchy, the UK Government’s so-called Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill is at…
NZ Cornish Association updates (July, 2011)
NZ Cornish Association’s Treasurer Jean Harry, who for many years also compiled the newsy and almost in-the-family style newsletters, has now handed over to Nick Bartle (NZCA Pres) as Editor. …
[Mebyon Kernow]: Lance Dyer to stand in Truro by-election
Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall is seeking your support in the Truro by-election for Boscawen Ward. Nominations closed on 24 June, 2011 and our party candidate is Mr…
Craig Weatherhill: Sacred Stones v Sacred Cows (Saving Penwith Moors)
IF someone took a wrecking ball to the Tower of London, there’d be an uproar, and rightly so. But, in West Cornwall, an unelected quango moves in and, in spite…
Limited Cornish Language Funding from UK Government for 2011-2014
Government funding to MAGA has been renewed for the next three years. The decision was announced by the DCLG Minister, Andrew Stunnell MP, this week and was welcomed by Partnership…
[Save Penwith Moors] Damage at Tregeseal Stone Circle – Yet again!!
Written by Save Penwith Moors – On 14th June 2011 it was reported to us by a local walker on Carnyorth Common near St Just-in-Penwith that a stone of Tregeseal…
Cornish seek recognition: Will Westminster recognise the Cornish people as a nation and a UK ethnic minority?
The Second Cornish National Minority Report entitled: “Including the Cornish – a unique case for recognition” has been officially launched. Produced from the work of broad-based steering group, it builds…
On The River Tamar
By Tom Bowden I was born in Torpoint on the River Tamar in 1929 and spent much of my youth messing around in boats on the river. The Tamar stretches…
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