Tag Archives: heritage

Yippee Ti-Yi-Yo, English Nature’s got to go

The UK Quango, called Natural England, (aka English Nature) is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Our purpose is…

It is Cornish Christmas in Grass Valley

Recapture the spirit of Christmas past amid the charming surroundings of beautiful down-town  Grass Valley, an historic mining town in Nevada County, California, USA that has a strong Cornish mining…

Craig Weatherhill: Arrogant Qangos Must Go!

A Penzance archaeologist and historian has joined with Cornish MP George Eustice in calling for ‘English’ Heritage to be replaced, in Cornwall, with a locally based body. Craig Weatherhill, author…

Cornish Heritage Society East honoured Rick Rescorla

Among many Cornish groups around the world, and especially in the USA and Cornwall, the memory of Rick Rescorla and his heroism was remembered recently by the Cornish Heritage Society…

MP in Quango shock! He ‘gets’ Cornish heritage ..

“Heritage is not English; it’s ours”, says Conservative Westminster MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, George Eustice. “I have always believed this part of Cornwall could make more of its…

Cry of Tin to Shake Rag Alley – ’twas Cornish Cousins!

– ONE of the wonderful things about being of Cornish birth or ancestry is that (almost everywhere) in this wide world the sun never sets on a Pasty!  … Or…

Cornish in sunny Queensland keep active

IN what passes for winter in sunny Queensland the Cornish have kept busy with a Pasty Picnic in New Farm Park, Brisbane, which was reported in their Newsletter, ‘Pythow Kernewek…

Greater Milwaukee has them with or without Rutabaga

It seems that the pasty, and indeed Cornish food, is a common theme across Cornish societies and associations worldwide. The Cornish Society of Greater Milwaukee has an annual Pasty Luncheon….

Bendigo Cornish – down, but not out!

We like to focus on the good things around the Diaspora in this section of the e-magazine, but there are Cornish groups struggling to survive demographic change and a more…

[Celtic League] Historic Sites Update

Celtic League: Kernow Branch Historic Sites Campaign Update 7 August, 2011 Members from the Kernow Branch of the Celtic League joined forces with representatives from other organisations on Friday (5th…