A Cornish Settlement

On the afternoon of Sunday 18 December, 2011 members of the small local rural community and a few Cornish from much further a-field will again gather at the Byng Uniting…

10 Years on – Petition for a Cornish Assembly

Councillor Cole said that “Today (10 December, 2011) marks the tenth anniversary of the presentation of 50,000 Declarations for a Cornish Assembly to 10 Downing Street. Getting over 50,000 people to…

Plaid Cymru Westminster motion for a Cornish Assembly

Mebyon Kernow leader, Dick Cole, has reported  “I am pleased to report that yesterday (12 December, 2011) in the House of Commons, our good friends in Plaid Cymru tabled an…

New Book and Review – River Tamar Through Time

Cornwall24.net e-magazine has been kindly provided with a copy of a new book by publisher Amberley books, to review. The flyer that accompanied the request indicates it is the latest…

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…

Mebyon Kernow wins Wendron by-election

Loveday Jenkin, standing for Mebyon Kernow, has been clearly elected to Cornwall Council (Konsel Kernow) in the by-election for Wendron caused by the sudden death of Independent Councillor Mike Clayton….

High Tea in Camden

What’s that? No, we haven’t gone all Home Counties English. This Camden is the one down in the Cowpastures countryside, where wandering cattle from the First Fleet in New South…

Winner Kan rag Kernow 2011 – Benjad

The Kan rag Kernow (Song for Cornwall) is a song competition to find a song in Kernewek, the Cornish language, to represent Cornwall at the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland…

[Mebyon Kernow] Conference 2011 next weekend

Mebyon Kernow’s 2011 Conference takes place this weekend, the 19th and 20th November, at the Shire House Suite in Bodmin. It will mark MK’s 60th anniversary as an organisation. On…

Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker

by Tom Bowden – Robert Stephen Hawker was born on 3rd December 1803 in Plymouth and he was the son of a doctor. Robert then went on to Oxford University…