Cornish are most ancient of britons

Indigenous Cornish and Welsh can claim to be the most ancient of Britons, according to scientists who are drawing up a new genetic map of the British Isles. They studied…

A Sierra Sojourn

Once known as “Big Meadows” for it’s fertile and open grazing land, the Bridgeport Valley was long the domain of Paiute Indians, peaceful hunter-gatherers who lived mainly near the valley’s…

James Ruse: Part 2 – Extraordinary Times

By Chris Dunkerley – In Part 1 we read of Cornish born man James Ruse convicted of theft, transported on the First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove in January. A…

[Save Penwith Moors] Defiance or modest and fair-minded?

A response to an article in today’s ‘The Cornishman’ regarding fencing and grazing in the areas around Chun Quoit. See “Fencing proposals met with defiance from campaigners” at http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Fencing-proposals-met-defiance-campaigners/story-16303220-detail/story.html Save…

Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival 2013

Cornish Male Voice singing remains high on the agenda for many sons of Cornwall. In every corner of the land, on a weekday evening, groups of men gather for their…

[Save Penwith Moors] Chun Downs for Common Land

Save Penwith Moors have made two more applications to have the area now known as Chun Downs – that includes Chun Castle and Quoit – re-registered as Common Land, and…

Jubilee flotilla

London held a Jubilee party for Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, over the past 4 days, starting from 2nd June. A part of…

James Ruse: Part 1 – Cornish Convict

By Chris Dunkerley – Introduction: When the First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove in January 1788 having spent many months sailing from England, ingenuity was a cargo much needed –…

[Dan Rogerson, MP] Flag grab

This was raised by Dan Rogerson MP during a Westminster Parliamentary debate on the proposed VAT ‘pasty tax’ on Wednesday this week. “When the last runner with the Olympic flame…

Torched – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

The Olympic Torch Relay came to Cornwall for the day. The Olympic flame arrived at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall from Athens on Friday 17 May, 2012 in four custom-made lanterns….