Aysha Bryant, studying Journalism at Falmouth University, gives her account of a place in Falmouth that means the most to her. Everyone has that one place that touches them and this – this view by the sea – is mine. It has everything. Falmouth harbour, the castle, the pretty boats and the dainty little village across the…Continue Reading “Home Beside The Sea”
Under St. Piran’s Flag is a short documentary film and report of the travels of two students – Kateřina Hassmanová and Lucie Javůrková from the University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. These two students visited the westernmost tip of Great Britain twice – in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, their colleague Filip Ivanov…Continue Reading “Under St Piran’s Flag”
Truro Festival, an annual celebration of art, culture and music, held a talk over their celebration week titled ‘Cornwall In My Soul’ led by the county’s ever popular myCornwall magazine. The talk was held in a yurt tent on Lemon Quay. As guests entered, they were met with current issues of myCornwall magazine which were…Continue Reading “‘Cornwall In My Soul’”
Two third year history students from Exeter University, Will Orchard and Abi Stocker, examine the cultural landscape in a research project of West Penwith, interviewing Cornish residents along the way. Read on to discover their findings below. The aim of this project was to explore the relationships between landscape and identity through the collection of…Continue Reading “Cultural Landscape of West Penwith”
This is the first article of a regular feature which will be visiting the many and varied Archives of Cornwall, which are storing and exploring the history of Cornwall. This feature’s archive theme is on The Cornish Audio Visual Archive in which author Shauna Osborne-Dowle tells us more of its origins and work. The Cornish…Continue Reading “Archiving Cornwall: C.A.V.A”
This is the first of a series of articles based on oral history interviews from people around Cornwall. Eileen Budge (pictured above), who currently lives in St Stephens, was a member of Cornish amateur band The Accordionettes, who played during the 1950s. Here, she recounts the fond memories during her teenage years with the band….Continue Reading “The Accordionettes”