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Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Rock Form’ – Art & Controversy in Cornwall

How important is public art to community and society? What is it worth and can we really put a price on it? Should we be measuring the value of art in pounds or is its worth something unquantifiable? These seem to have been the sort of questions that were being asked back in 1965 when Cornwall Council purchased an expensive sculpture from the artist, Barbara Hepworth, but the...


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The Tangled Tale of the Ring & Thimble Stones

The story of the Ring and Thimble Stones is a striking reminder that small, seemingly insignificant objects can be important signposts in the landscape that can point us towards much bigger stories. These little stones, beside a road just outside Newlyn, illustrate how fact and folklore can merge and transform over the centuries, how meaning can change as half-remembered trut...


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Cadgwith & the Lost Balloon Post

In the dark depths of the winter of 1870 the tiny Cornish fishing village of Cadgwith made the national newspapers when it became unwittingly embroiled in the ongoing Franco-Prussian war. The strange story of the lost balloon post brings to life a forgotten period of history, a time when the postal service (and a speedy delivery) could be a matter of life and death.

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The Life of Ann Boswell – Gypsy Queen in Cornwall

Ann Boswell, better known as Granny Boswell, is one of Cornwall’s best known characters and an important figure for many in the gypsy community but who was the real woman who has inspired so much affection, so many stories and has even been depicted in one of the biggest TV shows of the past decade?!

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One of Cornwall’s best-known gypsies,


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Truro’s Mysterious Monk & his Ancient Curse

In September 1937 workmen digging the foundations of Truro’s new Telephone Exchange unearthed human bones. This macabre discovery in the heart of the city surprised everyone and would lead to rumours of a forgotten burial ground, while a curious carved head found nearby would give rise to tales of an ancient curse.

Why those bodies were buried where they were and wh...


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