Helston in CORNWALL the former home of the World Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons.(Born in 1863)...
Prince Charles paid tribute to NHS workers in the 'frontline of the struggle' when he opened a giant hospital at Cardiff's Principality Stadium today.
A circular walk around the iconic landmarks at Minions, including The Hurlers stone circles, The Cheesewring and the engine houses of the South Phoenix Mine.
We spent the last week of the summer holidays down in Cornwall. We hadn’t been to Cornwall since before the youngest two were born so were really looking forward to taking them down to explor…
Discover the land where the legends of King Arthur were born in North Cornwall. You can embark on a mythical quest unearthing the recognisable landscapes.
Trevellas is a village in Cornwall, situated midway between St Agnes and Perranporth. It was first recorded as a place in Cornwall in 1302 and was the site of the Trevelles family manor. Trevellas valley was a mining site for centuries and known as the "Blue Hills" coloured by bluish slate. During World War II the nearby Perranporth airport was used as a Royal Air Force base. Painter John Opie was born in Trevellas. Geography: There are many scenic cliff path walks around the area, static c
When I told the girls they were going to be staying on a farm in Cornwall they were over the moon. When I said they were going to see lambs being born they literally couldn’t contain themselves and I knew our stay at The Olde House Cornwall was going to be a real high to the […]
British-born American painter John Pototschnik (Poe-toe-sh-nick) was born in St. Ives, Cornwall, England but grew up in Wichita, Kansas. He received his art training at Wichita State University in advertising design, followed by instruction in illustration and design at Art Center College in Los Angeles. Most recently he has studied human anatomy at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
Major General John Sedgwick (USV) John Sedgwick was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, on 13 September 1813. His grandfather, John Sedgwick, served as a...
Pamela Colman Smith, called “Pixie” by her friends, was born to American parents on February 16, 1878 in London, England and died September 18 1951, at the age of 73 in Bude, Cornwall. …
Lesley Richmond was born in Cornwall, England and now lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She received her art teachers training in London and her MEd in the USA.
Scroll down for Ben's Biography CLICK ON AN IMAGE FOR PRICES AND SIZES Ben Taffinder, although born in Cirencester in 1981, has lived on the Roseland Peninsular in Cornwall since he was fourteen years old. He studied Fine Art at Falmouth College and then went on to create installations for several outdoor sculpture events in Europe and
According to this article (page 44), Arthur Lambrick was born in Cornwall, U.K. and moved to Victoria in 1911 at the age of 19. In 1913 he bought himself a cow and gradually began selling milk to...
Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for September 25. Today in 1525 the explorer Stephen Borough was born in Devon. Devon and Cornwall were were some of the communities of explorers and adventurers were gathering at this time, and he… Continue reading
Saint of the Day - 5 March - Saint Piran (Died 480) Abbot, Hermit, Missionary, miracle-worker. Died on 5 March 480 of natural causes. Patronages - Cornwall, England, miners, Piran, Slovenia, tin miners, tinners. He is also known as Pyran, Peranus, Peran. Piran's family origins are obscure; tradition says he was born in Ireland but…
When Samuel W. Prisk was born on October 20, 1828, in St. Blazey, Cornwall, England, his father, Thomas, was 23 and his mother, Honor, was 23. He married Jane Mitchell on September 21, 1848, in Green, Wisconsin. He then married Jane Oke and they had seven children together. He died on May 14, 1877, in Dawes, Nebraska, at the age of 48, and was buried in Nebraska.
Born in Cornwall and inspired by its surfers-paradise shoreline, premium lager Korev (meaning beer in Cornish) had the potential to be a key brand in St Austell Brewery’s portfolio.However thanks to a provenance and existing visual identity which were frequently misunderstood, the brand felt constrained rather than liberated by its county borders. With an ambition to serve Korev to the nation, we partnered with St Austell Brewery once again.
Sarah Ball (born Yorkshire, 1965) is a British artist living and working in Cornwall, UK. Her practice relies on the gathering of found source material from newspaper cuttings, archival photographs, Instagram and historical archives to create evocative contemporary portraits.
Harry is London born, but escaped to the coves of Cornwall to study Illustration in Falmouth before returning to the capital once more. His background in traditional printmaking is prevalent and remains pivotal to his style, using the parameters of limited colour palettes and block colours often associated with screen printing. He's a craftsman of smart, observational and narrative driven work with a healthy dose of grit.
Born in Cornwall and working as a professional artist from his studio gallery in Lelant, Jon Tremaine is influenced by the flora and fauna in the local landscape. His drawings are intially pencil sketched followed by intricate detailing using a 0.10mm Isograph pen charged with ink.
