#OnThisDay in 1508, England’s Henry VII issued a Charter of Pardon, forgiving the Cornish for twice rising in arms against him. The Charter re-confirmed and strengthened the rights of the Cornish Stannary Parliament meaning it could veto legislation passed in Westminster. DEVOLUTION NOW!

The Battle of Hill 112 was fought during the liberation of Normandy on this day in 1944. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry played a key role in the battle and the hill became known as 'Cornwall Hill'.

The Bude Canal opened on this day in 1823. It ran from the port of Bude to north of Launceston, with a another branch going near Holsworthy in Devon. The canal cost just under £120,000 to build.

On this day in 1548, Cornish priest Sir Martyn Geffrey is hanged, drawn and quartered in London following the murder of William Body. Body had been sent to Helston by the English government to tear down religious icons. He was stabbed to death. www.cornwallforever.co.uk/history/the-...

The West Briton newspaper reported a sighting of mermaids at Mawgan Porth on this day in 1827.

#OnThisDay in 1643, the Battle of Lansdowne took place near Bath. One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, it led to the death of the much-loved Cornish commander Sir Bevil Grenville. Ultimately, the Cornish Army was successful and forced the Parliamentarians from the summit of the hill.

And by ‘UK’ they of course mean just London and the Home Counties. Third UK heatwave increasingly likely as 30C temperatures forecast www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

What is Labour’s obsession with Mayors? Everywhere that wants devolution, deserves devolution. If devolution is solely contingent upon having a Mayor it isn’t really devolution - it’s power retained on the centre’s model. Tedious.

The fist decision “pushed to the nations and regions” MUST be the demarcation of those regions. If the regions to which devolution is offered are dictated centrally this would be a farce from the outset. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yw. And so good to see celebrations like this happening at Lys Kernow! I’m not a fluent speaker but if all of us regularly use the words & phrases we know it will raise awareness, improve fluency and help the next generation.

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On this day in 1497, Michael Joseph An Gof and Thomas Flamank, leaders of the Cornish uprising against Henry VII were executed. On their way to the gallows An Gof said he would have “a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal”. The Cornish would twice more rise in arms against the Tudors.

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Gool Germogh Lowen! | Happy Feast of St Germoe! Reputed to have been an Irish king 🇮🇪👑 who, together with others including his sister Breaca, arrived in west Kernow 〓〓 to convert the Cornish (photo shows Germoe and Breaca).

Gool Mewan Lowen! | Happy Feast of St Mewan! Born in Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Mewan came to Kernow 〓〓 establishing a church at St Mewan. Preaching amongst the Celtic speaking people, he moved to Breizh ➕and is remembered there at Gaël where he founded a monastery.

#OnThisDay in 1497, a Cornish-led army fought one of the then largest-ever assembled English armies at Blackheath, Kent. The Cornish fired “arrows, which were reported to be the length of a tailor’s yard, so strong and mighty a bow the Cornishmen were said to draw”.

Whataboutery. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

On this day in 1497, a Cornish-led army approached Guildford, England under their leader Michael Jospeh An Gof. The army was marching to London to demand the return of the Cornish Stannary Parliament and an end to taxes.

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“Why should Cornish [people] learn Cornish? There is no money in it, it serves no practical purpose, and the literature is scanty and of no great originality or value. The question is a fair one, the answer is simple. Because they are Cornish.” Henry Jenner 1904 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dawe hails 'inspirational' Cornwall captain Matavesi www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

“Brexit was an act of “sabotage” that has made Britain up to £30bn a year worse off, former foreign secretary David Miliband claims…Britons “are‼️ £16,000 per year per person poorer ‼️in the UK than we would have been…” #JoinEU #RejoinEU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Gool Meryasek Lowen! | Happy Feast of St Meryadoc! Meryadoc is the patron saint of Camborne. A Cornish language play called Bewnans Meryasek (The Life of St Meryadoc) was written at Glasney College, Penryn, in 1504. It discretely presents England's King Henry VII as a tyrant.

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Cornish nation wins rugby finals www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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By eck! They don’t like it up em do they! 〓〓 🏉🌹

Cornwall Women secure historic Twickenham victory www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Ducking hell! 〓〓 🏉

Cornwall's Shepherd ready for 'magical' Twickenham www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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Gool Petrok Lowen! St Petrocs also the name of a very worthy charity down here in Kernow. Helping the homeless. There is also a "Saint Petrocks" (note spelling) doing similar work in Dewnans, based in Exeter. Interestingly Padstow is named for him, Petrocs-Stow.

Gool Petrok Lowen! | Happy St Petroc’s Day! With St Piran and St Michael, Petroc is one of Kernow’s three patron saints. A Cymro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, he studied in Eire 🇮🇪, settled in Kernow 〓〓 and travelled to Breizh ➕ Also the Feast of St Breaca, a Bean Éireannach 🇮🇪 who came to Kernow, after whom my cat is named.

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Cornwall book Twickenham final by crushing Kent www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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On this day in 1997, a group of walkers commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Cornish rising of 1497 crossed from Cornwall into England at Polson Bridge near Launceston.

Today is Royal Oak Day: a tradtional celebration of the coronation of Charles II and the restoration of the monarchy following Cromwell’s tyranny. People loyal to the king wore oak leaves and in a ceremony at St Neot, an oak branch is placed on the church tower 〓〓 👑🌳

More recent ideas that native Britons merely adopted the culture of Anglo-Saxons, rather than being displaced by them seem not to be supported by the evidence. Migration, not conquest, drove Anglo-Saxon takeover of England | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“A powerful recognition of the landscape's extraordinary natural and cultural heritage". Indeed - that cultural heritage not being ‘of England’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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