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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It’s ten years to the day since Kelly’s of Cornwall launched the first ever tv advert in the Cornish language. 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦〓〓 youtu.be/Z0usmMfs5IY

Council backs call for Cornish tick box in census www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "

Wow. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

#OnThisDay in 1643, the Civil War Battle of Stratton was fought. Lasting 12 hours, the Cornish Royalist Army, outnumbered two to one, hungry, and depleted of gunpowder, fought uphill in four columns to finally overcome the invading Parliamentarian force. Cornwall was secured for the King 〓〓 👑⚔️

Cornishman Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch died on this day in 1944. Under the nom de plume 'Q', he wrote novels and other works inspired by events in Cornish history like the Civil War, which features in The Splendid Spur. He became Professor of English Literature at Cambridge and Bard of Gorsedh Kernow.

Scotland - led by party seeking independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wales - led by party seeking independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Northern Ireland - led by party seeking united Ireland 🇮🇪 Cornwall - led by administration seeking nation status 〓〓

And the bow shall be in the cloud.

Gool Gwynnas Lowen | Happy Feast of St Gennys - possibly a local Cornish saint about whom we know very little.

Steph Marshall, head of the BBC’s West and South West region, said that “we’ve got a long way to go” before there are “enough Cornish speakers to be able to justify that” [the creation of a separate division akin to BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Alba]. Chicken. Egg. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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We must. The UK’s membership of the Council of Europe (contingent upon signing and ratifying the ECHR) bestowed national minority protection on Cornish people - the twelfth anniversary of which falls today.

Happy Cornish national minority day! On this day in 2014, the UK Government announced that Cornish people would be recognised under the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, affording them the same status as Scots, Welsh and Irish people.

William Shakespeare died this day in 1616. “Pistol: What is thy name? Henry V. Harry le Roy. Pistol. Le Roy! a Cornish name: art thou of Cornish crew?” Henry V, Act 4 - Scene 1

On this day in 1991, over 40,000 Cornish people (then 10% of the population) travelled to Twickenham to watch Cornwall beat Yorkshire in the final of the Rugby County Championship. 〓〓 🏉 〓〓 🏉 〓〓 🏉 〓〓 🏉 〓〓 youtu.be/9ep1bjsgbjg

Town gets ready to celebrate steam engine pioneer Trevithick www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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On this day in 1986, the Isles of Scilly signed a peace treaty with the Netherlands, ending a 335-year war: the longest in history.

Maria Branwell Bronte was born on this day in Penzance in 1783. She was the mother of Emily, Charlotte, Ann and Branwell Bronte, and helped to establish the first Methodist chapel in Penzance.

✅ Brittany is everywhere… yet barely explained Millions of people visit Brittany every year. They see the landscapes, the culture, the traditions. But in English, something is missing #BrittanyNews 👉 Read the full article and discover why this shift matters : www.nhu.bzh/brittany-new...

Morwenstow.

Whoop! Today marks the 25th anniversary of the return of Kernow’s national bird - the Chough. Since its return, Cornish people and their language have been recognised and protected, and in the 2021 Census 100,000 people recorded their national identity as Cornish. Nyns yw marow Myghtern Arthur!

Pask Lowen! | Happy Easter!

“Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise”. Luke 23-43 (KJV).

The sponge and spear from Christ’s crucifixion - sixteenth century carved bench end, parish church of St Swithin, Launcells - Kernow.

Kernow ynwedh. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” John 13 -34 (KJV).

The Mail and Express no doubt splashing this on their front pages. What’s that? They’re not? Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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If news from the government today regarding devolution for Kernow is couched in terms of “if we make an exception for you, how do we resist calls for exceptional treatment from elsewhere?”, remember the Duchy of Cornwall has been, and continues to be, treated exceptionally from England since 1337.

The Take Back Water campaign has seen thousands of people vow they will not pay their water bill until the government returns water to public ownership.

Spot on. Cornwall's people, culture and economy have always been entwined with our neighbours, to mutual benefit, most of the time. But, just like everyone else, we expect our government to do what we ask, and to not try to tell us what to do. Kernow is a nation.

It’s never been about ‘independence’ - it has always been about recognising and respecting Cornwall’s national origins. Is Cornwall about to lose its independence bid? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gool Gwinear Lowen! Today is the Feast of St Gwinear, possibly an Irishman 🇮🇪 who spent time in Breizh ➕before coming to Kernow 〓〓 with other Irish companions where he was martyred by king Teudar.

Splann! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

Niwlek yw.

Bude Light, commemorating the scientific and engineering genius of Cornishman Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, freshly re-lacquered.

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