The Gruffalo in Kernewek - The Promontory People - Humanity 1st - I Rake a Cornish Beach

The Gruffalo in Cornish

Agan Tavas - The Campaign for the Cornish Language, is pleased to announce the availability of of a Cornish translation of the famous childrens’ book by Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo. 

The book was translated by the secretary of Agan Tavas - Ray Chubb. 

Ray said “Translating the book presented a bit of a challenge because the English version is in rhyme and the Cornish therefore had to be made to rhyme. I wish that books of this quality had been available when I was bringing up two boys bilingually". 

The Cornish version joins 105 other translations of this popular book. 

It will compliment the Cornish edition of Everyday Words.

In Cornish the title becomes An Gruffalo. 

The book sells at a price for ‘One and All’ of £4.95 and should be available soon in all good book shops or from the Agan Tavas website. https://www.agantavas.com/product/an-gruffalo-the-gruffalo-in-cornish/

The Promontory People

Francis Boutle Publishers inform just a few left of Craig's best seller......

The Promontory People

AN EARLY HISTORY OF THE CORNISH

By Craig Weatherhill

The Promontory People tells the story of the ancient Cornish people as it has never been told before, using up-to-date archaeological, archaeo-linguistic and genetic research.

The ancient Cornish people, tucked away on a long, tapering peninsula at the extreme bottom left-hand corner of Britain, are perhaps the island’s least understood ethnicity. It came as a surprise to many when in 2014 they were officially designated as a protected national minority by the UK Government and the Council of Europe.

The Promontory People tells their story as it has never been told before. Using up-to-date archaeological, archaeo-linguistic and genetic research Craig Weatherhill describes the history of the Cornish people from the earliest times to the Norman period and places Cornwall in the context of its wider relationships with the rest of Britain and Europe.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Craig Weatherhill was a lifelong student of Cornish archaeology, history and culture and the author of several books and novels. He was an architectural designer and historic conservation expert in local government and private practice, and appeared on radio and television, in Britain, Ireland, Switzerland and Japan because of his historical and cultural expertise. He was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh in 1981 for services to Cornish archaeology.

Link to publisher: https://francisboutle.co.uk/products/promontory-people/

Humanity 1st Petition

Matthew and Nathaniel's remarkable run around the coast of Cornwall continues carrying with them a message for the G7 Summit.

Please sign and share the petition which can be found here: https://www.change.org/p/humanity1st?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=69c02e50-8b02-11eb-9631-5b8592ca04ad

The two have worked so hard on this campaign.

I Rake A Cornish Beach

Link: https://www.facebook.com/irake.acornishbeach

Please join Stu on the special Facebook page set up to spread the news of this campaign which has been set up to draw the dangers of climate change to Cornwall to the widest possible audience including the G7 Summit. 

Stu has revealed some facts which cause huge concern and the photographs on the Facebook site reveal the dangers our grandchildren will face.

More are now joining this campaign including local schools to demonstrate how fragile our Cornish environment is. Quite simply, people are raking designs on to our beaches to demonstrate the effects of the incoming sea.

Images for IRACB courtesy of 'I Rake a Cornish Beach' & Tony Plant, the artist