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Kernow: Westminster Parliamentary Boundary matters - No to 'Devonwall'

Following a reminder, the Kernow Branch has received a reply to a letter sent to the Boundary Commission regarding the possibility of a cross border Westminster Constituency between Cornwall and Devon, England.

The advice from Cornwall’s MPs was to write to the Boundary Commission stating that the cross border constituency was very much a matter for that body.

The programme below shows just some of the events at Yn Chruinnaght Manx Inter-Celtic Festival 15-19 July 2015. More details on the Yn Chruinnaght website. 

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Local girl, Cinzia Yates, has recently secured the role of full-time research associate for an innovative project entitled Digital Folk.

It's a two-year AHRC-funded research project which examines the ways in which participants in folk art use digital resources. The project is led by Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps at the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with the University of Westminster and the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

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KERNOW: MONARCHY ARROGANCE CAUSES CORNISH IRE

Many residents of Cornwall continue to receive official notices from the Duchy of Cornwall and the Land Registry informing them of applications by the Duchy to register mining and mineral rights.

The reason for this correspondence from both the Duchy and Land Registry is given as a change in the law.

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KERNOW: RIP TERRY BONNEY

Kernow bids farewell to Cornish patriot Terry Bonney - RIP

A well known public face of Cornwall, Terry Bonney from Lanlivery, has sadly passed away aged 81 years.

With the Anxo Lorenzo Trio waiting in the wings, first out on stage was local singer/songwriter Matt Creer, who gently cajoled the packed auditorium at the Centenary Centre with a selection of self-composed songs which reflected upon a number of diverse experiences.

His gentle demeanour masks a powerful creative force, which explored material from his latest album, The Leeward Tide, but also touched upon some of his earlier compositions.

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Kernow: Thomas Flamank Commemoration

‘Speak the truth, and only then can you be free of your chains.’ (Thomas Flamank)

Members of the Kernow Branch of the Celtic League bearing the Celtic League flag were warmly welcomed by Androw Hawke of the Cornish Nationalist Party (CNP), the Mayor of Bodmin, Cllr. Lance Kennedy and other Councillors, the Reverend Canon Graham Minors and Bards of Gorseth Kernow at the annual Thomas Flamank Commemoration in Bodmin on Saturday 27th June, 2015.

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FRANCE RESPECT FOR CULTURAL VALUES - NOT ALWAYS!

The visit to Mann of a strong French media group from both TV and print media ahead of the Inter Celtic festival in Lorient seems to indicate that at least superficially France is more at ease with its minority cultures. Although unlike the other large Celtic countries which have TV language stations such as TG4, S4C and BBC Alba the TV presence sent from Brittany to Mann was provided by TR3 as Brittany still has no dedicated TV language channel

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MANX GOVERNMENT VALUE OUR CULTURE – IT WAS NOT ALWAYS SO!

Another release arrives from Culture Vannin about the coming joint effort by Mann with Cornwall in fielding a major presence at the Lorient festival in Brittany . The release refers to a visit to Mann by ‘French’ media to get some background ahead of the event.

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MEP IN SCATHING ATTACK ON LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION

Speaking from in Brussels this week Sinn Fein MEP, Liadh Ní Riada, has launched one of the strongest criticisms of the Spanish State ’s ongoing discrimination and attacks against users of indigenous and minority languages made by an external parliamentarian for some time.