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20/03/2020

'Visit Cornwall' perform remarkable mid day U turn! Cornwall Council issue statement! Cornwall is closed!

It would appear that a loud message sent out by the people of Cornwall has been heard!

Cornwall Council have also heeded the warning we have sent to all their senior members and have made a full statement.

AN URGENT APPEAL FROM STEVE DOUBLE MP (St Austell and Newquay)

This morning we are horrified to see that Malcolm Bell, CEO of 'Visit Cornwall' (a private company designed to promote the tourist 'industry in Cornwall for the benefit of its members) again encouraging second homeowners etc to make their way to Cornwall. We condemn this entirely. Already we are seeing instances of inadequate food provisions for our elderly population and on line grocery shopping delayed by weeks.

"DON'T COME TO CORNWALL!" - Doctor Phoebe Heveron, Treliske Hospital

We are pleased to bring to you all the following message from Dr. Heveron, one of our brave and committed doctors here in Cornwall.

These are her words:

"Hello all! Not something I want to post but as a doctor in Treliske I feel like I have to.

Please please please take covid seriously and stop all non essential contact with anyone.

Kernow

19/03/2020

We were deeply shocked to be sent the below screen shots of postings on Facebook by one of our thousands of followers on social media.

Given the extremely limited medical resources available in the Duchy coupled with the Westminster Government's current advice based on scientific opinion, this kind of blatant profiteering places the love of money before life and public safety.

This absorbing publication, issued to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Tynwald Millennium celebrations, offers a unique insight into the history of the Isle of Man from a Norwegian perspective, and a fresh perception from an outsider's point of view.

Written by Jon Leirfall (1899 - 1998), it was launched at a small get-together by Culture Vannin in St John's with the blessing of his family.

A recent exhibition at the Manx Museum in Douglas reflected upon the work of the artist William Hoggatt, who spent many years living on the Isle of Man.

Born and educated in Lancaster, Hoggatt spent more than fifty years living and working on the Island and was said to have described himself as 'almost a Manxman'.

In the first decades of the 1700s, Edward Lhwyd a brilliant Welsh linguist (who was also a botanist, geologist and antiquarian) came to understand the connections between the surviving Celtic languages: Gaelic (both Irish and Scottish), Welsh, Breton and Cornish.

A number of students of Manx language and folklore have travelled to the Island over time to learn more about our unique traditions and native tongue, with some writing up their findings - many of which still survive.

Karl Roeder's Manx Notes and Queries, reproduced here under the title Ghosts, Bugganes and Fairy Pigs, was first published in book form in 1904, but was also available as a column in the Isle of Man Examiner.

The website “StAustellVoice” reports that the leaders of Mebyon Kernow (the Cornish Nationalist party in Cornwall), and Cornwall Council marked St Piran’s Day by calling on the government to give the Cornish people what other UK national minorities have been afforded – a tick-box in the 2021 census.

The British government is being accused of discriminating against a recognized UK minority and of suffering a “significant blind spot” when it comes to Cornwall as it is challenged to do more to support the county’s distinct ‘national’ identity

The Manx Gaelic song album under the title of Sollys (light) was originally released in 2012, gathering together thirty much-loved Island songs and some lesser known examples.

Mainly unaccompanied, this special album features fourteen well-known singers and concentrates on a selection of solos, duets and trios together with a choral piece from local Manx Gaelic choir, Caarjyn Cooidjagh. The album re-introduces a wide range of traditional material which can be found in local manuscript collections.