Posts Tagged ‘ cornish life ’

Highest Cornish award for university founder

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May 11, 2013
Highest Cornish award for university founder

Eminent academic professor Alan Livingston has become the latest recipient of Cornwall's highest award. Mr Livingston, who is regarded as the architect of higher education in Cornwall, will be presented with the Trelawny Plate at a ceremony this summe...
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Education champion receives highest Cornish award

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May 11, 2013
Education champion receives highest Cornish award

Eminent academic professor Alan Livingston has become the latest recipient of Cornwall's highest award. Mr Livingston, who is regarded as the architect of higher education in Cornwall, will be presented with the Trelawny Plate at a ceremony this summe...
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Film project to capture "essence" of Cornish life

A project is asking people to film a snippet of their life in Cornwall in an attempt to capture the “essence” of the area.
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Atlantic FM out, Heart in after buyout

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May 8, 2012

Cornish radio station Atlantic FM bowed out on Sunday to make way for its relaunch as Heart FM. Nearly 30 people, including past and present members of staff and well-wishers gathered for a party at the station's Wheal Kitty Studios, on the cliff t...
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Pasty tax protesters defy rain to send Chancellor a message

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April 30, 2012
Pasty tax protesters defy rain   to send Chancellor a message

The driving rain failed to quell the buoyant spirits of hundreds of flag-waving campaigners who gathered en masse to march through a Cornish town yesterday in protest at the Government's controversial "pasty tax".With black and white flags of St Piran ...
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Hunt makes a splash as season ends

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April 9, 2012
Hunt makes a splash as season ends

Hunters made a magnificent image as they took their horses for a ride in sea ahead of their day's event.Under generous April skies, about 90 riders gathered on Saturday for the Four Burrow Hunt in Cornwall.The event dates back to 1780 and is something...
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Artist’s portrait of tin miners to fetch £30,000

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December 17, 2011
Artist’s portrait of tin miners to fetch £30,000

A rare work by one of the few Cornish-born artists to be associated with the county's most famous school of painting has been put up for auction.Harold Harvey's large and imposing painting Tin Miners was created against the backdrop of turmoil in Europ...
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Ancient site set for excavation

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September 2, 2011

A glimpse into Cornish life 3,500 years ago is on offer next weekend
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Colonel Bolitho appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall

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September 1, 2011
Colonel Bolitho appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall

COLONEL Edward Bolitho, the current High Sheriff of Cornwall, is to follow in his grandfather's footsteps after being appointed the new Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall.The 55-year-old, who was born in Penzance and returned 13 years ago to run Bolitho Estat...
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Colonel Bolitho appointed Lord-Lieutenant

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September 1, 2011

COLONEL Edward Bolitho, the current High Sheriff of Cornwall, is to follow in his grandfather's footsteps after being appointed the new Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall.The 55-year-old, who was born in Penzance and returned 13 years ago to run Bolitho Estat...
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Colonel Bolitho appointed Lord-Lieutenant

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September 1, 2011

COLONEL Edward Bolitho, the current High Sheriff of Cornwall, is to follow in his grandfather's footsteps after being appointed the new Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall.The 55-year-old, who was born in Penzance and returned 13 years ago to run Bolitho Estat...
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Colonel Bolitho appointed Lord-Lieutenant

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September 1, 2011

COLONEL Edward Bolitho, the current High Sheriff of Cornwall, is to follow in his grandfather's footsteps after being appointed the new Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall.The 55-year-old, who was born in Penzance and returned 13 years ago to run Bolitho Estat...
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