Cornish tin miners from Dolcoath featured in a special exhibition created by students at the College du Sacre Coeur, Estaires, in northern France created last week (6 December 2019). Students at the school, which was turned into a Field Hospital in World War One, put on a display about the men from Cornwall in the […]
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It was a cold and wet but splendid afternoon on 6 December 2019 when the College du Sacre Coeur in Estaires, France, commemorated three historic rugby matches played on the Western Front nearby more than 100 years earlier. The games in May 1915 were played between Cornish and Devon teams in the 25th Field Ambulance […]
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Let’s Talk started in west Cornwall ten years ago. It aimed to bring together migrant workers and local communities who might otherwise might not meet or interact. We worked with the Diocese of Truro and kept a blog about the work which eventually grew into various exhibitions and workshops with schools. Let’s Talk was a simple idea. […]
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Our Whatever It Takes skateboards were created in 2012 as part of a competition for a Cornish skateboard design. The competition was driven and inspired by professional skateboarder Nick Jensen and his belief that art and skating are closely linked. He painted a board for the exhibition himself and invited fellow professionals, illustrators and artists […]
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Our series of three free poetry workshops in Hayle, Cornwall, got off to a great start on Saturday (8 September 2018) at Phillack Church. The workshops, led by local author Jenny Alexander, are creating poetry to be read in November to mark the centenary of the end of World War One. Phillack Church was a tranquil and inspiring […]
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STITCH explored the ways fabric, pattern needlework and embroidery shape people’s lives. We were together able to break down social and cultural barriers and bring very different groups of people together – people who might otherwise never meet, in fact. We worked with Muslim women in Wandsworth and the Royal School of Needlework, faith […]
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