Chloe Camyl Mickelson comes from a town in the Philippines famous for its surfing.  Her photograph of Porthleven reminds her of home Another excellent film from Adrian Pennington from the Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske’s Communications Team.  Here Chloe, who works in oncology research at the hospital, talks about her love of surfing, her life back […]

Michael Apas, who helped set up our photography workshops THROUGH MY LENS with the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, talks about what this meant to him.  Michael attended workshops in Truro and Penzance – and was a key voice from the start in developing the project. Huge thanks to Adrian Pennington of the hospital’s Communications Department […]

A morning (15 May 2023) in brilliant sunshine at Madron Primary School in west Cornwall – talking about a refugee’s life and learning a few words of Arabic. A stunning view overlooking Mount’s Bay from the playground in this tiny school – scooters lined up here in the bike rack. Rawda Alater spoke about her […]

A wonderful afternoon at the Hall for Cornwall to round off this season’s THROUGH MY LENS workshops. A splendid cream tea – and a chance to meet the Royal Cornwall Hospital’s Communications Team member Adrian Pennington, who is going to make a film about our workshops and the photos taken. Watch this space for more. […]

Our sixth workshop with international NHS workers at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, took us to Penzance. We were unlucky with the weather! But escaped the rain at Penlee House Gallery where we saw familiar paintings. Some depicted scenes we later photographed when the sun (just) started to shine! Our new project – Through My […]