We will be adding the recordings of all the story cafes, both Virtual and Face to Face events onto this page, please keep checking after each event for the video links.
At the bottom of this page you will find links to videos created by other organisations that may be of interest.
Cornish Mythology with Siân Esther Powell – April 2022
Thursday 28th February 2022 “Cornish Mythology: Piskies, Mermaids and Giants.”
The varied landscape of Cornwall has inspired people to share and create stories of giants, mermaids and piskies for hundreds of years. But where do these stories come from? And how relevant are they to Cornwall today? Watch the online talk by Cornish museum professional Siân Esther Powell, who is also an amateur folklorist and host of the Celtic Myths and Legends Podcast.
For further info:
Sian’s Celtic Myths and Legends Podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZWx0aWNteXRoc3BvZGNhc3QuY29tL3Jzcw
Donald Rawe’s Traditional Cornish Stories and Rhymes are available on our website to read Donald Rawe’s Cornish Stories
HMS Warspite with Richard Holme at Marazion Community Centre – February 2022
Hark! The Glad Sound of Cornish Carols with Hilary Coleman and The Red River Singers – November 2021
A face to face Story Cafe at Kresen Kernow
Trethevy Quoit by Andy Jones – October 2021
A virtual Story Cafe via Zoom and Facebook Live
Dynamite Works by Peter Channon – September 2021
A talk and walk in Hayle
The history of the Cornish Language between 1777-1904 by Kensa Broadhurst – April 2021
A virtual Story Cafe via Zoom and Facebook Live
Kolar’s Gold with The Rowan Tree – March 2021
A virtual Story Cafe via Zoom and Facebook Live
For more information about the Kolar’s Gold multimedia project and details of how to buy the CD please visit : https://www.therowantreemusic.com/about
Turf Cutting for Fuel on Bodmin Moor with Peter Herring – February 2021
A virtual Story Cafe via Zoom and Facebook Live
The publications mentioned in Peter’s talk are available at:
The Bodmin Moor : An archaeological survey Volume 1 The Human Landscape to 1860, can be downloaded here: https://map.cornwall.gov.uk/reports_event_record/1994/1994R034.pdf
and
Volume Two is available to purchase at :
The Bodmin Moor : An archaeological survey Volume Two The industrial and post-medieval landscapes
: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/bodmin-moor-archaeological-survey-vol-2
Cornish Scoot Dancing with Merv and Alison Davey – January 2021
A virtual Story Cafe via Zoom and Facebook Live
Other Organisations
We know that some other organisations are also running online events, so we thought it would be a great idea to share these on our website as well. If you are an organisation and would like to add your events to this page, please get in touch!
The Archives and Cornish Studies Service, Kresen Kernow
The Archives and Cornish Studies Service, based at Kresen Kernow have been running free online events, which you can book via their Events page on their website : https://kresenkernow.org/events/
They also have links to the recordings of previous events on the Kresen Kernow Youtube channel
Cornish Story
Cornish Story are presenting a series of Live events about Cornish Diaspora which you can book online.
Cornwall Archaeological Society
Cornwall Archaeological Society have recorded a very interesting series of Winter Lectures, available below, as well as on their website.
The talk on Trethevy Quoit is particularly interesting to us as we manage this site on behalf of English Heritage and own the field surrounding the Quoit within which the platform of Greenstone was discovered.
Truro’s High Cross: A chequered history Andrew Langdon
Trethurgy revisited in colour Henrietta Quinnell
Innovations in Zennor: Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating Shines a Light on The Early Origins of Bosigran’s Famous Fields Pete Herring and Soetkin Vervust
A vast extent of country and time Cathy Parkes
Trethevy Quoit, in light of recent work Andy Jones
