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Hello and Hello dear readers and welcome to the August/September issue of myCornwall Magazine. This issue is particularly poignant for me, as it marks my final edition of this publication as its editor.

This magazine means a great deal to me. It has been a part of my life for nearly six years, and I a part of it. We’ve seen plenty of changes in those years, be it in the magazine, across our beautiful county, or even the world itself which has seen so much change in the past 18 months alone.

Amidst all that, there has certainly been some comfort in continuing to make this hearty publication. Being part of myCornwall has been a great honour, and one I will cherish as I move on to the next adventure. I will never forget the incredible experiences I have been so lucky to have and the inspiring stories I have felt privileged to write about. I have always strived to make a magazine that represents the Cornwall I was born in; the Cornwall I love and the Cornwall I call my home. Thanks to some amazing people I have met along the way, as well as my family, friends, and colleagues, I feel I have achieved this to the best of my ability.

In this glorious summertime issue, we’ve a roaring set of bumper seasonal edits that capture the very best of Cornwall’s creative communities at a time of year when they’re at their brightest. Festivals are in their abundance in this issue, from a cultural Cornish festival breathing new life into some of Cornwall’s most ancient traditions, to a celebration of creativity in the iconic streets of Porthleven, there’s a wide selection of things to so, places to see and fun to be had.

Our art section is always a busy affair, and this issue is certainly no different, as some of Cornwall’s leading contemporary galleries take to the pages to showcase artists, focus exhibitions and talented makers. Whether you’re keen to see the summer shows or just laze away the warm afternoons on hidden coves and in secret wild pools, we’ve a selection to fit all desires.

Rest assured, championing the stories of Cornwall’s versatile and resilient creative communities will continue to be at the forefront of this publication as it enters its next exciting phase. The people of Cornwall are the heart of this magazine, and this is an ethos that will continue into the future.

So, to the readers, collaborators, creatives, dreamers, adventurers, and risk takers who have made my time at myCornwall so enjoyable, I thank you!

Oll an Gwella (All the best), Alex

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10 Things To Do

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Out & About Special Jumping for Joy at Jungle Jacks

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Dog Friendly Cornwall

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The Want List Carla J

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Design Hub Sophie Tilston

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A Day on the Rame Peninsula

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Uncover the Layers of Cornwall

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Celebrating Creativity in Porthleven

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My Cornish World Karina Rickards

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Let's Speak Cornish

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Art News A round up from the creative world

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VIP Ceramics by Hugh West and Karen Carlyon

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Through the Eyes of... Nina Packer

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Art Focus Wonders Untold

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Maker's Focus In Your Hands

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Artist Profile Peter Turnbull

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Meet The Maker Laura Talbot, Porth Jewellery

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Gallery Of The Month The Jackson Foundation

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Bites Foodie news to sink your teeth into

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Dish of the Month The Lost Gardens of Heligan

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Meet the Chef Paul Ainsworth

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Summer Straight From The Bottle

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Places to Eat Luxury Cornish Hotel Dining

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Weekend Away The Park

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Experience Wavelength Drive-In Cinema

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Outset Cornwall With all the excitement and activity surrounding the G7 Summit taking place in Cornwall recently, the spotlight has been firmly fixed on our beautiful county, highlighting what a truly wonderful place it is to live and work in.

But while having the freedom to enjoy an idyllic lifestyle by the sea or in the lush Cornish countryside may seem a long way off, others are actually making that dream a reality.

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their own business or becoming selfemployed.

Whether it’s repurposing your existing skills and experience, turning a hobby, passion or side-hustle into a fully-fledged enterprise or developing a completely new idea, starting your own business gives you the freedom to choose when, and where, you work.

And if you need support in getting your ideas off the ground and becoming your own boss, then Outset Cornwall is on hand to help.

Offering an award-winning business start-

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up programme, Outset Cornwall gives residents throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly access to professional business support that’s tailored to suit your needs, fully-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, HM Government and the Outset Foundation.

Covering everything you’ll need to know to get up and running and delivered by a team of friendly business experts via an online training room or face-to-face sessions, there’s never been a better time to start making your dreams a reality. l For more information, visit www.outset.org/cornwall or call 01209 311063 to have a chat with one of the team and see how you can get started on your business journey.

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Young musicians bringing classical Gorgeous new vintage music home to Wheal Martyn and sustainable clothing movements played by a variety of store delights Cornwall’s ensembles in the lovely glass entry area of the museum, it’s the perfect, fashion enthusiasts A new uniquely curated vintage and sustainable fashion hub in Cornwall is bringing the latest in environmentally friendly brands and stunning vintage clothing to the people of Cornwall.

chilled summer evening out; an antidote to everything we’ve been missing over this last dreadful year.

The festival is named Nova after the term for a new star, representing not only its aim to celebrate young musicians on the cusp of their careers, but also to give them performance experience, provide fresh concerts for local audiences and to encourage new musicians right from scratch, to Live music is coming back to St Austell on 6th and 7th August 2021 : after a year of making do with online performances, a brand new classical music festival, Nova, will host young musicians and live audiences in the real world, at the wonderful Wheal Martyn Museum in St Austell.

encourage local kids to enjoy and

Joseph Barker, the artistic director and founder, has teamed up with fellow Cornish musicians, now in their first year at London and Birmingham conservatoires, to bring a fantastic, varied programme over two nights to entertain locals and holiday-makers alike in this sometimes culturallyoverlooked area of Cornwall.

don’t know they want to play an

With pre-concert drinks and snacks on the pretty clematis-strewn terrace, and beautiful Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Mozart

get into music.

The festival plans to offer free workshops

and

interactive

performances in St Austell town centre (with help from a Feast grant) for children who are beginning to learn their instruments or who instrument yet! “I decided I wanted to play the cello when I was seven after Karen Frost invited a string quartet to come into our school to play for us at St Mewan. I don’t think I would have thought of it without that.” says Joseph “If we can offer that lightbulb moment to even just one child, it would all be worth it”. l Go to www.novalclassicalfestival. com for more info and ticket sales: adults £15 in advance, under 25s £6

With a store set to open this September, Love of Lemons is the creation of Bex Osman, who launched the business online after lockdown lifted earlier this year. The Store has received backing of Prince Charles and will be based at his estate of Nansledan.

The store is set to boast one-of-a-kind finds handpicked

by Bex herself. Her motto, ‘Rework. Restyle. Re-love,’ champions an aim to bring the old back to life alongside the new, all the while reducing the impact that the fashion industry has on the planet. On her upcoming store, Bex says, "I want to thank everyone who has backed my dream, supported me on my vintage journey and already become loyal customers. The response has been overwhelming and affirms everything I felt when dreaming about starting Love of Lemons. There's such a strong local community vibe in Nansledan of start-up businesses and established Cornish brands, I cannot wait to open my store there this September, so keep your eyes peeled! Let's do this together - enjoy shopping one-of-a-kind finds!" l To find out more and keep up to date, check out the Love of Lemons website at www.loveoflemons.co.uk

Plymouth Pavilions Ice Rink re-opens after 15 months Plymouth Pavilions have announced that

everything that needs to happen before we

the city’s beloved Ice Rink will reopen

open the doors to our wonderful skaters and

on Friday 27th August and it’s a double

we are planning an exciting new timetable.”

celebration

as

September

marks

an

incredible milestone for the venue with its 30th birthday.

There’s no doubt it’s the hard work of the team at the Pavilions that have made it possible, and staff and visitors alike are

Between December and May part of the

thrilled that the venue now has a date for its

rink’s concourse was used for the Pavilions

reopening. Eager fans will be able to follow

Vaccination Centre.

the team’s progress behind the scenes

Shelby Natkaniec, Duty Ice Rink Manager, has been with the Ice Rink for 11 years, “I love the Ice Rink, we’re so grateful for the hard work that has gone into maintaining

setting up the rink after the longest closure in its history on their brand new Instagram account launched in celebration of the reopening at www.instagram.com/ppicerink

the business over the last year and thrilled

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heritage as a place in people’s hearts, the reopening of Pavilions Ice Rink will be welcome news for the community of visitors who have been unable to skate at the South West’s only permanent Ice Rink since March 2020.

For the latest news and updates about the rink you can visit www.plymouthice.co.uk and follow them on social media facebook.com/PlymouthIceRink twitter.com/PlymIceRink Once announced, tickets for the new timetable and gift vouchers will be available 24/7 from their box office provider The Ticket Store at www.theticketstore.co.uk. l

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Sennen Cove Pillbox @ Mark Pearson

St Catherines Castle @ Mark Pearson

Mengham Salterns @ Katherine Anteny

Concrete Castles: Britain’s War Defences of 1940 As part of a year-long programme of events telling the stories of Cornwall and the Second World War, Bodmin Keep is mounting an exciting new art exhibition entitled Concrete Castles: Britain’s War Defences of 1940.

The exhibition, which runs from 27th July to 4th December, explores Britain’s Second World War defence structures, especially pillboxes, that are found on the coast and in the landscape. Works by 30 artists will be on display, including sculpture, paintings and photography, celebrating these unsung structures that we so often ignore.

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acknowledged

through interpretive signage, and many have become ruinous and half-hidden by encroaching nature. Concrete Castles celebrates these small but iconic buildings that were designed to protect Britain in time of war. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue including essays on the war artists who painted the subjects when new, why contemporary artists are now drawn to them, and a short history of Britain’s invasion scare in the summer of 1940.

War story that has inspired them.”

There will also be an Illustrated talk by the Curator of the exhibition, Tim Craven, at 7pm on Friday 24th September and a talk by some of the contributing artists at 7pm on Friday 22nd October. l Admission to the exhibition is included in the museum’s usual ticket price. For further information and opening hours please

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museum’s

website

www.bodminkeep.org or call 01208 72810.

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The exhibition has been made possible

UK to Bodmin,” says Bodmin Keep’s

thanks to the Arts Council England’s

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National

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St Ives September Festival returns for 2021 After its cancellation in 2020, the St Ives September Festival is back for 2021!

Running from the 11th to the 25th of September, the famous arts themed festival is returning for two weeks’ worth of music, art and performance and whilst some aspects of the festival are set to be a little different, locals and visitors are still in for an extravaganza of creativity in this historic town.

Several acts are already confirmed for the festival, such as performance poet Bob Devereux, a St Ives September Festival original, who will be bringing his lunchtime poetry and music sessions back to Norway Square. Bob will also be holding two Big

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Frug nights at the St Ives Art Club, where chairman Stephen Litherland has a near full fortnight of evening entertainment booked in.

Also booked is the St Ives September Festival’s opening night return of madcap duo John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett to St Ives Theatre. Festival secretary Susan Thomas is taking over the running of this year’s Open Studios programme which sees many artists around the town inviting Festivalgoers into their studios, some of them not normally open to the public.

St Ives Rotary Club have confirmed they will be holding their popular charity sale of paintings, where the keenest buyers’

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queue overnight to spot and snap up bargain donations from well-known artists who have only signed them on the back, on the middle Sunday of the Festival.

The decision to push back this year’s St Ives Food and Drink Festival on Porthminster beach until September 17 to 19 - the middle weekend of the September Festival – means that the two events will run alongside each other for the first time. l To find out more about what will be

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Over 500 incidents for helicopter crew in first half of 2021 85 road traffic collisions, 85 falls and 14 equestrian- related emergencies.

Crews responded to 232 medical incidents, including 135 cardiac-related emergencies.

Steve Murdoch, Interim Chief Executive for Cornwall Air Ambulance, said: “It looks like Cornwall will be exceptionally busy this summer, with more people than ever taking holidays at home. More visitors mean more traffic on the roads, more people on the beaches and exploring the coastline – which all increases the risk of incidents and the need for the helicopter service.

“This is the first summer we have been able to respond 19 hours a day on the helicopter, which is now a necessity to meet the ever-increasing demand for critical care by air.”

Cornwall Air Ambulance has been tasked to over 500 incidents in the first six months of the year.

The charity is preparing for a peak in missions over the summer period as more people take staycations in the county and social distancing measures are set to come

to an end. The crew respond to an average of three incidents a day over the course of a year, but this can increase to over 10 during the busy summer season.

Cornwall Air Ambulance has continued to operate throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, ensuring the critical care team can respond to emergencies in someone’s moment of need.

In the period from 1st January until 30th June, critical care paramedics were tasked to 280 trauma incidents, which included

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Music line-up for St Ives Food Festival announced

Wildflowers flourish on Cornwall’s urban roads A new approach to verge cutting

Council has introduced a new policy

on some of Cornwall’s urban roads

which aims to encourage wildflowers

has seen native wildflowers flourish,

and

event have announced the music line-up.

drawing in insects and other wildlife.

compromising road safety. Verges will

Andy Quick, Freshly Squeezed, Cable Collective

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As the St Ives Food Festival returns to the golden sands of Porthminster beach this September (17th – 19th), the team behind the coveted

and Roustabouts will be taking to the stage to delight festival goers alongside local singer songwriter Bailey Tomkinson and Leed’s based band Howlin’ Ric & the Rocketeers.

Whilst the festival is free to attend during the day, tickets will need to be purchased to enjoy the event's evening music. Children are welcome and under 12s go free with no ticket required.

Children aged 12 and over will need a ticket and all under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

With a daytime of foodie highlights from renowned chefs and pop-ups with plenty of demos and tastings, spend your day sampling the delights of Cornwall’s food scene before enjoying a night of authentic live music.

Council

is

responsible

for

maintaining over 75 hectares of urban verges across the Duchy. These are the verges you see within 30mph zones.

Previously, these sites were mown around eight times a year starting in spring.

However, at the start of the pandemic, grounds maintenance operations on urban verges were held back which resulted in a flush of native wild flora, drawing in insects and other wildlife.

pollinators

to

thrive,

without

now be cut two or three times a year, instead of eight, and cuttings will take place after the flowers have finished blooming and seeds have been set.

The Council will still be tidying path edges, cutting around benches and fixtures, ensuring visibility for safety reasons, as well as removing noxious weeds. Cutting at junctions and bends on the highway will also continue to ensure roads remain safe and visibility is not compromised. l

Over the winter, Cornwall Council carried

out

a

public

consultation

asking residents how they wanted the verges managed moving forward.

The survey saw over 2,000 responses which

overwhelmingly

suggested

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TEN THINGS TO DO IN CORNWALL OUT & ABOUT SPECIAL DOG FRIENDLY CORNWALL ADORE MY STORE THE WANT LIST DESIGN HUB A DAY ON THE RAME PENINSULA UNCOVER THE LAYERS OF CORNWALL CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN PORTHLEVEN

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Things to Do 1. PENLEE PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE PRESENTS: HEARTBREAK THEATRE’S ‘THE GREAT GATSBY’ Tuesday 3rd August, 7.30pm Get your glad rags on, work up your best Charleston, and get your cocktail glass at the ready! Served up with a twist of iconic Heartbreak style, this outdoor adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is the perfect way to mark 100 years since prohibition.

Image: Heartbreak Theatre www.penleeparktheatre.com

2. FALMOUTH SOUL SENSATION Saturday 14th August The Working Boat in Falmouth is bringing 1960s soul to life with 12-piece band Falmouth Soul Sensation taking to the stage to delight audiences with classic 60s tunes from the likes of Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and the Supremes. Entry is free and music will be from 8pm until late. n 16 |

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3. ARGENTINE ADVENTURE WOODFIRED FEAST Wednesday 18th August, 7.30pm From the talented team of Philleigh Way Cookery School, their feast days and nights are certainly something to be experienced and their Argentine Adventure is set to be no exception. A woodfired feast of slow cooking traditional Argentinian food will be a feast for the eyes as well as the tastebuds. Tickets are £35 per person. www.philleighwayco.uk

4. ROGUE OTHERWORLD Wednesday 18th August – Sunday 5th September, 12.30pm and 3.30pm The enchanting magic of Rogue Otherworld returns this summer for Wild Moon Forest Days. In Rogue’s woodland theatre of Tehidy Woods on the North Cliffs, journey through the immersive beauty of performance, music, dance,

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and stories from this talented troupe.

Wild Moon Nights also available.

Tickets are £7.50 - £12.50. Head to www. rogueotherworld.co.uk to find out more.

5. PENLEE PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE PRESENTS: THREE INCH FOOLS THEATRE’S ‘THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR’ Friday 20th August, 7.30pm.

Five actors, with all manner of musical instruments, present an inventive take on Shakespeare’s raucous comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor. In this mischievous play, jealousy, disguise and seduction lead to hilarious and unexpected results.

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6. UNDERGROUND CINEMA AT CARNGLAZE CAVERNS Saturday 21st August, 7pm An example of one of Cornwall’s most unique cinema experiences, Carnglaze Caverns will be screening cult classic The Shawshank Redemption in its atmospheric setting. Capacity is limited and arrival time is 7pm with a film start of 8pm. Parking is free, and the event is subject to Covid-19 regulations. Dogs are not permitted inside the caverns. There is an on-site bar selling a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as well as snacks and popcorn. Screenings of other classic films are available on additional dates.

Tickets are £14.50 and full details can be found at www.undergroundcinemas.co.uk and www.carnglaze.com

the historic site of Bodmin Jail will be able to book onto the brand-new Dark Walk visitor experience. Using theatrical effects and the latest technology, visitors will be transported back to Cornwall’s murky past to experience life in a working Victorian prison on the edge of Bodmin Moor.

Haunting, thrilling and visually impressive, this is an experience set to delight and dare. www.bodminjail.org.

8. THE CORNISH GIN & DRINKS FESTIVAL Saturday 11th September Held at the Alverton in Truro, meet makers, attend masterclasses, and sample the very best in Cornish tipples in this exciting Gin & Drinks Festival. Tickets £15, head to www.thealverton.co.uk

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9. LITTLE ORCHARD CIDER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021

Until Monday 6th September The first of its kind in Cornwall, visitors to

Friday 10th – Sunday 12th September Healey’s Cyder Farm’s Little Orchard

Cider and Music Festival is back for 2021.

Music, laughter, activities, family-friendly fun and barrels of cider are ready and waiting. Tickets are £55 for the weekend.

More information can be found at www.cornwallciderfestival.co.uk

10. ST IVES FOOD FESTIVAL Friday 17th – Sunday 19th September A celebration of food and drink on the iconic white sands of Porthminster beach, the St Ives Food Festival is returning with oodles of delicious food, local makers, and music fun to tempt all the senses.

This three-day event promises a fantastic foodie line-up as well as interactive demonstrations, tastings, live music, and plenty of entertainment for the kids. Visit www.stivesfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk

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Whether it’s to fill a day of Cornish ‘mizzle’ with fun for the little ones or a buzzing birthday with family and friends, Jungle Jack’s is ready and waiting...

A purpose building children’s indoor soft play centre at the heart of Newquay’s Treloggan Trade Park, the summer season has been welcomed by the Jungle Jack’s team with open arms after many months of lockdowns.

With an impressive array of adventure play frames, Jungle Jack’s provides a safe environment where children from 0 – 10 years old can discover and enjoy the obstacles and challenges of the site. From a fast-racing slide to a thrilling spiral tube, there are many opportunities for varying age groups to explore, with separate areas for toddlers and babies, which include soft rockers and slides.

For the adults keen to sit, back, relax and enjoy watching the fun unfold, the café is in full swing with delicious food and drinks. From cakes and cookies, ciabattas, sandwiches, and snacks, to full meals for all the family, with plenty of options for those with allergies and intolerances. The coffee is freshly ground to guarantee a perfect brew and for the extra hot days there’s smoothies, ice creams and Polar Krush slushies (no doubt a favourite with Jungle Jacks adventurers). For those

with summertime birthdays, the Jungle Jack’s Tree House is ready and waiting for a party, with 90 minutes of play time and 30 minutes for party food, birthday cake and perhaps an extra special visit from Jungle Jack himself.

As one of Cornwall’s go-to soft play centres for both locals and visitors, it’s the perfect place to blow off some steam.

In Jungle Jack’s ongoing efforts to remain Covid secure, there are three play sessions a day at two and a half hours and limited numbers to allow visitors to feel safe. Temperature checks are done on arrival and for those keen to have a table they will need to pre-book for it to be guaranteed. Whilst face coverings are no longer compulsory, the Jungle Jacks staff will continue to wear them to ensure the safety of the team and visitors. With party bookings officially allowed to take place again, a maximum of 20 children can gather for celebrations at Jungle Jacks, and this is looking to increase in due course. l For all opening hours and play sessions just book via the site www.bookwhen.com/junglejacks.

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5 OF THE BEST DOG FRIENDLY BEACHES IN CORNWALL Since 2020, most beaches in Cornwall allow dogs all year, except for the ones with dog bans from 10am to 6pm in July and August.

The good news is that there are some truly beautiful beaches which allow dogs all year. Here is our pick of five of the best, and you can find more on our website at www.dogfriendlycornwall.co.uk Watergate Bay, Newquay This huge, soft and sandy beach is our pick for a few reasons. The surf is wonderful here and you can enjoy surfing lessons or other water sports while your dog also roams free in what is a vast expanse of sandy freedom. There are also really lovely dog friendly restaurants such as Wax and The Beach Hut and coffee and snack vans, as well as really magnificent coastal walks which are fairly easy. You can park either right by the beach where there are a couple of car parks with level access or on the hill above where there is an easy stroll down the coast path to the beach and the lovely Hang Out café for coffee with a view.

the north allows dogs on leads all year and they can run free off lead on Perran Sands to the north. There are lots of dog friendly pubs, cafés and restaurants nearby, including The Watering Hole which is actually on the beach. The car parks are close to the beach (although busy in summer) and there is even a doggy shower available as well as an ice cream parlour which pioneered dog friendly ice creams.

Porthkidney beach near St Ives Porthkidney beach is a little trickier to get to than some of the other beaches we have mentioned but in this part of west Cornwall, there are fewer to choose from and Porthkidney is particularly beautiful - often appearing like a tropical beach in photos because of the azure water and blonde, white sand. You can walk down to this beach from the coast path near to

Carbis Bay and Lelant stations which you can access by train. Alternatively, park near St Uny Church in Lelant or at the station in Lelant and follow the footpath down to the beach to gain access. It's steep, but worth it if you can make the trip.

Carne beach, Roseland Peninsula Carne Beach on the southern shores of the beautiful Roseland Peninsula is sheltered

by Nare Head. The beach itself is sandy and popular with families. The very dog friendly and highly recommended Nare Head Hotel is just above it for cream teas or snacks and there is parking and fairly easy access to the beach. l For more dog friendly beaches and a list of beaches which do have dog bans visit www.dogfriendlycornwall.co.uk where you can find information online or order a printed guide with maps in the online shop.

Holywell Bay Holywell Bay is distinctive for the twin peaks of Gull Rock just offshore and it will be familiar with Poldark fans as a key location for filming in the BBC TV series. It is backed by beautiful, soft, sandy dunes and can be accessed from a car park right by the beach. There are a couple of dog friendly pubs in the village too. It gets its name from an ancient well tucked away in the dunes. A beautiful beach for a dog friendly family day out.

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Penzance is a town passionate about supporting its local small businesses through all seasons and for seven years, Circa 21 has been a proud member of its independent community. We find out what this iconic and stylish store has planned for this summer season...

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ith a plethora of handmade gifts, homeware, art and lifestyle products, Circa 21 has always been a place that champions hyper locality and creative individuality. Small batches, sustainability and the story behind each product are an important ethos to the store and something that has kept customers returning year on year. For founder and owner of Circa 21, Esme Burton, it’s been a welcomed sight to see returning visitors and locals to the shop after this year’s lockdown, “Gift and homeware ranges which have a coastal and natural element to them are my instinctive choice,” she describes. “I love products that are not seen everywhere and made in small batches. When I select Fair Trade or Locally Made pieces at trade or craft markets, the who, what where and why story behind a range is so important to me. Transparent shopping is the new norm for a happy world ethos, and my customers appreciate this care and attention.”

Wild gorse soap, silver blossom earrings, willow bird feeders, sea salt candles, boxed

dandelion scarves and carved wooden bowls are just a few favourites that Esme has noticed fly out the store’s physical and virtual doors this year. In keeping with Penzance’s status as a leading ‘plastic free’ town, Esme has always looked to bring eco-conscious ideals and products into the walls of Circa 21 and this summer season is no exception, “I’ve just selected a homeware range made from sustainable natural materials,” she says, “Jute, water hyacinth, bamboo, seagrass and recycled cotton. Newlyn potter Lincoln Kirby Bell has also created characterful and colourful ranges once again.”

As contemporary local makers sit beside specially selected products, there’s a key focus on originality, eco-friendly values and of course, putting Cornwall’s elemental coastal themes centre stage for design inspiration, “A customer’s loyalty is everything and becoming a destination shop is a dream come true, especially after lockdown and seeing returning visitors and locals so excited to be back shopping with us again, or just popping in to hear how

we’re managing. We were often told by our customers that we were the first shop they chose to step into. They felt safe, welcome and very relieved we are still open!”

One positive aspect of lockdown was that it offered Esme the opportunity to give the Circa 21 website the care and attention it needed and now the virtual doors of the store are open, interactive, and stocked full of goodies that can be found in-store, with plenty of eye-catching content and gift ideas for that something special.

“Our new webshop is waiting to be discovered,” Esme says. “Subscribe to Circa 21 and receive infrequent emails with stories behind seasonal ranges, and the occasional discount code!” l To discover the incredible Circa 21 range head to www.circa21.co.uk Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 10am – 4pm 21 Market Jew Street Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2HR

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Passionate about protecting nature, she donates 5% of every art print sale to the RSPB. 1. White Daisies IV Original Painting £150 2. Flying Kingfisher Wall Sticker £9 3. Flying Stork Original Painting £295 4. Burrowing Owl Wall Sticker £12 5. Seabirds Greeting Card Set of 5 £16.90 6. Mini Framed Print Wren £14.90 7. Hummingbird II Original Painting £195 8. Peacock Mug £12 9. Golden Kingfisher Limited Edition Print from £35 Use code MYCORNWALL to receive a special 10% off until 30th September 2021 (Code is valid on her website or Etsy shop) www.carlaj.co.uk • www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CarlaJArt • A carlajart • G carlajbirdart

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Design Colour, pattern and a vibrant zest for life come to stylish fruition in the work of print designer Sophie Tilston. With an eclectic approach to her print designs, Sophie seeks inspiration from her local surroundings and cultures from farther afield, captured by the pattern led designs in places such as Japan, China, India, Sweden, and Mexico.

Combining this with a love of vintage fabrics, tiles and wallpapers means that Sophie Tilston’s work is both vivid, rich, and full of character.

A range of home and giftware act as the perfect products for Sophie to showcase her print designs and from lampshades, coasters and tea towels to china and enamel mugs, candles, compact mirrors, purses, pouches and more, each incorporates her eye-catching designs.

Using a variety of techniques to create her final design, most of Sophie’s patterns start off as either hand drawn, painting or lino illustrations, which she them manipulates in photoshop and illustrator to create a finished look that can be transferred to her products seamlessly. For her fabrics, Sophie uses several different heat presses and a convection, all from her studio by the sea in Falmouth.

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Rame Peninsula The Rame Peninsula has been called ‘Cornwall’s cornerstone’ and glancing at a map it is easy to see why. It is part of our Cornish fringes, a crook of land abutting the watery margin that separates us from Devon.

This peninsula is as much a ‘first and last’ place as Land's End in the far west with, it could be argued, equally spectacular scenery and a truly fascinating past. Yet this beautiful arm of land remains peaceful and relatively untouched by tourism.

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n Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Rame Peninsula is bursting with wildlife. The views from its heights stretch as far as Dartmoor and across to the historic Hoe and the once ancient citadel of Plymouth. To the west is the dramatic sweep of Whitsand Bay, as famous for its shipwrecks as for its beautiful expanses of sand. Elegant country estates, historic ancient chapels and quiet fishing villages offer so much to those wanting to explore, so Elizabeth Dale has put together a little guide to spending a day in this forgotten corner of Cornwall.

A Morning exploring Mount Edgcumbe The grounds of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park provide the visitor with view after glorious view of Plymouth Sound and the rolling landscape beyond. The original house was built in the early 16th Century, nearly 100 years before the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth just across the bay, and looking out beyond the canons on the old battery to the Napoleonic breakwater and fort in the distance it is easy to imagine the numerous vessels from across the globe that have plied these waters.

“The most beautiful place as ever was seen” Samuel Pepys of Mount Edgcumbe in 1683 The estate covers 825 acres of the Rame Peninsula and the formal gardens, winding coastal paths and shady woodlands can easily fill a relaxing morning. Generations of the Edgcumbe family, which can trace its family tree back 600 years in Cornwall, have each added to and left their mark on these well-established flower-filled gardens. From fountains, sculptures and avenues of ancient trees to forts, temples and a remarkably photogenic folly, there is much to enjoy.

Five marked walking trails can help you navigate the extensive parkland, ranging from a four mile circular historic landscape walk to strolls through the magical grounds nearer to the house taking in the Rose Garden, the Italian Garden, the Fern Dell and the Knot Garden, pausing for a cup

of tea and slice of cake at the Orangery perhaps. (The grounds are free to visit while the house itself has an entrance fee.)

Lunch in Kingsand and Cawsand Just a short distance from Mount Edgcumbe, you can walk it if you are feeling energetic, are the twin coastal villages of Kingsand and Cawsand. A tangle of alleyways and narrow streets joins these two picturesque places together and it is hard to know where one ends and the other begins. Keep your eyes peeled for the old Cornwall/Devon border mark on the wall of a cottage however - it’s a relic from the time when Kingsand was actually considered to be in Devon. Part of the Rame peninsula was incorporated into Anglo-Saxon territory in 705AD in order to secure both banks of the Plymouth Sound against Viking raids. It wasn’t returned to Cornwall until 1844.

Both of these quaint little communities have a long and fascinating history of fishing and smuggling but Kingsand and Cawsand remain undiscovered gems. The tumble of ancient cottages huddle around three beautiful sheltered beaches where you can feel the sand between your toes or enjoy a refreshing paddle. The pace of life here is slow and un-commercialised but there are plenty of places to enjoy a picnic lunch, grab some freshly fried fish and chips or perhaps find a spot to relax in one of the cafés or pub gardens.

There is even a little ferry that runs from here to Plymouth during the summer months.

Afternoon at Whitsand Bay With possibly some of the best beaches in Cornwall, Whitsand Bay is a three mile arch of stunning coast stretching from Rame Head to the little harbour of Portwinkle. The beaches here take a little more effort to reach, most have steep steps down from the cliff tops, but this also means that they remain largely undiscovered and are never crowded.

Tregantle beach and its neighbour, Long Sands, are two of the finest and perhaps the easiest to access, joined together at low tide they make up a huge expanse

of soft sand. Towering over the scene is the huge hulk of Tregantle Fort, built in 1865 as part of the area’s coastal defences against French attack.

Sharrow Cove is another idyllic spot. It is sometimes called Grotto Beach because of a strange cave in the cliff face that was excavated by a local hermit in 1874. James Lugger was an ex-navy purser who dug the 15ft deep grotto by hand and then carved a little poem on the ceiling.

“As thou walk’st should sudden storm arise, Red lightening flash, or thunder shake the skies, To Sharrows friendly grot in haste retreat, And find safe shelter and a rocky seat.”

A little further west is the lovely Finnygook beach named after the notorious smuggler, Silas Finn of Portwinkle. Finny, as he was known, was said to be a popular local character because of his prolific ‘freetrading’ business. He is perhaps most famously remembered for dressing as a woman to elude the customs men.

Sunset at Rame Chapel There are few more beautiful places to watch the evening colours changing on the inconstant sea than sitting with your back against the sun-warmed bricks of Rame Chapel. This 15th Century stone vaulted chapel is dedicated to St Michael and is thought to stand on the site of an earlier Celtic Christian hermitage and before that an Iron Age cliff fort. This distinctive conical headland has always been a landmark for seafarers and offers breathtaking panoramic views. The perfect place to unwind and think about your day discovering the delights of the Rame Peninsula!

Get involved The Monuments Matter to People project – for those who fancy getting more deeply involved in protecting the historic landscape of the Rame Peninsula this project offers hands-on courses to local people as part of Cornwall AONB’s Monumental Improvement scheme. l Find out more: www.cornwall-aonb.gov.uk

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From 4th - 18th September 2021, fuelled by Cornwall’s rich heritage and culture, a small team of community-spirited individuals in the rugged west of Cornwall (St Just), are converging creatively to put on a full scale (within the government’s Covid-19 restrictions) two-week long Festival of Cornish Culture.

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he focal point of the festival is the immersive performances of the powerful, biblical trilogy of medieval mystery plays, The Ordinalia in the town’s historic Plen an Gwari, arguably the oldest working outdoor theatre space in the country. Although anyone can purchase tickets to each of the individual three plays; Origo Mundi, The Passion and The Resurrection, with a festival ticket, festivalgoers can watch all three plays in the famous trilogy and partake in a variety of uniquely Cornish events and workshops.

Celebrating (both historic and 21st Century) Cornish culture and life, the engaging workshops span activities such as Cornish language learning, town trail discoveries, Cornish wrestling, sea shanty singing, historical interest talks and Cornish dance.

200 years before Shakespeare’s Globe theatre, there would have been a Plen an Gwari in most towns in Cornwall, where medieval mystery and miracle plays were performed in native Cornish by the local community. Now, only two of these ‘playing places’ remain and St Just’s Plen an Gwari is one of them. The talk titled ‘Plen an Gwari – heart of St Just’ delves into the remarkable history of this town’s very own ‘Plen’ over the past 650 years to discover how it has survived and thrived in the heart of this small but perfectly formed community.

Perhaps the quirkiest of the sessions is Cornish wrestling (Omdowl y’gan taves).

Wrestling is one of Cornwall’s national sports and was an intrinsic part of the festivals where miracle plays were performed back in the 14th Century.

The plen an gwari spaces, where the plays were often acted, have been frequent locations for wrestling tournaments over

the centuries. At the 2021 St Just Festival of Cornish Culture, members of the Cornish Wrestling Association (founded in 1938) will be demonstrating some of the techniques involved in this ancient and very Cornish martial art and will talk through its intriguing history. If the Covid-19 restrictions allow, it may even be possible for attendees to quite literally ‘have a go’ in a safe and controlled fashion!

Rising in popularity, thanks to the international success of the original buoy band, ‘The Fisherman’s Friends’, and the chart-topping success of the Wellerman, is the good old sea shanty. At this year’s festival, salty old (and young) seadogs can join Tir ha Tavas (Delia & Dave Brotherton) and Matt Blewett for a lively session singing some well-known and muchloved songs – in Cornish! No previous experience is required as shanties and sea songs in Cornish are ‘call and response’ in nature and so are very easy to learn.

Penzance Guizers’ dancer Helen Musser and musicians will lead the lively and enjoyable hour-long ‘Learn Cornish Dance’, inviting festivalgoers to put their dancing shoes on and move along to the energetic music. No prior dance experience needed for this session, just enthusiasm, a smile and a pair of hard soled and comfortable shoes. During the Dyski Kernewek/Cornish language workshop, partakers will have a go at learning Kernewek and delve into the origins and roots of the beautiful Celtic language. Led by the proficient Cornish Language Lead at Cornwall Council, Mark Trevethan, it is for complete beginners and by the end of the session attendees will be able to confidently introduce themselves and mingle at a party in Cornish.

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may choose the Bilingual Culture and Heritage Walk of the St Just Area Troyl a-dro Pluwust, a multilingual walk through the ancient landscape around St Just to uncover more elements of Cornish life, place names and culture. This walk will be guided by Cornish language experts Loveday Jenkin and Tony Phillips from the Penwith Landscape Partnership, Tirwedh Pennwydh. The Penwith Landscape Project hopes to offer further opportunities to learn more about the Cornish language in the landscape over The Ordinalia Festival period and beyond.

St Just’s Miner’s Chapel, in the heart of this historical mining community will play host to ‘A very Cornish Concert’ on Monday 6th and Sunday 12th September, with an evening of Cornish music, stories and culture. Featuring a variety of local acts including storytelling, live music and singing.

Festival tickets cost £90 and include access to all three plays, a curated evening concert of Cornish culture, and three cultural activities of choice. Festival ticket holders will also leave with a curated souvenir programme and a goody bag. For more information, visit the St Just Ordinalia website at: www.stjustordinalia.com/ The Box office for the three individual plays and for the festival is now also open via The Hall for Cornwall’s website at: www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/playhouse-ticketsshows/st-just-ordinalia-2021/festival l St Just Ordinalia social media channels: Facebook: @StJustOrdinalia Instagram: @StJustOrdinalia Twitter: @StJustOrdinalia

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A powerhouse force of community creativity, Porthleven has long been revered as a town where originality and contemporary Cornish culture can take centre stage. Food, music, heritage, and the arts all play a prominent role in the beating heart of this famous fishing port, which is why this year’s brand new Porthleven Arts Festival taking place this September is such a welcomed celebration.

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The new not-for-profit group has been established to connect the many artistic and creative individuals living in Porthleven, supporting and developing local projects and bringing the Porthleven art scene to a wider audience. Inspired by Porthleven Harbour and Dock Company owner, Trevor Osborne, who is also a Director of the new Community Interest Company, a number of other key Porthleven figures make up the group, such as manager of Porthleven Markets and a founder and former Chair of the Porthleven Food Festival, Hannahbeth Johnson, current Chair of the Food Festival Alec Short and local writer, content creator and part-time mermaid, Suzie Inman.

“Porthleven’s vibrant community and its thriving economy is much envied in Cornwall and well beyond,” says Trevor Osborne. “It is underpinned by excellent hospitality and culinary offerings and alongside these, but perhaps less visible, there has long been a very strong artistic contribution. Now, we have an opportunity to shine a light on the local artistic community and encourage Porthleven to become a regional arts hub.”

As well as encouraging the incredible artistic talent available in Porthleven, an aim of the community group is to bring national and internationally recognised artists to the town, to both work, exhibit and perform.

It’s an exciting new initiative that looks to encourage art making in all its many diverse mediums, offering accessibility and increased opportunities for creative individuals working across all disciplines.

As part of the community group’s work, a range of events and projects are part of their schedule, some of which have already begun such as the community’s adoption of the BT Phone Box on the harbour and transforming it into a multimedia art gallery, the Little Box of Stories, to include a rolling programme of exhibitions and sound installations. The group also looks to help fellow community projects within the town, supporting Porthleven’s women’s cold water swimming group the Salty Sisters in creating a film about their experience (premiering at the festival on its opening weekend) alongside putting together an exhibition of Jim Tinley’s paintings. Tinley worked as an artist from one of the old shacks along Bay View Terrace and used photogrealism as an n 36 |

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The group are also planning an annual celebration of Porthleven’s rich creative heritage. The first Porthleven Arts Festival is set to be held over 10 days across 10 venues this Autumn, bringing dance, drama, art, film and much more to life through a variety of performances, workshops, and events. Directed by Kelvin Batt, owner of the Mussel Shoals and co-creator of the Masked Ball Festival, the Porthleven Arts Festival will also be welcoming a broad range of talented performers into Porthleven across the festival’s run, such as multiple award-winning Par-based physical theatre and performance parkour group the Urban Playground Team (UPG), who will be heading to the harbour for a high-energy physical theatre with a brand-new show, commissioned by national art project the Time & Tide Bell organisation with support from the Pay-Bay based Creative Civic Change. With a unique blend of physical theatre, dance and free running, the group have toured across five continents over 16 years, including on nine occasions performing for the British Council.

Three years ago, UPG relocated to Par, Cornwall, and have since become associates with the Hall for Cornwall as well as lecturing at AMATA. In their show for the Porthleven Arts Festival, taking place on Sunday 3rd October, the whole family will be thrilled and entertained as a boat with high scaffold struts will act as an alternate stage as well as creating a powerful image to provoke discussion around the need to tackle climate change.

A lot more is set to bedazzle the Porthleven people and eager visitors at the festival, with a floating film screen in the harbour set to showcase local productions in the evening and a Mermaid Day on 2nd October to celebrate sea swimming, mermaid myth magic and art.

Literary enthusiasts can enjoy talks and readings of poetry and music fans will be treated to classical concerts including the incredible sounds from Bryher’s Boys.

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Win £3,000 in the Porthleven Harbour Arts Prize A contest for traditional and digital artists, the Porthleven Harbour Arts Prize is a contest for both amateur and professional creatives working on canvas, board, paper, wood, metal and textiles.

There'll be an adults' and a children’s contest and winners will be chosen at the Porthleven Arts Festival, with a special prizegiving ceremony on Sunday 3rd October. up over 200 performances to date, from crowded pubs and community fundraisers to large scale concerts. Although firmly rooted in the male vocal tradition, their trademark style of free harmony ensures that no two performances sound the same.

Art lovers will be well catered to, with celebrations of Porthleven’s heritage, a postcard auction and an en plein air painting competition offering all artists the chance to get involved.

A community effort to inspire a community and beyond to get involved, the Porthleven Arts Festival ultimately embodies what the PAC want to encourage town-wide, the pursuit of exploring the arts, no matter your background, ability, or choice of medium.

Membership to the community is free and as a member, you can start projects which are of interest, contribute new ideas and support ventures. As Hannabeth Johnson explains, everyone is welcome, “We want to hear from anyone and everyone in the community who is an artist, dreams of being one, or has a creative idea we might be able to help develop. We want to be a focal point and catalyst in encouraging art in all its forms and to bring more artistic projects, partners, networks, competitions and funding for the arts in Porthleven.” l Their first ever festival-style event, the PAC are excited to bring this laid-back but buzzing 10-day celebration to life.

Running from the 25th September to the 2nd October, you can find out more including how to get involved with the PAC at www.porthlevenarts.com For the Jim Tinley Retrospective Book Crowdfunder, head to www.crowdfunder. co.uk/the-jim-tinley-retrospective-bookand-exhibition

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As co-owner of the iconic stripy pottery brand, Cornishware, Karina Rickards is a driving force behind the creative vision of this quintessentially Cornish product. Here, she gives us a glimpse into what life is like behind the scenes at the Cornishware HQ…

gone home and I’ve got the whole pottery We are currently renovating a barn into a to myself, so I just drift away, completely in glazing unit and a future decorating studio. the zone - applying one stripe after another. We have hammer drills going on at the moment, breaking up floor in order to pour What are the main focuses for you smooth concrete. Can’t have any wobbles when approaching a new product? while pushing trolleys full of freshly decorated Quality, durability, simplicity, chunkiness, Cornishware! I have also organised a couple respect of heritage design, not letting go of events. I have invited Instagram followers of its origin. We are extremely careful in to join me at Duchy Nursery for a cream tea bringing any new products to the range. as well as sailing around Falmouth Bay. Both This is not a decision we take lightly. Saying events (125 tickets) were sold out in less than that, eight years ago, we came up with the 18 minutes. much-loved pasta bowl. We eat a lot of pasta at home, and we felt there was a deep I feel it is important to connect with our plate missing in the range. Eating habits customers. Cornishware is not just beautiful have changed and it’s important to move iconic ceramic, it is also a wonderful tightknit stripy community. A lot of fans out Firstly, please tell us a little bit about with the times, but equally while respecting a (nearly) 100 year-old tradition. It’s a fine there, with fond memories of the brand are yourself and your connection to line which we are careful not to tread on. keen to connect and thank us for what we Cornwall... are doing. Rescuing an iconic brand feels Although born in France, I feel at one in We brought in a retro chic orange colour terribly special and I am delighted to be Cornwall. I’ve got Celtic blood flowing in two years ago to appeal to the younger bringing stripy joy to many fans out there. my veins. I was brought up sailing, I could stripy fans. It was so popular, our website sail before I could speak apparently. I crashed when we launched it!

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So many to choose from, but the yellow mini jug is close to my heart. Yellow is the new kid on the stripy block, created 18 months ago. Inspired by gorse in full bloom found along the coastal paths and roads, cardinal marks floating at sea and waterproofs worn by sailors and fishing trade. Yellow is everywhere in Cornwall.

Mini jugs are really tricky to decorate, but I like a challenge. They may look cute but they are devilish to add stripes to! We use a wax resist technique on all our handled items, such as teapots, mugs and jugs.

They get hand dipped in paint, resulting in paint running off the waxed handle and two middle stripes and sticking the iconic three raised stripes.

It’s mesmerising to watch, I never tire of it.

One of my dipping videos has been viewed nine million times on Tik Tok, just shows I’m not the only one to enjoy the process! It took me a while to master the art of waxing and I enjoyed the challenge enormously.

I generally work on social media and I’m now training two other ladies (six marketing in the morning and swap my decorators in total) to help me out. screen for my decorating wheel in the afternoon. Although hot in there, I like What have been your plans for this to sit at my wheel, with jazz playing just year? concentrating on my stripes, paintbrush in We are expanding, as a result of having hand. By 4pm, most of the stripy team have doubled in size during the past 18 months.

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An hav ma, tus leel kernewek ha havysi kehaval a dhe’n treth ha dhe’n morrep rag omlowenhe. Yma lies aktivitys kavadow po war enep po yn-dann an mor, y’ga mysk kayakya, arvoryorieth, mordardha hag ynwedh sedhi. Nebes kroaduryon anusadow re vysytyas Kernow ha Syllan an vledhen ma, rag ensempel, morviles orka ha morvugh hogen! Mes yma pub prys lies aral, moy byghan mes dhe les byttegyns, dhe vos kevys dre sedhi dhe’n gribow ha gwreckys a’gan arvor. Yn-dann an tonnow, y kevir bys liwus a gorel, spongow, kosow a wommon ha treweythyow reunyon gwariek. Ha mar pe gwynn agas bys, martesen y hallsewgh gweles morvoren!

This summer, local Cornish people and visitors alike will go to the beach and the seashore to enjoy themselves. There are many activities available either on the surface or under the sea, amongst them kayaking, coasteering, surfing and also diving.

Some unusual creatures have visited Cornwall and Scilly this year, for example, orca whales and even a walrus! But there are always many others, smaller but interesting nonetheless, to be found by diving to the reefs and wrecks of our coast. Beneath the waves there lies a colourful world of coral, sponges, kelp forests and sometimes playful seals. And if you are lucky, you might even see a mermaid.

leel local kehaval alike treth beach morrep seashore kayakya to kayak arvoryorieth coasteering kroadur creature morvugh walrus krib reef gwreck shipwreck korel coral spong sponge gommon kelp reun seal gwynn agas bys!

You (pl) are lucky!

(lit: white is your world!)

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A-ugh an tonnow, mordardhoryon a rewl an keynvor. A-dhyworth Porthsenan bys dhe Borthbud, i a bayon liwyow a sort diffrans: bordhow a bub furv ha braster ha’ga dillans mordardha splann.

Leverys yw mordardha arnowydh a dhrehedhas yn Kernow yn 1962 gras dhe beswar gwithyas bewnans Ostralian a dheuth dhe oberi yn Baya Tewynblustri. I a dhros an kynsa bordh Malibu ha fiber-gweder dhe’n RU hag yndella a dhallethas an sport a vri dell aswonnyn hedhyw. Hag ass yw meurgerys gans an dornysi ow ty’golya a-hys an arvor kledh - ha gans an Gernowyon dres an vledhen oll yn spit an dowr yeyn!

Above the waves, surfers rule the ocean. From Sennen Cove to Bude, they show off colours of a different kind: boards of every shape and size and their bright surfwear. It is said modern surfing started in Cornwall in 1962 thanks to four Australian lifeguards who came to work in Newquay Bay. They brought the first fibreglass Malibu board to the UK and thus started the celebrated sport as we know it today. And how popular is it with tourists holidaying along the north coast – and with the Cornish surf all year round, despite the cold water!

a-ugh above mordardhoryon surfers rewlya to rule keynvor ocean payoni to show off bordh board gwithyas bewnans lifeguard kynsa first tornysi tourists dy’golya to holiday NEBES LAVARENNOW DEHEN | SOME CREAM PHRASES “Gwren ni mos dhe’n treth!” – “Let’s go to the beach!”

“A-gledhbarth po a-dhyghowbarth? – “To the north side or the south?”

“My a gar mordardha” – “I love surfing” “Gwell yw genev sedhi” – “I prefer diving” “Moy yntanus yw mordardha!” – “Surfing is more exciting” “Kehaval on ni oll a-rag tonn.” – “We are all equal before a wave”.

“Deus a-ji an dowr! Teg ha tomm yw – onest!” – “Come into the water! It’s lovely and warm – honest!”

“Bydh war an morvugh!” – “Beware of the walrus!”

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WONDERS UNTOLD AT YEW TREE GALLERY Giving great scope to the imagination, the exhibition ‘WONDERS UNTOLD’ sees a welcome return of the ever-inventive Mark Herald. Well known for his inimitable collages, Mark also turns his hand to decorating ceramic platters, designing metal weather vanes and printmaking.

Recent visits to West Penwith result in images based on birds and animals seen within this landscape. Accompanying Mark’s work are Alex Malcolmson’s carved shore birds and his fascinating boxed maritime constructions.

Robina Jack too brings her creative mind to a new collection of paintings-within-ceramics, an unusual technique. Terry Shone gives a tongue in cheek take on C19th Staffordshire flatbacks with his beautifully modelled sculptures. Singing colours in Sue Marshall’s woven rugs and Guy Royle’s silver and gem jewellery add to the joyfulness of this exhibition! l

COVER ARTIST - STEPHANIE RHODES ROAM SLOW STUDIO Stephanie Rhodes is an artist and illustrator based in St Ives Cornwall, after graduating with a degree in Illustration in 2014 she has been living in her van ever since. Exploring the UK, Europe and North Africa. Traveling with the seasons, spending summers in Cornwall and winters chasing swells and adventuring throughout Europe and beyond. Being stationary during the pandemic gave Stephanie the time and opportunity to take her work seriously and she started her small business from the comfort of her home on wheels, which she aptly named: Roam Slow Studio.

Her illustrations are greatly inspired by her travels as well as living by the Cornish coastline. Shaped by the surf, sand, and sun-soaked adventures. She aims to convey warmth and nostalgia with her art style, using textures and warm colours within a limited colour palette. She works both traditionally with paint brushes to create texture as well as digitally using a graphics tablet to create her illustrations.

Stephanie’s work is stocked throughout the UK and Europe in several boutiques and surf shops, as well as locally in St Ives. She also works on several small client commissions each month for local Cornish brands and small businesses.

Her online store is stocked with art prints, cards, and apparel which she runs from her home on wheels. To see more of Stephanie’s work and adventures you can visit her website www.slownsteadylivin.com/roamslowstudio and find her on Instagram @roamslowstudio and @slownsteadylivin l

From 5th September – 30th October; Tuesday - Saturday YEW TREE GALLERY, Keigwin, near Morvah & Pendeen, TR19 7TS (B3306 coast road) T: 01736 786425 E: gilly@yewtreegallery.com W: www.yewtreegallery.com

AUTUMN SUNSET EXHIBITION This October Sharon McSwiney and Alison Dupernex will exhibit together again to explore their love of colour, texture & pattern with their new show ‘Autumn sunset’ at the historic St Ives Arts Club.

Metalwork, jewellery and paintings alongside wearable textile art will be a colour sensation reflecting the vibrant hues of the season in addition to more soft subtle Cornish coastal inspired pieces. Both makers will be present during the exhibition to discuss the creative processes and development of their ideas. l The event will be open daily 10.30am – 4.30pm with free entry. 2nd – 8th October 2021 St Ives Arts Club, Westcott’s Quay, St Ives TR26 2DY. n 42 |

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TRELISSICK GALLERY

Currently showing in the Ground Floor Gallery our Summer 2021 Members’ Exhibition.

Our First Floor Gallery is exhibiting ‘125 years of the National Trust’ Exhibition.

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KESTLE BARTON PRESENTS JEFFERY CAMP: SOME PEOPLE DREAM A LOT This Summer, Kestle Barton will present Some People Dream a Lot, the first solo exhibition of renowned British artist Jeffery Camp’s works since his death last year. A celebration of an incredible painting life, the exhibition, on show until 5th September 2021, will focus on Camp’s Beachy Head paintings as well as his still lifes of flowers - a joyful embrace of what it means to be alive.

Showing them at Kestle Barton, an ancient farmstead set in fields and woods on The Lizard, west Cornwall, when the venue’s own expansive gardens and wildflower meadows are in full bloom, adds an additional sense of place and vitality to the works. As Camp himself said, ‘Some people dream a lot.

Daydreaming is worthwhile but you must really force it and make it happen.’ l Open Tuesday - Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pm.

Closed Mondays but open for Bank Holidays Kestle Barton, Manaccan, Helston, Cornwall TR12 6HU T: 01326 231 811 • E: info@kestlebarton.co.uk • W: www.kestlebarton.co.uk

TATE ST IVES PRESENTS: PETRIT HALILAJ, VERY VOLCANIC OVER THIS GREEN FEATHER 16TH OCTOBER 2021 – 16TH JANUARY 2022 This autumn, Tate St Ives will present Very volcanic over this green feather, a major new installation by Petrit Halilaj (b.1986 in Kostërrc, Kosovo) for his first solo exhibition in the UK. Halilaj is internationally recognised for his expansive artworks. Deeply connected to Kosovo’s recent history, he frequently incorporates materials from his native country and re-elaborates them through installation, performance, textiles, drawing and video. The exhibition at Tate St Ives stems from Halilaj’s own personal story. Displaced by the Kosovo War (1998–9) as a 13 year-old, Halilaj and his family lived at the Kukës II and Lezhe-Shengjin refugee camps in Albania in 1999. For this exhibition, Halilaj will present a poignant new installation reimagining a collection of felt-tip drawings he made as a child at Kukës II. The original pictures were created under the guidance of Italian psychologist Giacomo ‘Angelo’ Poli, who was taking part in a humanitarian mission at the refugee camp. Poli supported the children in communicating their experiences through drawing. In a period of 15 days, Halilaj created 38 drawings, all of which have been preserved by Poli until today.

Since 1999, Poli has become a close friend and supporter of Halilaj, who is now an established artist based in Berlin. In 2021 Halilaj revisited the original pictures he made with Poli for the first time in over two decades. Informed by those conversations, Halilaj will create an immersive environment within Tate St Ives’s largest gallery. An adjoining gallery space will offer additional information about the Kosovo War and the political and social contexts which continue to impact the country and Kosovar society.

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CORNWALL CRAFTS ASSOCIATION WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS Cornwall Crafts Association is delighted to be able to welcome five brand new Members. Lynne Speake Ceramics and Art Jewellery, Karen Berg Textiles, Reece Ingram Sculpture and Ceramics, Helen Eastham Glass, and last but not least Tom Heywood handmade Furniture and Boxes. All of which are now on display at Trelissick Gallery. l n 44 |

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PERRANS ABOVE MINI EXHIBITION Cornwall’s online aerial photography gallery, Perrans Above, is holding a mini exhibition at The Hub in Perranporth, featuring unique images of local landmarks by George Cryer and Jamie Turnbull.

The mini exhibition is at The Hub, Perranporth’s newest coffee shop, which is at 3 Mitchells Corner, TR6 0EW. The exhibition will hopefully be a permanent feature of The Hub, and so check it out if you are nearby.

If you can’t make it along to the physical exhibition, all of the Perrans Above aerial photographs can be seen in the online gallery.

Images are available to buy as framed prints, canvases, panoramas, and posters, with free worldwide home delivery. l E: hello@perransabove.co.uk W: perransabove.co.uk Image: Perranporth Swimming Pool by George Cryer.

SIMON JEWELL FOCUS EXHIBITION This September, the Customs House Gallery in Porthleven will be hosting a focus exhibition for resident artist, Simon Jewell. An accomplished painter and photographer, Simon Jewell was born in 1972 in Oxford and developed an interest in drawing at an early age. Having studied at Falmouth and Lincoln Art Colleges for a HND in Graphics and Illustration, Simon spent the following 18 years as an architectural draftsman at his father’s architectural practice before relocating to Cornwall in 2008 with wife and fellow artist Rebecca.

Now based on the Lizard Peninsula, Simon’s works have attracted a wide following with their rich, atmospheric seascapes and ethereal skies. With his subject matter predominantly focusing on the Lizard’s untameable coastline, Simon paints mostly in his studio using oils and acrylics, opting to paint with the likes of a palette knife, fingers and found objects as opposed to a paintbrush, resulting in multi-layered works filled with texture and depth.

The Simon Jewell Focus Exhibition will be taking place from Saturday 25th September to Monday 4th October at the Customs House Gallery, Porthleven. l www.cornwall-art.co.uk

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Open daily 10am - 5pm Lynfield Craft Centre, Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, TR20 9NE Tel: 01736 710538 www.cowhousegallery.co.uk

Improve your skills and meet like-minded people with pottery classes and workshops in Redruth, Cornwall.

The Cowhouse Gallery in Perranuthnoe is run by a group of local artists and craftspeople. This independence allows them to offer a wide range of original arts and crafts at very affordable prices.

Painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles, woodturning and leatherwork are all beautifully displayed in this bright light art space.

These sessions are a great way to further explore the world of pottery.

everything and those who just want a few fun hours making a mug, plate or bowl.

I have three types of weekly workshops; on the wheel, for those who want nothing more than to learn to throw and are focused solely on that; general, for those who want to try

My studio has a relaxed and happy atmosphere, 10am12noon and 1pm-3pm Tuesday to Friday. 10am-12noon and 6.30pm-8.30pm Mondays, and 10am-12noon weekends

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CERAMICS BY HUGH WEST AND KAREN CARLYON CERAMICS

Wednesday 1st – Thursday 30th September The Customs House Gallery, Harbour Road, Porthleven, TR13 9JD Distinguished ceramicists Hugh West and Karen Carlyon will be featured in a monthlong exhibition showcasing their works at Porthleven’s Customs House Gallery.

Known for his distinctive, elegant forms, Hugh West is one of Cornwall’s most known and renowned ceramic artists. Based in Truro, West’s career began in Porthleven in the 1970’s with an apprenticeship with a local ceramicist. His beautiful, wheel thrown porcelain ceramics have been featured in exhibitions worldwide, and he exhibits a collection of frequently changing pieces at the Customs House Gallery.

Karen Carlyon began working as Hugh West’s apprentice in 2017 and created her own studio. Before that, she spent several years with Paula Downing, hand building large sculptural pieces using various clay bodies. Today, Carlyon now works exclusively in porcelain and fires in a gas kiln, mixing her own glazes and taking inspiration from the Cornish coastline as she incorporates the movement and colours of the ocean into her uniquely beautifully pieces.

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JACKSON FOUNDATION Kurt Jackson – Wheat: From Plough to Plate For many years the building that houses the Jackson Foundation was part of Warrens Bakery. It was here that their lorries were serviced, repaired and maintained.

In this exhibition, Kurt Jackson traces the journey of a staple crop - wheat from ‘field to fork’ in media spanning paint, sculpture, poetry and film.

Located towards the top of Falmouth High Street, Inspire Makers is a creative space showcasing the talent of over 50 Cornish artists and craftspeople. There is a wide range of contemporary work from both wellknown and emerging makers, across jewellery, ceramics, textiles, painting & prints, stationery, and homewares. There is also a pop-up gallery which hosts a year round programme of short exhibitions by Cornish artists, and a dedicated workshop space which offers classes to inspire people to become creative themselves. Check our website for details on what’s coming up.

Opening Times: Tues to Sat 10am-5pm Inspire Makers, 5 High Street, Falmouth, TR11 2AB • T: 01326 531176 E: create@inspiremakers.com • W: www.inspiremakers.com A @inspire_makers • G inspiremakers

Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE – Echoes of a Vanished World An explorer and a Founder of Survival International, this exhibition is a collection of his photographs from the 1950’s-1970’s.

There is nothing self-conscious or patronising here. Instead, there is a deep admiration, a sense of wonder, respect and desire to share what he sees with a world that has grown increasingly out of touch with the things that really matter.

LIZARD ART A stunning gallery located at the heart of the timeless Trelowarren Estate, run by a cooperative of exciting and diverse professional artists all sharing an enthusiasm for living and working on the Lizard peninsular. Seascapes to abstracts, prints, crafts and cards with various media to suit all tastes.

Open Wed - Sunday 11 - 4pm

Kurt Jackson - Kenidjack: A Cornish Valley From August 28th. A sister exhibition to 2017’s Cot: A Cornish Valley - this show is a stunning collection of paintings and sculpture that follows a stream from its source on the moors above St Just down through the valley and into the sea, taking in the sights, sounds, history, heritage and wildlife along the way.

Lizard Art, Trelowarren Estate, Mawgnan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, TR12 6AF T: 01326 221778 • E: admin@lizardart.co.uk www.Lizardart.co.uk • Facebook: Lizardart Instagram: @lizardartgallery

Open Tuesday - Saturday.

North Row, St Just, TR19 7LB T: 01736 787638 www.jacksonfoundationgallery.com

Summer Exhibition 8th July - 5th September Autumn exhibition & Book launch 8th September- 31st October Winter exhibition 3rd - 21st November

MARTIN JOHN FOWLER

SHARON MCSWINEY Martin John Fowler is a professional working artist based in South Yorkshire with strong connections to Cornwall. Displaying in several local galleries, Martin’s work looks to capture Cornwall’s rugged and wild coastal areas, often en plein air when possible, and as a result has had his work exhibition both nationally and internationally in solo and mixed exhibitions. www.martinjohnfowler.com

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We have moved to a new gallery space exhibiting handcrafted metalwork, jewellery & paintings. Inspired by the sea unique metal seaweed wall pieces & silver limpet jewellery capture the Cornish coast.

Sharon McSwiney, Gallery on the Square, Island Square, St Ives TR26 1NX Tel: 01736 448293 • www.sharonmcswiney.co.uk

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NINA PACKER With a beautifully rich colour palette and delicate light play, Nina Packer is an artist based in the Roseland Peninsula. Graduating from the London Guildhall in 2001, her passion lies in mark making and colour.

Firstly, tell us about one of your chosen locations to paint and why it inspires you...

Cornwall is full to the brim of beautiful places. Under normal circumstances I spend a lot of time painting in Portscatho alongside other artists from The New Gallery. However, during this remarkable past year I spent a lot of time walking and working in my immediate surroundings, so, I have chosen the hedgerows and hollow ways around where I live; on the edge of The Roseland, a stone’s throw from Mevagissey, within sight of China Clay Country and where every village keeps a Saint.

When painting your location, is there anything that really catches your eye that you enjoy focusing on?

The lanes here are banked by high Cornish hedges and are teeming with treasures if you have the time to stop and look.

They can be busy with traffic, but during lockdown were quiet and I walked some of them for the first time in the decade I’ve lived here. It felt like we reclaimed them for a little while, and I discovered things I didn’t know existed: hidden streams, animal roads, banks of violets, Minotaur Beetles! I especially love the surprise panorama field views that open up when you hit a gateway, ever-changing in appearance with crop cycles and weather.

Describe the sounds, smells and feelings you experience in your location…

Mustard yellow striped snail shells lining

the road like little jewels – I think they fall from the hedges and get trapped on its dusty surface. The otherworldly, fax crazy song of a skylark fading to nothing as it climbs the clouds. The earthy smell of wet oak leaves in autumn and heady meadow sweet in the heat of summer.

The way that the banks of primroses seem to glow on a mizzly day, the textures of robins pincushions and oak apples – all of this feels good.

What colours do you like to use when painting your location?

My favourite blue is Windsor Blue-Green Shade; mix in a little Cadmium Yellow with white and you have the perfect turquoise.

I could drink Emerald Green neat, it is just a perfect colour, Naples Yellow and Sap Green are palette staples, and I love the soft cream you get from Indian Yellow. I don’t use black at all, instead I use Indigo.

When painting/practicing ‘en plein air’, what do you think about and what are your processes when painting this way?

I think the sense of pleasure and focus at being present in the landscape; and trying to channel this feeling into a picture through coloured pigments! Sometimes I paint in the environment directly – I have a portable pochade box that I use for small oil paintings - or I might draw outside with charcoal or watercolour and work back in the studio, sometimes I’ll bring back hedge treasures to use in studio pictures.

What challenges do you face when conveying your location onto canvas?

The eternal problem of how to capture and convey the spirit and feeling of a place alongside its appearance; some pictures can look like their subject but be quite dead in feeling, trying to get the right balance is something I’m still learning.

Finally, what do you love most about your location?

The way it changes day by day and through the year, the foxgloves and their ghostly cousins the Pennywort flowers, the delicate grasses this time of year and the festoon strings of ruby bryony berries in autumn, the bramble tangle of the green lane next to our house, with feather evidence of a fox’s dinner. I love that it’s a living place with stories to tell and that nature goes about its business regardless of whether I’m there to notice it. l You can discover more of Nina Packer’s work in the charming space of The New Gallery at Portscatho and online at www.thenewgalleryportscatho.co.uk The New Gallery, Portscatho, Cornwall, TR2 5HW T: 01872 580719 E: chrisinsoll@gmail.com Opening times: Thursday to Saturday, 10am – 12.30pm, 2 – 5pm The gallery is also open by appointment which you can call or email to arrange.

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WONDERS UNTOLD’ is another of Yew Tree Gallery’s exhibitions to focus on the world’s diminishing wildlife – albeit in works of beauty and even playfulness.

In its position on the north-west coast of Penwith, the gallery is surrounded by gardens, fields, and moors - with the sea just a short walk away - an apt setting for reflecting on nature.

An artist whose exhibitions are always eagerly awaited is Mark Hearld. Mark’s Master’s Degree in Wildlife Illustration at the Royal College of Art brought him in touch with the wonders of London’s museums, where he fell under the spell of those early 20th Century artist and designers John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden to name a few, who all worked from nature and the landscape and stimulated his love of pattern. Since leaving college, Mark has created images in many ways, constantly experimenting.

Recently he was commissioned to decorate platters and plates at the Leach Pottery, a new experience for him and one he greatly enjoyed. However, the medium for which he is most recognised is collage.

The fluid brushstrokes of his paintings are echoed with equal dexterity in his use of torn or cut paper. In ‘WONDERS UNTOLD’, Mark’s fertile imagination brings glimpses of wild creatures he sees in the Cornish landscape into colourful collages through his deft snipping of painted paper and card.

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on the Shetland Isles, the sea, and its creatures as well as maritime history are part of his lifeblood. He honed his artistic skills at Edinburgh College of Art and has had exhibitions at several Edinburgh art galleries over the years. Wandering the estuaries where shorebirds abound is one of his favourite pastimes. His empathetic carvings and paintings of these birds convey their true essence. His ‘boxworks’ display a different strand of his art and are often a combination of drawing, maps and found objects.

Another artist from the North whose work has a humorous twist is Terry Shone. Now in his maturity, he has developed a unique style after a lifelong interest in traditional slip-wares and in the lively images found in 19th Century Staffordshire ceramic figurines and flatbacks. Initially trained in ceramics and sculpture at Leeds College of Art and Goldsmith’s, London, he was awarded a Rockefeller research fellowship to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, further expanding his knowledge and interest.

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forms, decorated with coloured slips and glazes, often reworked over several firings with enamels and lustres. These historic techniques, used in new ways, lead to the freshness and immediacy of Terry’s work.

Other delights (woven rugs, jewellery, ceramics, garden sculpture) are on display in this joyful exhibition, which runs from 7th September until 30th October.

As with all Yew Tree exhibitions, a percentage of sales will be given to Charity. ‘WONDERS UNTOLD’ is supporting ‘Penwith Welcomes Refugees’ – an admirable initiative by four local young women who, under the auspices of the government’s Community Sponsorship scheme, are raising funds to support a refugee family here in Penwith.

Gilly Wyatt Smith, who curates the show, is hoping to be open to the public (bearing Covid still in mind!) from Tuesdays to Saturdays. l The exhibition will also be visible at www.yewtreegallery.com.

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In Your Hands

Newlyn Art Gallery, Until 16th October While the pandemic has brought restrictions to travel, there is an ever-growing desire to be part of international networks. Newlyn Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, In Your Hands, explores new connections, inviting a dance between continents; a call and response with words and flowers; and an ode to the home we have all spent so much time in.

A group exhibition connecting international artists with people in Cornwall, In Your Hands is a collaborative effort. The artists have put the making of their art into the hands of others, placing their trust in them, and embracing the serendipitous outcomes.

Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis are based in Pittsburgh, US, but when visiting Lenka’s hometown of Penzance in 2017, they made an artist research trip to Henry Cowles, the oldest existing net maker in the UK, and still operating from Helston. When invited to participate in In Your Hands, the artists decided to commission a sample of every net, in every colour way, that Henry Cowles supplies, and for it to be stitched together to create a net that could catch everything, but possibly nothing. Based in Newlyn, and using traditional methods, South West Play diversified from fishing nets, and now create playparks across the Europe. They accepted the challenge to join the diamonds of nets together with the only rule that no two nets the same should touch.

Klaas Rommelaere, a textile artist based in Antwerp, Belgium wanted to make an installation that represented the collective

home that we have all spent so much time in. The gallery invited people from across the UK to send in photographs of their favourite possessions, with a sentence explaining why it meant so much to them.

These inspired a design that was sent to each participant, with a sewing kit – a total of 63 adults and 22 children participated.

For many this was their first time doing needlework, or revisiting skills not performed for some years, but each has brought a unique personality to this group collaboration. For curator of the exhibition, Programme Curator Blair Todd, the exhibition highlights the incredible results collaborations between artists can offer, “While connecting international artists with people in Cornwall and the UK to create their work was born out of necessity in a time of lockdown, these collaborations have resulted in many extraordinary and unexpected outcomes for the artists,” Blair explains. “Helping make each project happen has been incredibly rewarding, particularly emailing, messaging, and zooming with the eighty people across the UK who put so much time and creativity into their needlework.”

Other collaborations include Arinda Daphine, a poet and dancer, and civil

rights lawyer, in Kampala, Uganda, who has devised a new installation of poetry, song, drawing, painting and dance with Shallal Dance Theatre; Benny Nemer, a Canadian artist based in Paris, will send a personal card each week during the exhibition to Zennor Wild, a local florist, who will respond with a different floral arrangement for the gallery – an intimate conversation developing over the summer; Through The Interdependence, artist Kate Rich is linking Newlyn Art Gallery to a number of international endeavours by artists to establish alternative economies, including New Dawn Traders; and Georgia Gendall will invite her international networks to participate in her ongoing project Forced Collaboration, by devising instructions for the Gallery’s collective of young artists The Collaborators to create new artworks for the exhibition. l

In Your Hands curated by Blair Todd, Programme Curator, is showing at Newlyn Art Gallery until the 16th October.

The Gallery is open daily until the 11th September, then Tuesday to Saturday.

For more details visit www.newlynartgallery.co.uk

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ARTIST PROFILE

Cornwall’s dramatic North Coast is the inspiration for a new collection by internationally respected artist Peter Turnbull.

Peter Turnbull’s CV marks him out as an exceptional British artist: he studied at Nottingham College of Art and later the Royal College of Art in both London and Paris, and following his graduation he was represented by the prestigious Piccadilly Gallery on Cork Street, London.

For many years Peter was Head of Fine Art at the University of Chester, and later became Visiting Professor of Fine Art after embarking on his full-time career as a painter. He has received the Rodney Burn Award for Figurative Drawing and has exhibited at internationally important venues such as The Royal Academy in London and American art dealer Terry Dintenfass’s gallery in New York.

Peter’s powerful, elemental paintings demonstrate an intimate relationship with the landscapes that inspire his work, and walk the line, rather intriguingly, between the figurative and the abstract. “Initially I was a figurative painter” says Peter, “particularly during my time at the Royal College of Art and whilst exhibiting at Cork Street. I included, at that time, some works concerned with the landscape, but always with a figurative element.

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without conscious thought: “intuitive mark making allows me to draw on imagery from my own memory, without any visual references” he says. The genre of landscape painting, Peter adds, is endlessly inspiring to him, and has endured for centuries because of the unique perception that each artist brings to this universally loved subject.

“The perception of landscape is a highly personal one, one that belongs to a particular artist at a particular time” he says. “New approaches to landscape painting can transform previous values, and can educate, inform and set one’s own visual perspective in a new light. I believe that painting should embrace not only a direct representation of what is seen, but have a deeper quality that evokes feeling, and transcends the ‘known’ to a different level of understanding and a sense of place. I see myself as a part of the progression of British landscape painting in my development of the genre alongside those artists who transcend the literal transcription of the landscape, and create more than solely figurative works.” Peter’s emphatic application of paint, rich surface textures and translucent layers of colour are evidence of a deep engagement with his materials and the physical act of making artwork. “The majority of my works are oil paint on canvas or wood panel” says Peter. “The choice of support I use is defined by the type of imagery an artwork depicts - works on panel, for example, will have a different feel to works on canvas because on panel the

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paint slips and slides more readily and inhabits a different set of values. Using layer upon layer of glazes promotes a feeling of history, and of development within the painting as a reference to the history of a particular landscape. I was lucky in that I received tuition at the Royal College of Art concerning mediums and their application, and for a number of years I worked with the classic medium of egg tempera and also manufactured my own oil paint. I believe that this understanding of one's chosen medium is important, and allows an artist to use materials to their best advantage to any given piece of work.”

This autumn, Peter is exhibiting a new collection of works inspired by the drama and beauty of Cornish landscape, on show in the flesh and by virtual tour at Whitewater Contemporary Polzeath. “The works I will be exhibiting at Whitewater Contemporary are concerned with the impact the Cornish Landscape has had on my painting over the last 20 years” says Peter. “They respond to the north Cornish coastline and surrounding landscape, and to aspects drawn from my own visual memory. In particular, they respond to a unique quality inherent to the Cornish landscape - a sense of both place and history”. l See Peter Turnbull’s Cornwall collection throughout August at Whitewater Contemporary, The Parade, Polzeath, PL27 6SR, and by virtual 3D tour at whitewatercontemporary.co.uk.

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MEET THE MAKER

Transforming beachcombed seaglass into stunning jewellery, Porth Jewellery is the product of Falmouth based maker, Laura Talbot. Becoming a jeweller was initially an unexpected profession, and started with friends complimenting her on a ring she had made from seaglass found at a local beach...

“It was never my intention to start a business, but gradually my hobby turned into a passion and eventually I decided to concentrate on it full-time. Porth Jewellery was born in Summer 2018, and I now work from my home studio in Falmouth.”

Cornish for harbours, “Porth” is a homage to Cornwall’s ocean and treasure hoarding harbours. It’s a connection that Laura prides herself on keeping when collecting material and transforming it into something that is both beautiful and full of a sense of place. Moving to Falmouth in 2001 to study Graphic Design, Laura had always had a love of the ocean and dreamt of living by it, so when the opportunity to study at Falmouth University came up, it was too good to miss. After graduating, Laura completed a PGCE and was then a primary school teacher for 13 years.

When a friend and fellow jewellery maker invited Laura to her silversmith studio, she found herself spending many happy hours exploring the craft, learning the basics, and eventually journeying her way to fulltime jeweller, in which seaglass plays the central role.

“I love the idea that with each unique item I create, the journey of that piece of seaglass continues and becomes part of a new story,” explains Laura. “Seaglass has been part of the ocean, tumbled smooth and changed with time and tide. Each piece is therefore completely unique and cannot be replicated. Imagine where it could have started off: a bottle tossed overboard by a sailor; an old glass fishing buoy; the fragile remains of past Cornish industries or even the result of a shipwreck.

“I aim to retain the natural beauty of each piece found and avoid working too much on the glass unless it needs to be matched, for example, to create a pair of earrings. The provenance of the seaglass is an important part of Porth Jewellery and all finds are carefully recorded so I can trace them back to the beach, harbour or estuary they came from. Each piece of finished jewellery comes with n 58 |

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a card detailing the location the glass was found. My jewellery is bought for a number of reasons; it could be the colour, shape or size, but also because it brings back a treasured memory or to act as a keepsake of a special place.”

Given in celebration of first dates, proposals, anniversaries, childhood holidays spent at a certain beach or to honour a personal connection to Cornwall, the individuality of Porth Jewellery’s seaglass is perhaps what makes it so distinctive, as Laura explains here: “It’s easier to order a diamond in a certain colour, size, cut and clarity than it is to find that specific piece of seaglass for someone. Commissions can be particularly special undertakings such as for the couple who collected blue seaglass from holidays around the world and then had it made into jewellery for their bridesmaids to wear on their wedding day.

“Due to the undulations and unique shapes of the pieces, each setting is also one of a kind and demands close attention. Finding a rare colour is exhilarating. There are still gaps in my seaglass colour chart I have yet to discover. There is also, sadly and for all the wrong reasons, more plastic in the sea now than glass so it is becoming harder to find.”

It’s not just creating her seaglass jewellery that Laura is adept in, but also in passing on the craft to others. Laura is a leading maker at one of Falmouth’s newest creating hubs, Inspire Makers, an exciting space that boasts a community of over 50 local artists and craftspeople, where Porth Jewellery is the only seaglass jewellery range showcased.

“The ethos of Inspire Makers is to share the story of makers, encourage exploration of the artistic process, and support well-being and community through the joy of creating,” says Laura. “Living and working in Falmouth, Inspire Makers is the ideal location to

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hold workshops using their dedicated workshop space.”

In a seaglass setting full day workshop, participants learn how to make a necklace, ring or bangle to size, as well as cut and file silver, solder, construct bezel settings, add texture to silver and set seaglass in the bezel setting.

Currently, Laura is gradually moving over to eco-silver, which is an environmentally friendly material produced from 100% scrap jewellery and recycled silver from the medical, electronics and giftware industries and has a fully traceable and audited manufacturing process, meaning not only Porth Jewellery itself but the jewellery of the workshop makers is crafted with an eco-conscious approach. At the end of the workshop, participants leave with their very own piece of handmade jewellery. Laura also offers a half day stacking ring workshop where you can make three rings out of silver wire. These classes are available a number of times per month and private group classes can also be arranged on a day that suits.

“Having been a teacher, I enjoy interacting with people, passing on skills and seeing the joy that making something yourself can bring,” Laura explains.

“Holding workshops has been a challenge over the last year so it has been great getting back into hosting them again.” l To discover more about Porth Jewellery’s Seaglass Jewellery Workshops at Inspire Makers, including dates for August and beyond, head to www.inspiremakers.com/workshops To see more of Laura’s stunning creations, and other talented Cornish contemporary design-led artists and craftspeople, visit www.inspiremakers.com or visit them in store, details below.

Inspire Makers, 5 High Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 2AB T: 01326 531176

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GALLERY OF THE MONTH

The Jackson Foundation With exhibitions that consistently bring the power, issues, and beauty of our natural environment to the forefront, the Jackson Foundation and its leading resident artist, Kurt Jackson, have always been passionate about being a gallery that looks to raise awareness just as much as it looks to showcase stunning contemporary British art. Here, we catch up with them on their plans for summer and what this past year has uncovered...

There has always been a powerful message about the value of nature and our impact on our environments with the exhibitions and work of renowned contemporary artist Kurt Jackson. At his award-winning gallery in St Just, The Jackson Foundation has consistently worked with local and international environmental groups to create cohesive exhibitions that tell a story. Whether it is of human impact on the environment, or the magic in the journey of nature, these exhibitions have drawn in visitors and crowds worldwide. The gallery itself has won awards for their green approach and green thinking, both in the construction and running of the gallery itself and for its conceptual artworks.

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mainstream outlook on their messages, as Gallery Manager Fynn Tucker explains here, “Eyes have been opened due to the pandemic, forcing people to look around their immediate environment, and by extension, beyond that to the wider world: our place in that cycle of supply and demand, and the implications of the decisions we make as individuals and as a society. It’s reassuring that some of the ideas that we as a gallery have always put at the centre of our business model, which only a couple of years ago were seen as fringe, are now almost mainstream. Our fellow Gallery Manager, Zinzi Tucker, has always been on the forefront of sustainability through the business, and has spent an enormous amount of time over the years researching and sourcing plastic free, organic, sustainable solutions, from

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cleaning products to packaging.”

Part of the Jackson Foundation’s ongoing project is to work with environmentally focused charities, which the Upstairs Gallery section of the building has been dedicated to since opening in 2016. It’s a harmonious match that complements Kurt’s work seamlessly.

As an artist inspired continually by the natural world, many of Kurt’s collections explore the relationship between man and nature, both on a personal and wider level. From spending entire seasons trying to capture one tree, to delving into the vast industry of wheat crops, these relationships come to life in Kurt’s captivating artwork, as well as his poetry, sculpture and most recently, two new book releases. Released this year, Biodiversity and Kurt Jackson’s Sea have seen a phenomenal response.

“Kurt’s books have been greeted with

previews, charity events, talks, screenings

World offers a fascinating collection of

an enormous amount of excitement,”

and all the other things we used to

photographs by Robin Hanbury-Tenison,

says Fynn. “They’ve really struck a chord

include in our calendar,” describes Fynn.

an explorer and co-founder of Survival

with a wide audience with newly opened

“We are so blessed to have such a large,

International. Echoes showcases his

eyes to the natural world and our place in

beautiful, airy and versatile space. It has

photographs of tribal peoples from South

protecting it.”

made opening throughout the Covid

America, Africa and the Pacific taken

landscape so much more comfortable

between the 1950’s-1970’s. These images are

life on Earth has the same right to thrive

for staff and visitors. Since locking down

tender and intimate without condescension

as we do. Each is a component in a vast

last spring, we’ve been inundated by

web, and each species is dependent on

and capture people and a time that have

messages from people telling us how

the next to survive; to remove one creates

much their visit to the gallery means

been all but lost. Both exhibitions are on

a domino effect resulting in potential

to them, and how upset they’ve been

species and habitat loss. With a stunning

missing the exhibitions due to travel

combination of painting, sculpture,

restrictions, shielding, lack of available

poetry and prose, Kurt illustrates this

accommodation, or being priced out of

message throughout the book. His

places they have stayed for decades. It’s

second release, Kurt Jackson’s Sea, is the

been hard on a lot of people…As a result,

first hardback book dedicated solely to

we’ve made a real effort to share more of

Kurt’s depictions of the subject that he is

our exhibitions through our website, and

most famously associated with.

to make short films about them.”

Biodiversity focuses on the idea that all

In the gallery, summer promises an

As the team look ahead in preparation for

display until the 14th August.

Leading the way for green galleries, The Jackson Foundation has set an impressive example to other businesses alike, promoting environmentally conscious practices not just throughout its innovative structure, but also through its artwork. As people continue to push for a greener world, Kurt Jackson continues to send out messages through the medium of art that remind us just how precious and fragile

upcoming schedule of equally thought-

the next exhibition, there’s still time for those

provoking, blockbuster exhibitions, as

eager to visit to catch the last of their latest

the team prepare for their big September

show, Wheat: From Plough to Plate, which

Signed copies of Biodiversity and Kurt

show, Kurt Jackson’s Kenidjack: A Cornish

looks at a staple crop in all its incarnations,

Valley, which follows the Tregeseal Stream

from field of crops in breathtaking

Jackson’s Sea are available online, as

from its source on the moors above St

landscapes all the way through to harvest,

Just, down to the valley and into the sea,

milling and finally, the kneading and baking

taking in the sights, sounds and wildlife

of breads and cakes. All captured in Kurt

along the way.

Jackson’s distinctive style that continues to

Jackson Foundation

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well as a wide range of artwork, prints and cards. Discover it all and more at www.jacksonfoundationgallery.com

reinforce why he is one of the country’s most

North Row, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7LB

sharing Kenidjack: A Cornish Valley and

popular and respected contemporary artists.

Check online for latest opening hours

can’t wait to get back to putting on

In the Upstairs Gallery, Echoes of a Vanished

and updates.

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64 BITES 66 DISH OF THE MONTH 68 MEET THE CHEF 70 SUMMER STRAIGHT FROM

THE BOTTLE 75 PLACES TO EAT 80 WEEKEND AWAY 82 EXPERIENCE

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New Portreath Food Truck Championing Local Seafood with locals after its launch earlier this summer.

Specialising in local seafood and produce, The Bait Shed resides in a picture-perfect suntrap overlooking the beach. Seasonal, freshly cooked, and full flavoured, eager foodies can expect seared scallops, local crab, blackened monkfish and bavette steak and friends. With a focus on serving great food at an affordable price, it’s the idyllic stop for a taste of the sea with the whole family.

A brand-new food truck on the harbour side of Portreath has proven to be a hit

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Rick Stein at Home: A New Cookery Book A new cookbook from the culinary realm of Rick Stein is set to launch this September, showcasing the very best recipes, memories, and stories from a food lover’s kitchen.

After lockdown and inspired by the rhythms and rituals of home cooking, Rick was inspired to create a book that takes readers on a journey to exploring authentic food and the important role it plays in the happiness of life. On the book, Rick had this to say, “Lockdown became, for me, a time to remember the joy of regular cooking at home in a world where the almost limitless possibilities of modern life had suddenly been shut down. I’ve given in to the need to tell you

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about things like my six-month quest to produce perfect sourdough, struggles with sauerkraut and smokers, and my obsession with stock. And there are some thoughts about walks in the country and how they have to include coming back with a bunch of wild sorrel or parsley, about chutney, jam and marmalade making.

And finally, some serious stuff about the enormous importance of food that plays in our lives, for cheering us all up. These are my all-time favourite home-cooked meals – some you might be familiar with from the recent Cornwall series we did. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.”

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Chef Adam Handling Launches Ugly Butterfly at Carbis Bay Estate A new restaurant championing sustainable, Cornish produce has launched at the Carbis Bay Estate in St Ives.

Headed by Chef Adam Handling, the Ugly Butterfly boasts floor-to-ceiling views of the gorgeous bay with a menu of contemporary British food inspired

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New Summer Gin to Celebrate State-of-the-art Distillery A new gin has been launched by renowned gin distillers Land of Saints Organic Gin Distillers, just in time for summer and in celebration of their brand-new distillery located in Ponsanooth, Cornwall.

Created by 2009 Masterchef Winner and Land of Saints Organic Gin developer Mat Follas, an international cider judge and keen forager, the new gin, Saint Clement, is a combination of 12 botanicals, organic lemons, and oranges.

Created as a follow-up to the recently awardwinning Land of Saints Organic Gin, which took home gold at the Taste of the West Awards, Mat was keen to create a zesty and refreshing gin embodying the taste of summer.

Land of Saints uses organic botanicals, pure Cornish water and natural organic grain; their products are certified under rigorous scrutiny

by The Biodynamic Association, with the high level of approved organic ingredients making them stand out in a busy market.

As well as being certified organic and a registered Social Enterprise, Land of Saints partner with Fauna & Flora International, the world’s oldest conservation charity, supporting their vital global work through a donation of surplus profits.

Saint Clement is the very first gin to be produced in the brand’s impressive distillery near Falmouth; Black and Gold Organic Distillery is the new home of Land of Saints Organic Gin and will allow owners Laura Whyte, Mike and Sue Bearcroft to fulfil the strong demand for their products both nationally and internationally.

Stocked across Cornwall, you can also buy the gin online at www.cornishspirits.org.uk @landofsaintsorganicgin

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE IN OUR 2022 FOOD GUIDE PLEASE CONTACT JENI SMITH

TEL: 01209 494003 • EMAIL: JENI.MYCORNWALL@GMAIL.COM

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THE LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN This issue’s Dish of the Month comes from the talented foodies at The Lost Gardens of Heligan. An award-winning utopia of flora and fauna, Heligan’s food is just as tempting as its enchanting gardens, with a kitchen team dedicated to hyper local, freshly foraged and doorstep grown produce. After a day of discovering all this magical attraction has to offer, finish it off with a true taste of Heligan...

CHOSEN DISH...

Heligan's Ham & Cheese Ploughman’s Lunch.

DRINK RECOMMENDATION...

A bottle of proper Cornish cider from our friends over at Haywood Farm Cider in St Mabyn.

WHY THIS DISH? This is a dish that really celebrates home grown and locally sourced produce. Not only that, but it constantly changes with the seasons and is easily adaptable for all. Our ploughman’s lunches are served with a selection of delicious homemade pickles and chutneys which are all made with a selection of heritage produce straight from the Heligan Kitchen Garden. The dish also includes a homemade sausage roll along with our favourite hams and cheeses from across the county.

KEY INGREDIENTS… A selection of the finest Cornish cheeses such as nettle yarg, gouda and brie.

Plenty of heritage produce from Heligan’s Victorian Productive Gardens such as cucumbers, lettuce, broad beans, and pea shoots.

A selection of home-made chutneys using Heligan heritage fruit and vegetables.

DESSERT RECOMMENDATION? A big slice of Heligan pineapple cake fresh from the Heligan Bakery.

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This August (6th – 20th), Paul Ainsworth is presenting a brand-new food, drink, and music festival to Cornwall, touring the county to offer up servings of food from a selection of acclaimed chefs, along with tunes from some of the country’s leading musicians, here Paul tells us all about his Travelling Feast.

Hi Paul, thanks for being our very special Meet the Chef! Please tell us a little bit about the Travelling Feast...

The Travelling Feast is a food, drink and music festival that’s going to travel around beautiful locations in Cornwall, staying for up to two nights at each location – and we’re offering camping, so don’t worry if you think there’s nowhere left to stay in Cornwall this summer! We’ve got glamping or you can bring your own tent.

There will be world class chefs, many of them being my really close friends, and we’ll have chef demos, fireside Q&As, and well-being activities including yoga.

There will be loads of things going on with a real circus or fairground feel, as well as the most amazing music line up, including the Kaiser Chiefs, Sister Sledge, Faithless, Rudimental, Human League, Jake Bugg, Grandmaster Flash, Norman Jay, and brilliant DJ sets from Danny Rampling and Judge Jules.

I like to look at my style of cooking as flavourful, relatable, and recognisable, and always bringing a smile to your face.

Tell us a little bit about the food you’re looking to showcase. What are you excited for people to taste?

I met with all the chefs a week ago and the dishes sound phenomenal. From the Paul Ainsworth Travelling Feast food truck we are going to be taking our inspiration from a film I’m very fond of called ‘Chef’ and we’re going to be cooking the most amazing grilled cheese sourdough sandwiches with fillings like Davidstow cheddar. Niall

Keating’s doing a beautiful Korean-style buttermilk chicken burger with a kimchee slaw on the side and John Hooker is doing his brilliant fish and chips and The Cornish Arms burger. Tom Kerridge is bringing the most amazing pies with pease pudding and a parsley and tarragon liquor, Wild Bake are bringing their delicious wood fired pizzas, and Elements, run by a chef who used to work with us, Jack Clements, is bringing some vegetarian dishes. James Martin is bringing his artisan ice cream van, and we have some incredible doughnuts! So a really wide range of delicious festival food!

How would you describe your cooking style?

My cooking style has always been about trying to get the maximum flavour out of things. I’ve never been interested in making pretty pictures – it’s always been about big flavours. I like to look at my style of cooking as flavourful, relatable, and recognisable, and always bringing a smile to your face.

every day trying to be the best versions of ourselves.

What can visitors to the Travelling Feast expect from the festival’s other chefs?

Visitors can expect amazing dishes from the guest chefs and street food vendors, along with brilliant food demos from James Martin, Richard Corrigan, Tom Kerridge, Simon Rimmer and Angela Hartnett on the Paul Ainsworth Academy stage. There will also be fireside Q&As and the opportunity to meet our guest chefs as they walk around the festival. It’s all about great food, great chefs, and a really personal atmosphere. This festival will just hug everyone, bring everyone in and just make everyone feel good about themselves.

What ingredients couldn’t you live without?

If I had to pick one ingredient I couldn’t live without, it would be Cornish Sea Salt.

What rules do you live by in your kitchen?

Finally, what is your guilty food pleasure?

The rules that I live by in the kitchen are to have strict disciplines but always to be fair; to treat people how I would want to be treated; and to make sure that we have one common goal –to blow people away with our food. My team and I wake up

I have so many! I love a beautiful cheese sandwich – but that’s not really a guilty pleasure! l To find out more including tickets and dates, head to www.travellingfeast.co.uk

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Wine lovers rejoice; a new French-inspired wine bar and deli has arrived in Newquay. Effortlessly stylish and equally as passionate about food as it is wine, The Bottle’s tucked away location offers a moments solace away from the hustle and bustle of Newquay’s busy summer season, but with speciality wine tastings, French themed tapas dishes, and exciting wine events on the horizon, this hidden gem is just as buzzing as its popular seaside hometown.

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aving opened at the start of August, The Bottle takes its status as the town’s first independent wine bar and deli.

The French-inspired eatery is a vino and cheese lovers paradise, where guests can enjoy sharing boards, French tartines, baked camembert and small plates all paired with great wine sourced from around the world. Behind the aesthetically pleasing setting of The Bottle are its two founders, Rob Palmer and Toyah Marshall, whose travels around France and northern Spain influenced the couple greatly when devising their plan for their own wine bar.

Rob owns a functional fitness gym in Truro,

“We had always dreamed of running a business which paired great food and wine,” explains Toyah. “After taking part in a virtual wine tasting during lockdown last year, our vision for The Bottle was reignited. In just six weeks we created a serene space for dining, as well as a place to showcase high quality wines and produce within our deli.”

taking price in carefully curating their

Lockdown was a poignant turning point for the couple. A former Royal Marine,

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however with the gym having to close throughout the lockdowns, he was left with a little extra time to focus on another passion of his, wine. During lockdown, Rob gained a WSET Level 2 qualification in wine education. Meanwhile, Toyah worked in hospitality since she was 16, most notably in a Leeds-based Michelin starred restaurant for four years, where her passion for food and wine started. Alongside running The Bottle, she is a full-time employment law solicitor. A real labour of love, The Bottle brings the couple’s shared love of good food and wine harmoniously together, tasting boards that take diners on a journey of the palate, with foods that enhance the flavour of the wine rather than dull it.

The eatery’s cheeseboards feature a mix of artisanal cheese from small British producers,

together

with

European

specialities; their meat selection is equally the deli ready to pack up and take home.

With an eco-friendly ethos, part of The Bottle’s founding idea was a refillable wine service, where visitors can select from a wide range of carefully chosen whites, reds, and roses to buy in anything from a 500ml to a litre bottle, or even bring their own. It’s an effective way to enjoy some of the finest wines from both France and Spain, including several organic, vegetarian, and vegan offerings.

However, alongside the deli, it’s The Bottle’s casual dining and wine tastings that is set to capture the hearts of Cornwall’s foodies.

A summer of wine tastings, speciality bottles and sumptuous food makes this latest culinary jewel a must-visit. In the bar’s relaxed and informal surroundings, the stage is set for the wine and the food to really shine and plans for speciality themed events have already taken off.

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sourcing some of the very best ingredients from around the world and introducing out guests to interesting flavours.

“We sometimes work with guest hosts to bring a really unique element to an evening. For example, we’re pleased to be welcoming Carte Blanche Wines in September. They focus on importing wines from ecologically minded producers which have a real sense of place. We can’t wait to hear all about working with sustainable producers and tasting some of their wines.”

The first event, a Rose Rager taking place on Sunday 8th August, is already sold out, but more are in the pipeline. Sunday 19th September will see an evening of biodynamic wines, hosted by Carte Blanche Wines, a trade company who specialises in working with independent, small producers from France and Spain, to import environmentally conscious, organic, terroir-focused, and sustainably crafted wines. Sunday 26th September will see an Al Fresco Spanish wine and pinxtos n 72 |

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evening, located in a secluded outdoor courtyard in Newquay with a special oneoff menu designed for the event featuring a selection of pinxtos, charcuterie and cheese celebrating the Basque country, one of the areas that inspired The Bottle.

Tickets for this event are £20 which comes off the bill and includes a complimentary glass of Txakoli on arrival. There will be wine by the glass and bottle that is paired with the dishes on offer as well as a fun cocktail menu.

Plans are also being finalised for a wine walk event in September, where guests will journey through the rich orchards of Newquay Orchard to enjoy sustainably produced wines supplied by The Bottle, paired with food from the talented team at Canteen at the Orchard.

Of course, for those eager to have a full ‘Bottle’ experience, private tastings for small groups are available on request.

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bring each flavour to life. As with all The Bottle’s events, the wines showcased are discounted on the day, so if you find one that sings to your tastebuds, then you can take it away to enjoy at home.

With what is looking like a sensational summer of food and drink in Cornwall this season, The Bottle is certainly a welcomed addition to North Cornwall’s growing repertoire of exciting foodie hotspots. l Tables and events are bookable via the website at www.thebottlenqy.co.uk Private tastings are available for a minimum of four people, with wine-only tastings starting from £20, and from £25 with a food pairing. To arrange get in touch via thebottle.nqy@gmail.com 1 Wesley Yard, Newquay, TR7 1LB Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 5pm – 10.30pm Fridays and Saturdays 1pm – 11pm Sundays 4pm – 10pm

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LUXURY CORNISH HOTEL DINING As the summertime buzz continues and Cornwall experiences one of its busiest seasons ever, you may already be thinking about those off-peak opportunities for a quiet date night or foodie experience with friends and where better to sample some luxury Cornish hospitality and local cuisine than at one of its stellar hotels? Whether it’s dinner without the drive home or an extra special evening of beautiful food, we’ve gathered a selection here to tempt you…

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The Pig at Harlyn Bay

In a setting dating back to the 15th Century, the Pig at Harlyn Bay is a historic house that boasts far reaching sea views and food sourced within a 25-mile radius including their staple Kitchen Garden.

Committed to showcasing local, home-grown produce, the Pig brand has found a more than abundant location in Cornwall, using the richest variety of top-quality offerings. Experience hyper-local at its finest. Book your table online and for those keen to stay, the Pig at Harlyn Bay operates on a two-night minimum stay. www.thepighotel.com/at-harlyn-bay

The Alverton

Truro’s city centre retreat, the Alverton offers a lavish, historic setting brought into a contemporary era with a menu to match. Luxurious yet laid-back, the hotel is mere minutes from the city centre but tucked away just enough to offer idyllic respite. With a two AA rosette-awarded restaurant, the Alverton Restaurant and Bar offers food that’s as much a feast for the eyes as well as the palette, alongside carefully selected wines, cocktails, craft beers and more. Discover a range of offers from extra special Date Night Escapes to a Cornish bottomless brunch. www.thealverton.co.uk

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The Scarlet Hotel

One of Cornwall’s best known eco-hotels, the Scarlet is a luxury adult-only hotel where sustainability meets finery. From soaking in their cliffside hot tubs to relaxing in their stylish spa facilities, the Scarlet Restaurant is the perfect place to refuel in a lavish candle lit setting that champions the slow-grown and lovingly prepared. An à la carte menu is available alongside a seven-course taster menu; it’s the perfect place for extra special date nights and celebrations.

Currently booked through to the end of September, get planning for a winter break. www.scarlethotel.co.uk

Talland Bay Hotel

Sat atop a secluded stretch of unspoilt south east coastline, the Talland Bay Hotel houses an award-winning restaurant led by head chef Glen Meriott. Moving with the seasons, expect two menus throughout the week that bring together stunning local, fresh produce, with Sundays dedicated to the Talland Bay Hotel’s roast. Enjoy a Sunday Stay Over and spend the afternoon relaxing at the hotel before tucking into a threecourse roast dinner before retreating to a luxury room for a calm night’s sleep. www.tallandbayhotel.co.uk

Driftwood

A boutique hotel on the breathtaking reaches of the Roseland Peninsula, Driftwood Hotel is set amongst seven acres, boasting its own beach and woodland path. Driftwood’s award-winning restaurant has been an attraction for foodies for years. A new addition for 2021 has seen the launch of their Lunch Tasting Menu. Currently the restaurant is closed on a Sunday but visit their website to discover more menus and plan your Driftwood experience – it’s certain to be one you won’t forget. www.driftwoodhotel.co.uk

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Watergate Bay Hotel

A hub for food to suit all tastes and budgets, Watergate Bay has plenty to offer in the realm of eating out and at Watergate Bay Hotel you can choose from five offerings depending on your mood. For an ultimate Cornish dining experience unlike any other, talented chef Emily Scott is on hand to take you on a fine dining journey through Cornwall’s culinary delights. There’s also the Beach Hut, Zacry’s, the Living Space (hotel guests only when busy) and regular pop-up street food vendors. It’s a place that demands a day of dishes and with the Watergate Bay Hotel’s ‘Taste of the Bay’ offer you can sample the best of their establishments. www.watergatebay.co.uk

Bodmin Jail Hotel

The Chapel Restaurant, located in the magnificently refurbished and developed Bodmin Jail Hotel, resides in the historic sites Old Chapel area. An elegant gothic aesthetic offers a unique dining experience, matched by the restaurant’s à la carte and table d’hôte menus. Next door, the Governor’s Office bar serves up pre-dinner tipples and late-night cocktails. Discover more including overnight stays via their website. www.bodminjailhotel.com

St Mawes Hotel

A stone’s throw from the sea, St Mawes Hotel’s Upper Deck restaurant is a lively yet informal establishment which sees an Italian culinary influence meet high quality, hyper-local Cornish produce alongside a vibrant atmosphere with alfresco table to match the sea views across the spectacular Carrick Roads and River Fal. Dogs are welcome in the Lower Deck area of the restaurant where food and drinks are also served. www.stmaweshotel.com

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Artist Residence Penzance

Oodles of eccentric charm and quintessential Penzance artistry can be found at the Artist Residence Penzance. Set in a beautifully decorated Georgian inn, 19 stylish yet homely bedrooms as well as a three-bedroom cottage make up this revered hotel in the town’s iconic Chapel Street. At their Clubhouse eatery, a relaxed and easygoing menu offers a carefree dining experience in an airy space, with a cosy bar, lounge and roaring fire for those chillier days. Enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner bursting with flavour and style. www.artistresidence.co.uk

Carlyon Bay Hotel

On a clifftop overlooking St Austell Bay, the Carlyon’s spectacular sea views complement their AA rosette awardwinning dining, spa, 250 acres of private grounds and 18hole championship golf course. With two restaurants, the AA rosette Bay View and contemporary dining eatery Taste Brasserie, there’s also the newly renovated Spa Bar and Clubhouse. Fine dining championing Cornish cuisine leads the way at these restaurants. Take your pick, plan your ultimate experience and enjoy all this award-winning hotel has to offer. www.carlyonbay.com

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WEEKEND AWAY

THE PARK In the north Cornish retreat of Mawgan Porth, The Park has been a welcomed escapists' sanctuary for both locals and visitors alike. A multi-award-winning holiday park, a rich land of subtropical flora and fauna houses a selection of luxury lodges, cottages, yurts, private outdoor hot tubs, delicious food and of course, the spectacular beach.

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ust a short stroll from the dogfriendly beach and five miles north of Newquay, the Park at Mawgan Porth is an idyllic holiday park known for its stylish aesthetics and laidback, welcoming attitude. Luxury lodges, cottages and park cabins accompany cladded caravans and a fairyland style yurt village, perfect for families and those with four-legged friends keen to join in on the holiday fun. Whether you’re keen to relax in one of the many property’s private outdoor hot tubs, or laze between the site's two pools, sauna and steam room, there’s plenty for everyone to get stuck into, with children’s play areas, an onsite restaurant, and complimentary doggie bags full of goodies.

and enchanting coastlines and attraction

For avid hikers, the South West Coastal

sites, whether it’s the beautiful reaches of

Path is but a few minutes away and is

Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps, to historic

one of the best ways to experience the

hotspots such as Boscastle and Tintagel

incredible Atlantic sea views Cornwall is

for a cultural day out. Mawgan Porth offers

known for. And after a day of hiking the

oodles of adventure, the seasonally life

rolling cliffs, nothing beats settling in front

guarded beach holds surfing lessons with

of the sunset on the beach with The Park’s

local surf provider KingSurf, whilst on the

very own locally sourced and cooked

beach there’s perfect rock pool rambling

fish and chips from their sumptuous

opportunities and plenty of disabled

restaurant, The Kitchen by The Beach, to

access so everyone can enjoy being

enjoy an evening on the sand.

With the breathtaking beauty of the north coast on the Park’s doorstep, beyond lies some of Cornwall’s most dramatic

to alpacas, as well as indulge in some

on the sand. Just outside of Mawgan Porth 12 minutes away, guests can find Trevibban Mill Vineyard for a day of local wine tasting, whilst eight minutes away Old Macdonald’s Farm is ideal for groups with younger children, where visitors can meet the resident animals from ponies local Cornish ice cream and an indulgent Cream Tea or two.

Where the slow pace of Cornish life meets high quality, luxury accommodation, the Park is the perfect place for the ultimate getaway in north Cornwall for families, pals, and pooches. Availability is limited, so book your north Cornwall staycation as soon as possible at 0333 255 8164 or email hello@theparkcornwall.com l www.theparkcornwall.com

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STUNNING SEA VIEWS AND BIG SCREEN SCENES, THE WAVELENGTH DRIVE-IN CINEMA Wavelength Media’s Drive-In Summer Cinema Series is back for another year this season, bringing with them an epic schedule of family-friendly flicks, cult cinema classics, atmospheric surf movies and even on-stage performances.

With space for over 200 cars and vans, a total of 21 screenings is set to take place starting from July across every weekend from Thursday to Sundays, with the sun finally setting on the sessions on the 15th September.

featuring Blue Juice, Point Break, Riding

Daytime showings will start at 12.45pm and will offer family-friendly films such as The Goonies, The Greatest Showman, Moana, and Pirates of the Caribbean amongst many others.

Evening showings will commence at 6pm and will see a line-up of films such as Dirty Dancing, Grease and Jaws, whilst the surf-inspired line-up will be

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Giants and Big Wednesday, all screened overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

The al fresco cinematic sessions will also be offering a range of pop-up eateries filled with local food and drink to keep in. As the only clifftop drive-in cinema experience in the South West, this year promises even more fun to delight visitors, with bigger screens, more food and five weekends’ worth of Fisherman’s Friends’ performances!

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available at a cost of either £6 per person or £26 per car or van and driver with a maximum of five people per vehicle – these can be purchased from the Wavelength website at w w w. w a v e l e n g t h m a g . c o m / d r i v e in-2021/line-up This year, the team is also offering the option to purchase an openair cinema ticket for £7 per head.

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