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Cornwall Heritage Awards

The winner of this year’s 2025 ‘Object of the Year’ at the Cornwall Heritage Awards has been announced.  The annual awards celebrate venues across Cornwall that help preserve its culture and heritage. Six historic treasures were put forward in the Object of the Year category by museums, galleries and historic organisations across the Duchy and […]

Happy St Piran’s Day

St. Piran is known as the merriest, hardest drinking, hardest living holy man Cornwall ever knew. He is also the patron saint of tinners, and his feast day, March 5th is commemorated across Cornwall. Piran was an Irishman, so legend goes; when still a young man he rose to favour as priest and counsellor to […]

100 Years of The Shipping Forecast on the BBC

The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast actually dates back over 150 years. There are currently two or three broadcasts per day, at 00:48, 05:20, and 17:54 (weekends […]

Collect a tree for free!

Forest for Cornwall is celebrating National Tree Week (23 November -1 December) with a series of free tree giveaways. Each tree will come with an information leaflet on how to plant and grow your tree. This is in partnership with Cornwall Libraries, who will also be putting on displays on the fantastic benefits of trees […]