“Pillas”—wrote Morton Nance in 1930— “sometimes called “pill-corn” or “naked oats, smaller than oats and without husk, was formerly a common crop in Cornwall, but seems now to have become quite extinct.” In earlier centuries, adventurers and botanists described this intriguing grain as cultivated in abundance near Land’s End, where it thrived on marginal […]
Vicks Harrison started the Embroidered Bees Project in 2019 to raise awareness of the loss of biodiversity. The project will create a huge art quilt to help people develop their embroidery skills and learn more about the nearly 300 kinds of bees we have in this country and. It is a long term project and […]
This event is now fully booked. Please get in touch if you wish to add your name to the waiting list. Join us for the launch of Andrew Lanyon's new book, 'Rabelais and Cervantes on the Road to Cornwall'. On Saturday 23rd September from 2.30-3.30, Andrew Lanyon, local writer, painter, photographer & film-maker, will launch […]