Tresor
Gwenno's songs of political and personal urgency gift the power of voice back to a once-extinct tongue, finds Will Burns....
21st July 2022
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Coming Down to Earth
Róisín Á Costello tracks the corncrake through story and history, mud and ink. Image taken from 'Groups of Birds: Twenty-five...26th March 2022
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The itch in the landscape
In an extract from her book 'The Long Field', recently published by Little Toller, Pamela Petro contemplates the 'perpetual letter...8th October 2021
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DEN HEB TAVES
Watch a new hallucinogenic film by Mark Jenkin, set to 'Den Heb Taves' from Gwenno's 2018 Cornish-language album Le Kov....10th September 2020
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Letter-Winged Kite
Every species of bird in the world has a common English name. In Letter-Winged Kite, John Bevis uses this glossary...25th August 2020
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Sing the Gloaming
Sing the Gloaming is a collaboration between Professor Simon Kirby and artist/musicians Tommy Perman and Rob St. John, taking its...28th April 2020
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A Dictionary for Past Plants
When Jessica J. Lee first first started hiking in Taiwan, she knew little of the island's plantlife. Here, she learns...6th November 2019
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Weather Words
Adam Scovell introduces his new film 'Weather Words' - a collaboration with Colin Riley, Robert Macfarlane and Rosalind Jana. “Words...1st September 2018
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Le Kov
Helia Phoenix delves into the imagined land of Gwenno's Cornish language record Le Kov, released on Heavenly Recordings earlier this...21st March 2018
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Uncommon Ground: Dominick Tyler
Uncommon Ground; A word-lovers guide to the British landscape by Dominick Tyler Guardian Faber, paperback, 256 pages. Out now. Review...28th March 2015
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A word-lovers guide to the British landscape
An extract from Uncommon Ground by Dominick Tyler Guardian Faber paperback, 256 pages In 2008 I collaborated with the writer...20th March 2015
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Dominick Tyler
Uncommon Ground Promo from Dominick Tyler on Vimeo. Dominick Tyler will be among the guests appearing at the Caught by...15th February 2015
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Ruan Creek
An extract from Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place by Philip Marsden Ruan: after Rumon, Cornish saint;...14th November 2014
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In the gap between the language
By Will Burns. There can be no shortage of poems in English that take as their subject (or their apparent...18th October 2014
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Naming Names
Two new projects (Landmarks and Landreader) are underway that aim to gather, celebrate and conserve the rich but threatened lexicon...25th June 2014
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A Letter From Richard Skelton
Dear Jeff I wonder if you can help me with a new project relating to my Limnology book? The book...12th February 2013