"A study of Dame Ethel Smyth and The Wreckers" commissioned by the Duchy Opera for its production of 'The Wreckers'. Bert Biscoe, bard of the Cornish Gorsedh, explores the complexities which lie behind it, and "discovers a wonderful, baffling Edwardian whirlwind - Ethel Smyth."

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ANGLETWITCH & POPPYDOCKS: CORNISH DIALECT WORDS, RHYMES & STORIES edited by George Pritchard

£5.00

A miscellany of dialect collected and written by 'Old Cornwall' members and Societies, with some of the dialect stories entered in Gorsedh Kernow competitions.

ANGLETWITCH & POPPYDOCKS: CORNISH DIALECT WORDS, RHYMES & STORIES edited by George Pritchard

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AT A WEDDING WITH YEATS IN TURIN by Bert Biscoe

£3.50

Another collection of poems by  the Truro-based politician, poet, stage manager, musician and bard of the Cornish Gorsedh.

AT A WEDDING WITH YEATS IN TURIN by Bert Biscoe

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CRYGYON KERNOW OGAS HA PELL by Ann Trevenen Jenkin

£7.00

The title translates as "Cornish ripples near and far", and indeed most of the poems are in English, some bilingual. They are the work of an 'Old Cornwall' member and former Grand Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh. "...The verse of a frontline ambassador to many parts of the Cornish world, drinking in the gifts of Cornwall, the delights of its culture, the emotions of its landscape..." (Bert Biscoe).

CRYGYON KERNOW OGAS HA PELL by Ann Trevenen Jenkin

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DOG WHO WALKED TO LONDON by Ann Trevenen Jenkin

£5.99

The story of the march by the Cornish to Blackheath in 1997 in commemoration of the ultimately tragic protest 500 years before by Michael Joseph an Gof and Thomas Flamank against new taxes imposed by the king - but this is told in the first person as if by Brengy, the author's dog.

DOG WHO WALKED TO LONDON by Ann Trevenen Jenkin

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EGLOSOW KERNOW - CORNISH CHURCH POEMS by Donald R Rawe

£3.95 (Sold out)

"An adventure into Cornwall's past and an examination of our churches today and what they mean to both residents and visitors", this is a thought-provoking collection of verse by one of Cornwall's best-loved writers. He is a member of 'Old Cornwall' and a bard of the Cornish Gorsedh.

EGLOSOW KERNOW - CORNISH CHURCH POEMS by Donald R Rawe

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GLOSSARY OF THE CORNISH DIALECT by K C Phillipps

£4.99

Ken Phillipps was a well-known authority on Cornish dialect, and a writer for the academic as well as general reader.   This is a lively and entertaining book, principally a glossary, of course, but with a valuable introduction to the sounds, grammar and localised divisions within Cornwall.

GLOSSARY OF THE CORNISH DIALECT by K C Phillipps

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LITTLE BIG BOOK OF SEASIDE HOLIDAYS by Mary Quick

£4.50

A charming childrens' book illustrated by Steve Martin, about Katherine and the Joanie doll she is given. As the story progresses, it introduces all the elements of what makes a Cornish holiday, especially one in St Ives.

LITTLE BIG BOOK OF SEASIDE HOLIDAYS by Mary Quick

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'MAUDLIN' PILGRIMAGE by Bert Biscoe

£2.50

" A true (and embroidered) tale of Truro in the time of Henry VIII - 'evokes Trurra's festy spirit. Verse by Truro politician, musician, poet, and bard of the Cornish Gorsedh.

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'MERCIFULLY PRESERVED' by Bert Biscoe

£1.00

The Truro poet offers in verse a "fictional account of the visit to Truro by Sir John Betjeman during which he saved Walsigham Place from demolition."

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MERYON, A CORNISH FOLK TALE by Gill Peters

£5.99

A children's book, delightfully illustrated by Barbara Peters, telling the story [in English] of Meryon's magical adventure.

MERYON, A CORNISH FOLK TALE by Gill Peters

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MOWTH ON UN LIKE DOLCOATH SHAFT by Pol Hodge

£4.95

A first solo collection of poems in Cornish and English by a bard of the Cornish Gorsedh and regular performer with fellow poet and musician Bert Biscoe as Dew Vardh.

MOWTH ON UN LIKE DOLCOATH SHAFT by Pol Hodge

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