myCornwall myCornwall- (Previously Cornish World) The magazine for anyone who loves Cornwall. We've worked hard to bring you a crisper, more modern look for the magazine whilst retaining all your favourite features. Filled with over 100 pages of Cornish gardens, food and drink reviews, local heroes, Cornish connections, local wildlife, places to visit, far flung Cornish adventures, heritage, culture, mysteries and histories, we hope you continue to enjoy the magazine as much as we have enjoyed working on it!

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 Oct/Nov 2009
In this issue of Cornish World:
 Does Cornwall need a national stadium - how Cornish sports are in need of a respectable stadium
The Mystery of Percy Smythe - how a birthday game of hide and seek has baffle people for more than 60 years
 Found in Lostwithiel - we explore Cornwall's capital town and uncover a tunnel of secrets
 12 Awesome Autumn Activities - great things to do now the wind is up
 Cornish Football - a look at Truro FC and their race to the top
 Weeds, indeed - don't pull up all in the garden
Newquay Airport - is it worth the money?
William Lobb - one man and the Monkey Puzzle Tree
Inspire - nice days out and a look at retro styling
Howard Curnow - spreading the Cornish World

Cornish family history, John Trevaskis, poetry, dialect, stories, Kernewek, arts, events and lots more news, views and information for anyone with an interest in Cornwall.

Oh, and another really funny foreword from editor Nigel Pengelly about the time he went for a pint and ended up leading a protest...
Oct/Nov 2009
New articles...
Foreword: a pint and a running battle
All change…

It’s a period of change at Cornish World and I’m not talking about getting a new set of mugs for the kitchen.

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Cornish Family History: the tragedy of the Fear Not
It’s Bank Holiday Monday so what to do on a day off?

The weather is set fair for the day and the clouds are high and scudding past on a stiff breeze so what better than a good long walk.


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William and the Monkey Puzzle
One of the world’s most recognisable trees owes its name to a Cornish botanist. Wat Trelawny uncovers the legacy of William Lobb.



The Monkey Puzzle Tree at Pencarrow after the unexpected snowfall in February 2009.
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The Rise of Cornish Football
The ball is round. The pitch is flat; the rise of Cornish football by Maxwell Liu.
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Pengersick Castle
The ghostly tales and grim legends of Pengersick Castle

Words by Megan Westley. Picture by James Adams.

Over recent years Pengersick Castle in Praa Sands has built up a strong reputation as something of...
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Explore Lostwithiel
A right Royal gem

Mysterious tunnels, castles and antique shops leave Gemma Viant a lot to explore in Lostwithiel.


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Wild Flowers
Born to be wild
Jean Lawman looks at the way wild flowers can enhance your garden

Wild flowers are never more beautiful than in a wild situation; mostly this is true, and while we would all love a ...
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The Mystery of Percy Smythe
The strange and mysterious case of Percy Smythe.
Laurence Green investigates a man that never was.

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Cornish Culture in London

Cornish sightseeing in London

Editor Nigel Pengelly takes some time away from Royal engagements to explore the capital of England.

London is a place I don’t get to often enough; being in Cornwal...
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Poetry Kernow

Dominic Power performing Shakespearean comedy at one of the Caravanserai Fireside Session. One of the many poetry, performance, and art in the landscape events held at Treloan on the Roseland Penninsu...
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Cornish Connections- John Trevaskis
My Cornish World
John Trevaskis

My name is John Trevaskis; I was born in Penzance in 1955 and brought up on a farm at Trescowe, near Godolphin.

I qualified as a solicitor in 1981, and practised i...
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