Art & Culture
From Merv Davey the Gorsedd piper to the DJs of Newquay, music has always been an inherent part of the Cornish culture.

The more traditional of Cornish instruments and arrangements are enjoying a resurgence at the moment, tunes played on the flute and harp, pipes and whistle.

The pipes make some of the most evocative of tunes, a higher pitched, more strangled version of the Scottish bagpipe, they provide Cornish music with a unique anchor.

Many bands are now prepared to write songs in the Cornish language and play them in pubs and clubs to an increasingly mixed and often young audience.

From a small nucleus of people trying to keep the tunes and the instruments alive, Cornish music is going from strength to strength.

The Legacy of Poldark
As Cornwall celebrates the centenary of the birth of Winston Graham, Megan Westley looks at the ongoing romance with the Poldark saga.

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Men of Song
Alan Cooper sings the praises of the Cornish male voice choirs

My mind goes back to an autumn evening nearly 40 years ago. I was a singing member of the then famous Treviscoe Male Voice Choir, in the days when Russell Kessell was the musical director and his wife Melba was accompanist.
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