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THE LONGSHIPS LIGHTHOUSE Have you ever stood on the cliff top above the majestic Celtic Sea? Have your lips tasted the briny ocean spray? Have you been touched by its rugged beauty and breath-taking views? Close your eyes and allow your imagination to soar. “However, their westward gaze will, in all probability, be drawn from the distant horizon to focus on a line of rocks barely a mile from where they stand, on top of which rises the shapely symmetry…..
Shiver me timbers! ‘Ave ‘e ever ‘eard of Mark Mixstow? Reverend William Penfold? Lady Killigrew or the Barbary Corsairs? No? Well listen ‘ere me hearties …….. we’ll start with the lady. Lady Killigrew of Arwenack ~ During the sixteenth century the Killigrew family gained notoriety by seizing ships, taking the cargo, and selling both to finance their lifestyle. Although not Cornish by birth, Mary Killigrew, daughter of Philip Wolverston (a “gentleman pirate”) of Wolverston Hall in Suffolk, married Sir John…..
Welcome to my homeland of Cornwall, Great Britain, on St. Piran’s Day when all Cornish people across the globe will come together to celebrate our National Saint’s Day. Bounded to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and largely separated to the east from the English County of Devonshire by the River Tamar, Cornwall is the homeland of the Cornish people and the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish diaspora. It…..
Through the teachings of Merlin, a Celtic druid, Alex was to discover how all life in the Otherworld revolved around the Wheel of the Year. This was the quintessential calendar for those who lived by nature, each festival honouring and celebrating the seasons and cycles of life. “Magic is not always serious or solemn. It is a joyous celebration and merging with the life-force.”— Scott Cunningham “Today,” the wizard spoke gently, “is Nos Kalan Gwav *—the eve before the day we celebrate the…..