Welcome to my website and blog.
An excellent addition to Cornwall’s literary landscape ~ @CornishStuff
A Cornish writer-for-hire. Click a blog category below to enjoy my work!
~ Cornwall in the 1800s
~ Mining and the Industrial Revolution
~ Crime and Criminals
~ Riots and Social Unrest
~ Cornwall in the 1900s
~ People
~ Genealogy
Fore Street, Redruth, 1870s. From Kresen Kernow, ref. corn0584
Most recent posts:
Who was the man who photographed the miners? How did he do it? What risks did he take? Didn’t he only ever work in Cornwall? Here’s a two-parter on the story of John Charles Burrow’s most important, and groundbreaking, photography…
The Man Who Photographed the Miners: J. C. Burrow in Cornwall and Wales
…Brilliant article and gives a surprisingly strong image of a miner’s life underground at the time…Excellent read about a pioneering photographer…a lot of research…
Readers’ responses
Most popular post:
The people are hungry! The miners are rising! This is the first of a series of weekly posts on the Cornish Food Riots of 1847. Was your town or village involved..?
The Cornish Food Riots of 1847: Background and Context
Absolutely mind blowing…why aren’t we taught this in school…Your articles are so educating…
Readers’ responses
About my work
“…strong and rumbustious…meticulously researched…a fascinating account…a great site…”
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 