What of extreme Cornish Nationalist groups and their activities today?
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In Search of An Gof, part three: The Two An Gofs
The historic An Gof and the group known as ‘An Gof’: does the use of his name by the 1980s extremists corrupt An Gof’s memory, or are the two ‘An Gofs’ more alike than mainstream pro-Cornish activists would like to admit?
In Search of An Gof, part two: Person or Persons Unknown
The extremist activities of the 1980s ‘An Gof’ group laid bare and analysed…
In Search of An Gof: Cornish Extremism, 1980-1990, and Beyond
A controversial series of four posts from November 2021. What was the story behind the alleged attacks of the ‘An Gof’ group in the 1980s? Why do Cornish nationalists get offended at the perceived tarnishing of the historical An Gof by the group’s use of his name? Is An Gof’s reputation as a Cornish martyr justified? Is there a version of ‘An Gof’ today?
War and Emigration: The Family Tree
My own early forays into genealogical research…legends are debunked, myths shattered, and tragedy is uncovered…
A Cornish Wife Sale
That’s right, a wife sale. Over two hundred years ago, a man walked into Redruth market, offering his wife for sale. Who were they? What happened to them? How could such a thing happen?
Chapter Reading & Synopsis: The Camborne Riots of 1873
A chapter reading of my fictionalised version of The Camborne Riots of 1873. This recording contains some offensive language…
Novel: The Camborne Riots of 1873
How I cam to write my fictionalised version of the Camborne Riots of 1873…
Website: The Camborne Riots of 1873
this tells the story of one of the greatest displays of defiance in Cornish history. Drunken miners, beaten policemen, a mob on the march, vandalism, violence…and I even dedicated an entire website to it here…
Cornwall Writer
Reading time: 10 minutes A few months back I wangled a platform on the Cornwall Writers website, a “community of writers living in or inspired by Cornwall”. At the time I was looking for ways of promoting myself and, as this site is mainly for up-and-coming authors and writers I thought it would be aContinue reading “Cornwall Writer”
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 