#Cornish

Folk Horror Magpie

folkhorrormagpi

The Lost Gardens of Heligan (or Lowarth Helygen, in old Cornish) are a collection of lush botanical gardens located near Mevagissey in Cornwall and I could look at pictures of

AphobeHottakes(See Pinned)

AphobeHottakes

The "fae/faer" thing has popped up again so once more with emphasis (and *Updated* sources) this Instagram post is totally BS 1. NOBODY EVER DROPS THEIR PRIMARY/NATIVE SOURCES. Every.

Dr Sally Holloway

sally_holloway

Given I’m a historian of love I thought it’s high time I do a thread about the history of #ValentinesDay, from lotteries to puzzle purses and printed cards /1 In

Ewan Quayle

EQjourno

[THREAD] Here it is - the moment everybody has been waiting for - the (non-)official top 10 @HollandsPies based on treats the company sent to me for #NationalPieDayLet's go

madeline odent

oldenoughtosay

English is an extremely annoying language to speak because every country that uses it has its own rules of pronunciation, including England, which has normal English but also place-name English,

Laura E. Weymouth

lauraeweymouth

LOOK, I just watched the Rebecca trailer and I AM EXCITEDPlenty of people are down on it and as a fan of the book for like...20 years, I DO NOT

Daniel Clark

HEDanielClark

It's another Friday evening, so let's have a look at the coronavirus data for Devon and Cornwall, and for the second week in a row, there has been a small

Rob Hastings

robhastings

Thread of great #LongReads here One of the most rewarding jobs I've had lately has been going through Big Reads that @RebeccaJ and I have run in @theipaper in 2020

Alastair Horne

pressfuturist

So, a list of all the books I read this year, using the hashtag #pressfuturistreading...1. Graham Greene - The End of the Affair.One of my favourite novels of all time,

Lev Parikian

LevParikian

Morning everyone. Day 30 of #TwitterBirdsong and it’s the last day of Corvid Corner.https://twitter.com/LevParikian/status/1355074763413204995 Say hello to the raven. This could take a while. Because ravens have a huge and

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

OwsWills

The word "Wales" reveals the origins of Britain, and a gnawing history of Anglo-Saxon oppression…It was used by invading tribes to mean 'foreigners' or 'outsiders,' despite Brythonic peoples (latterly Welsh,

Daniel Clark

HEDanielClark

Another Friday afternoon, so here's the latest round-up of coronavirus figures across Devon and Cornwall, and it probably won't come as a surprise to anyone to find out that the

Dr Sam Hirst

RomGothSam

What is certainly true is that Britain was not 'white' as is often portrayed in period dramas or asserted by Romance readers who don't want a 'woke' agenda. In the

Rory Turnbull

_roryturnbull

German and English words are usually pretty similar. Maus~mouse, Milch~milk, Wasser~water, sechs~six, Vater~father. But the German word for horse, "Pferd", is nothing like English. What happened? A thread. /1 English

Peter Lorimer

pighilltweets

This is sparked by a conversation yesterday, but do you ever stop to reflect on the weird energy 1970s British ceramics and pottery had? I mean some REALLY weird stuff

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

Some interesting early maps of Cornwall — new post by me :) https://www.caitlingreen.org/2020/11/some-interesting-early-maps-of-cornwall.html Detail from the Anglo-Saxon world map in Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, dated c. 1025–50, probably

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