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Ian Saltern 〓〓

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Cornish rights, culture & community. Bard of Gorsedh Kernow /|\ Member of Cornwall Council’s 5th Nation Working Group. My views 〓〓

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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GOOL MIGHAL LOWEN! | Happy Feast of St Michael! 🪽🪽🗡️😇 After 1066, the Normans and Bretons made St Michael a popular saint in Cornwall. Together with St Piran and St Petroc, he is regarded as one of the three patron saints of Cornwall.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Due to technical difficulties, news for the south west is being broadcast from the Channel Islands. Imagine a population of just 178,000 having their own broadcast news………👀
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Saint Piran's Flag (Vinteria Vintéria)
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RTÉ News: Ancient wall discovered underground could confirm origins of Paris www.rte.ie/news/newslen...
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Ancient wall discovered could confirm Paris origins
An ancient wall discovered in central Paris was hailed as a "major breakthrough" as the archaeological find may have settled a long-standing debate about the location of the city's original settlement...
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An army led by Duke William of Normandy left France to invade England #OnThisDay in 1066. The army included many soldiers from Brittany, who were later given land in Cornwall. These soldiers spoke or understood Breton - virtually the same language as Cornish.
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Drakkar Vikings on Stormy Seas
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1906, a large number of children were noted as absent from Week St Mary Primary School as potatoes were being harvested 👧🏻🥔🧒🏼🥔👦🏻🥔
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PM open to giving Cornwall more devolved powers 〓〓 ✊🏼 PM open to giving Cornwall more devolved powers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andy Burnham open to Cornwall having more devolved powers
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is open to giving Cornwall more advanced devolved powers.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gool Cadoc Lowen | Happy Feast of St Cadoc - a Cymro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 who travelled to Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Breizh ➕ and Kernow 〓〓 where, near Padstow, he had a chapel and holy well.
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Sodhva an Yeth Kernewek | Cornish Language Office @saykernewek.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Need something translated into Cornish? Translate up to 40 words into Kernewek for FREE by filling in our short online form: www.cornwall.gov.uk/parks-leisur... Image taken at Ayrborth Kernow Tewynblustri / Cornwall Airport Newquay
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is the Feast of St Mawnan, a sixth-century Breton monk who came to Kernow.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The first revived Cornish Gorsedh (Gorsedh Kernow) was held at Boscawen-Un stone circle in St Buryan on this day in 1928 /|\ 〓〓 www.cornwallforever.co.uk/history/the-...
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The first Cornish Gorsedh ceremony |
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Onen hag oll | One and all Islamic centre overwhelmed by support after damage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Islamic centre in Cornwall 'overwhelmed' by support after damage
The centre has also released CCTV of the incident
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Cornish Stannary Parliament met at Truro on this day in 1753. This was last time the Parliament met, although it has never been abolished and could still be formally convened.
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Kernow Cornwall Flag Waving
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#OnThisDay in 1643, King Charles I wrote a letter of thanks to the Cornish for their support during the Civil War. Copies of the letter are still displayed in most Cornish churches today.
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Cornwall Council @cornwallcouncil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#Cornwall Council Leader Cllr Leigh Frost responds to Andy Burnham’s announcement of a devolution deal for Cornwall without the need for a mayor, made during his first Commons speech as Prime Minister.
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cornwallhistory.bsky.social @cornwallhistory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Poldark beach cave in Cornwall cordoned off after cliff collapse
Holywell cave in Newquay has been cordoned off after a cliff fall overnight on Saturday and Sunday.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sad news of Cubert’s Cave, Holywell. www.cornwallforever.co.uk/places/cuber...
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Cubert's wells |
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Chough is Kernow’s national bird. It represents Cornish spirit and identity. It has returned to Cornwall in record numbers. Fifth nation. Kernow bys Vyken! RSPB reports record-breaking chough numbers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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RSPB reports record-breaking Cornish chough numbers
RSPB England says 161 Choughs have been counted - 32 more than the 129 recorded last year.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Glas.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A boy collecting sand from Summerleaze Beach in Bude was killed by a strike of lightning on this day in 1843.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Munich by Editors on Apple Music
Song · 2005 · Duration 3:46
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
But sure, let’s reopen oil fields in the North Sea……. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Multiple fires destroy homes and cause devastation in West Midlands
The region's fire chief says the service took thousands of 999 calls across "one of the most significant" incidents in its history.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Britain's first Surf Life Saving Club was formed in Bude on this day in 1953, inspired by Australian Allan Kennedy 🛟🏊🏼‍♂️🏄🏻‍♂️🌊
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Au Festival interceltique de Lorient, les liens se renforcent entre la Cornouailles et la Bretagne, malgré le Brexit
La mise en vigueur du Brexit en 2020 a eu des conséquences sur le Festival interceltique de Lorient (Morbihan). Mais, pour les représentants de la Cornouailles (Royaume-Uni), invités d’honneur de cett...
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
County, what county? Perhaps the BBC would like to explain how a nation can be a county? Record delegation honoured at Interceltic Festival www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Record delegation from Cornwall at Interceltic Festival
Cornwall is named the honoured nation at the Interceltic Festival in France.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Seriously. Kernow is, for the first time, the honoured nation at the Lorient Interceltic Festival - attended by one million and broadcast to many more in Brittany and France, and BBC Spotlight dedicate a whole evening news to…….Boardmasters. We are not served.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Gool Sydhni Lowen | Happy Feast of St Sithney - an Éireannach 🇮🇪 venerated in Kernow 〓〓 and Breizh ➕ Traditionally called upon for protection against mad dogs!
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Kernow - the lead nation in the Lorient Interceltic Festival attended by 1 million people and watched on television in Brittany and France by millions more. Such an honour for our little country. What does BBC News choose to cover? Boardmasters: What you need to know www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Boardmasters 2026: What you need to know
This year's festival will take place from 5-9 August at Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach in Newquay.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78
Canadian-born British operator, president of the British Puppet Guild, died after a ‘short illness’
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Presumably checking for Normans, Bretons and Flemish? A little late. www.upday.com/uk/pound800m...
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£800m artwork gets migrant check: Bayeux Tapestry convoy stopped at Channel hotspot | The latest National and International News - upday News
The lorry carrying the priceless Bayeux Tapestry to Britain was searched for stowaway migrants during its journey across the Channel, <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/27/bayeux-tapest...
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Leader apologises after 'plonker' jibe as Kernewek support surges
Media attention surrounding the row unexpectedly helped generate one of the authority’s most successful public consultations
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
How hot does it have to get, and for how long, before this seems like a ridiculous idea? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Learn Cornish, Dyski Kernewek - 12. Bard or Bust - BBC Sounds
Danni Diston faces her biggest Cornish language challenge with Jenefer Lowe.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The restored Old Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel was reopened by the Duke of Cornwall (now King Charles) on this day in 2013. www.cornwallforever.co.uk/places/the-d...
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The Duchy Palace |
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Cornwall’s nationalists fly the flag of welcome, wherever...
A Cornish language class teaches me a lot about identity and community – and the need to address the challenge of making new friends in your twenties
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#OnThisDay in 1508, England’s Henry VII issued a Charter of Pardon, forgiving the Cornish for twice rising in arms against him. The Charter re-confirmed and strengthened the rights of the Cornish Stannary Parliament meaning it could veto legislation passed in Westminster. DEVOLUTION NOW!
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Battle of Hill 112 was fought during the liberation of Normandy on this day in 1944. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry played a key role in the battle and the hill became known as 'Cornwall Hill'.
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Normandie D-Day Landings: Soldiers Disembark
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Bude Canal opened on this day in 1823. It ran from the port of Bude to north of Launceston, with a another branch going near Holsworthy in Devon. The canal cost just under £120,000 to build.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On this day in 1548, Cornish priest Sir Martyn Geffrey is hanged, drawn and quartered in London following the murder of William Body. Body had been sent to Helston by the English government to tear down religious icons. He was stabbed to death. www.cornwallforever.co.uk/history/the-...
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The killing of William Body |
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The West Briton newspaper reported a sighting of mermaids at Mawgan Porth on this day in 1827.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#OnThisDay in 1643, the Battle of Lansdowne took place near Bath. One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, it led to the death of the much-loved Cornish commander Sir Bevil Grenville. Ultimately, the Cornish Army was successful and forced the Parliamentarians from the summit of the hill.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
And by ‘UK’ they of course mean just London and the Home Counties. Third UK heatwave increasingly likely as 30C temperatures forecast www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Third UK heatwave increasingly likely as 30C temperatures forecast
Temperatures are forecast to climb throughout the weekend, potentially leading to a heatwave being declared in parts of the UK
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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World Cup 2026: How miners from Cornwall brought football to Mexico
As Mexico prepares to become the first country to host or co-host the World Cup three times, BBC Sport looks at its Cornish footballing roots.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
What is Labour’s obsession with Mayors? Everywhere that wants devolution, deserves devolution. If devolution is solely contingent upon having a Mayor it isn’t really devolution - it’s power retained on the centre’s model. Tedious.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The fist decision “pushed to the nations and regions” MUST be the demarcation of those regions. If the regions to which devolution is offered are dictated centrally this would be a farce from the outset. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to promise devolution in first major speech since launching No 10 bid
The favourite to be the next prime minister will set out his economic vision in a speech in Manchester.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Why Cornwall is resurrecting its indigenous language
As Britain redefines its modern identity, the Cornish are re-finding their place in the nation through their ancient language, Kernewek.
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Three Spires Singers @threespiressing.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Yw. And so good to see celebrations like this happening at Lys Kernow! I’m not a fluent speaker but if all of us regularly use the words & phrases we know it will raise awareness, improve fluency and help the next generation.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Dastardh | Resurgence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Children embrace Cornish language as it enjoys ‘remarkable resurgence’
Go Cornish Celebration engages younger generation as council finalises strategy to boost everyday use of Kernewek
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
On this day in 1497, Michael Joseph An Gof and Thomas Flamank, leaders of the Cornish uprising against Henry VII were executed. On their way to the gallows An Gof said he would have “a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal”. The Cornish would twice more rise in arms against the Tudors.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tewedh | Storm.
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Ian Saltern 〓〓 @saltern.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The point that lighting goes off.
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