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Mike
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 20:39
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Cornish World magazine now has a new style, incorporating more on food, art, people, etc. I think it's a positive step, has anybody else got any comments. It's also bimonthly now rather than quartely.
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angofbew
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 22:31
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Mike, I would be more supportive if Cornish World did a lot more for the Language and Culture, I mean the Celtic Culture of Cornwall.
In the past it has tried to walk a fine line between support for Cornish things, and not upsetting the status quo. I do understand this position, but it does not make me want to rush out and buy Cornish World.
I think it is hard to find the right balance, but i do feel that it insults to a degree Cornish Nationalist feeling.
Cornish World has a chance to become something great, I just think it needs to make a choice on where it stands. If one day it decides to support the National position, then i will once again become an avid reader.
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Mike
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 22:56
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Interesting again angofbew, see my other thread in answer to your Institute of Cornish Studies thoughts.
I would put Cornish World well up there on language, Celtic culture and Cornish 'nationalist' thinking in a balanced and subtle way. The magazine has to appeal to a 'broad church' to be finacially viable I would guess. Maybe Nigel Pengelly here will comment. To me the expansion from quarterly to bimonthly is a good growth sign and Nigel has done an excellent job with this Cornish of Cornish magazines.
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TeamKernow
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 23:04
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Time also for an independent and free Cornish Newspaper along similar lines to, say, the West Highland Free Press?:
:idea: http://www.whfp.com/1789/about.html :idea:
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angofbew
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 23:07
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OK Mike, maybe i will get me a copy. Let me check it out. I agree on the Buisness side of what you say, also to become bi-monthly is great, a well done is deserved.
I might come back at a later stage to comment, LOL. You never know I might praise it.
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srule
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 23:19
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Its great to see Cornish World bimonthly, i agree with Mike that the journal must walk a line based on economic viability and hence must take a populace broad church view yet retain its soul, which i know is pro cornish.
But as a true Cornishman i must have a moan, when reading Cornish World i enjoy for once reading something that i perceive to be Cornish through and through, when i turned to the article on Fowey the large double page photo included st geogres flag flying from a flagpole. Yes i know we have been over this on this site, but i didn't expect to see it so braisenly in Cornish World, is nothing sacred?
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Mike
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Posted: 14.08.2006, 23:27
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My thoughts exactly, srule, airbrush springs to mind 
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FlammNew
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Posted: 15.08.2006, 16:10
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Perhaps it was airbrushed in? 
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PengellyITA
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Posted: 15.08.2006, 17:14
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No, it was my mistake - it slipped through.
I would not have used that picture (or taken the offending flag out) had I spotted it. I have had a few complaints regarding the English flag in a Cornish magazine. Sorry, guys I'll have to be more careful. I have been told that the flag has now been taken down and replaced with the rightful symbol for Cornwall. Still, the flag is in Cornish World and I hope not too many more people notice.
Don't worry, I'll make it up to you in the next issue as I've got a great pro-Cornish article coming up.
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PengellyITA
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Posted: 15.08.2006, 17:33
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There is a great deal on Cornish culture in Cornish World, there are also pages in Kernewek with no 'English' translations, even the page numbers and section headers are in Kernewek.
You'll not find the word 'county' in relation to Cornwall anywhere in Cornish World and I think that I try to make the content in Cornish World relevant by reporting on Cornish groups like the Celtic Congress, the Stannary and the Assembly campaign. I have also covered many articles in the past on Cornish awareness.
It is subtle, many people buy the magazine for different reasons. The circulation and subscriber numbers is rising which shows there is an increasing interest in Cornish expression. It's not an overtly 'political' publication, magazines by their very nature are not political vehicles.
However, it does have a voice and I do print articles from contributors who don't get a chance to say what they would like to elsewhere. I would also welcome more contributions from Cornish activists. The magazine has openingly criticised the Church of England, English Heritage and the way Cornish culture is omitted from schools. A recent lead article was called 'Cornwall, Not England' and this was displayed on the front cover next to a Cornish flag - this was only four issues ago. Another lead article called 'Do The Celts Exist' had a Celtic cross on the cover with the headline 'Do The Celts Exist'. This was our best-selling Cornish World to date. The article asked why the Celts are written out of British history and everything is either Roman or Anglo-Saxon in history texts. Actually, I can email these articles to anyone who is interested; I'll include my email address at the end of this post.
I am including food, drink and other goods in Cornish World for the first time but these will all be strictly Cornish. I want to promote Cornish produce as well as having a contemporary magazine. Cornish people enjoy eating and drinking too as well as having nice things in their homes, these pleasures are not just for the rich English who move to Cornwall.
I am open to answer all queries and also open to all ideas; I just want the best for Cornwall. Oh, and I also want the magazine to survive as it's been losing a bit of money over the past years but the gap is now closing - bigger things may follow, I hope.
Nigel Pengelly
editor@cornishworldmagazine.co.uk
01736 365896
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srule
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Posted: 15.08.2006, 23:41
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Thank you for your response and will look forward to your next pro cornish article, i hope like the flag in Fowey the following is a mistake or are you trying to tell us something
[nigel wrote]
A recent lead article was called 'England, Not Cornwall' and this was displayed on the front cover next to a Cornish flag
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Mike
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Posted: 16.08.2006, 00:07
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Sounds arse about face to me 
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TGG
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Posted: 16.08.2006, 02:35
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Cornwall, not England it was, indeed. An excellent article by Craig Weatherhill (Autumn 2005)
Surprised that there are still those who do not subscribe to the only true Cornish Magazine!!!!!
TGG
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PengellyITA
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Posted: 16.08.2006, 09:25
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srule,
Thanks for pointing out my mishap - I've just changed that around to how it should be. People will think I'm in the pay of the English secret services next.
It's a tough balance to keep everyone who reads Cornish World happy with the publication but as the Cornish content has increased, so has the popularity. It is a lifestyle publication, as most magazines are, but I try to focus on the lifestyle of the true Cornish people who hold Cornish identity close to their hearts.
I have a column called The Issue where a Cornish activist (or whoever) can air an opinion on a issue concerning Cornwall. Writers of this column in the past have included John Angarrack, Bert Biscoe, Dick Cole and Colin Murley. I'm looking for a writer for the next issue. The deadline is three weeks away (although I need to know now if anyone is submitting a piece), 600 words and keep to the point.
Email me on editor@cornishworldmagazine.co.uk
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Fulub-le-Breton
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Posted: 16.08.2006, 21:39
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How about an article on the Cornish music scene with some of its artists.
From trad folk to techno, would be cool!
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