Beach Ices at Praa Sands
Ice meeting the sand at the base of the low cliff behind Praa Sands Beach, West Cornwall. 6th January 2009....
Icicles at Trewellard Bottoms
Water seeping through a wall is turned to icicles, ate Trewellard Bottoms, where Geevor Mine meets the sea....
Winter Sunset at Levant
A late afternoon scene, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall. 7th January 2009....
Winter at Levant
The old electricity generator building, at Levant Mine, West Cornwall, during the recent cold snap. 7th Jnauary 2009....
received from Culture SW - The Celtic League and other organisations including Gorseth Kernow have been campaigning hard against this down this past year.
Dear All
Culture South West (the regional cultural consortium) is pleased to be sending you a ‘view seeking’ draft of A better place to be.
A better place to be is the updated regional cultural strategy. It builds on In Search of Chunky Dunsters (the 1st regional cultural strategy produced back in 2001) and comes to you from the cultural consortium partners consisting of Arts Council England South West, English Heritage, Museums Libraries and Archives South West, South West Screen, South West Tourism, Sport England South West, and in partnership with the South West of England Regional Development Agency and Government Office for the South West.
A better place to be contributes to a number of important debates about the role of culture in our communities and sets them in a South West context. It reflects the great deal of work that local authorities, cultural agencies and voluntary organisations have put in to develop the tremendous variety of cultural life that we already have in the South West. It also provides leadership and a framework for action and is intended to support, encourage, enable, inspire and guide the work of the cultural sector in years to come.
A better place to be provides the background to the new cultural infrastructure strategy which many of you will also be familiar with (People, Places and Spaces) as well as to a number of other programmes and initiatives shared by the region’s cultural agencies and partners.
In addition to feedback received through a number of key networks and forums, extensive consultation on People, Places and Spaces has proved very helpful to the updating of the cultural strategy. Our on line communications survey also asked questions about the ‘themes’ expressed in In Search Of Chunky Dunsters, these have been amended accordingly and are now expressed as five ‘outcomes’.
We are sending the attached draft to partners in the region and seeking views on its content (please note that the strategy is currently in word format, however the final version will be designed with more visuals and photographs and will therefore look and feel very different). Some further editing will also be undertaken, in particular to the format of the ‘Framework for Action’ section (appendix A).
If you have any comments or views on any aspect of the attached please send these to Culture South West (info@culturesouthwest.org.uk or Sterling House, Dixs Field, Exeter, EX1 1QA). Please send these as soon as possible, but in any case by 9am on Tuesday 6th May. We would also be very grateful if you could pass this information on to your colleagues and anyone else you know may be interested.
A pdf version is attached to this e-mail, however if you would prefer to read it in Word please click here to go to our website: http://www.culturesouthwest.org.uk/downloads/list.asp?CategoryID=105
Many Thanks
Culture South West
jodie.potter@culturesouthwest.org.uk
I can be e-mailed at : michael.chappell@midasdsl.com
(Please no threatening or abusive e-mails)
I'm a member of the International Celtic League : http://www.celticleague.net
28th March, 2008
Dear Sir
Re. Draft – ‘A better place to be’
Thank you for sending me a copy of your draft document ‘A better place to be’ and for including me on your circulation list.
I write as a member of not only An Kesunyans Keltek – Scoren Kernewek (The Cornish Branch of the Celtic League but also as Assistant General Secretary of the Celtic League as an International pan Celtic organisation, with branches not only in Cornwall, but in Wales, Brittany, Scotland, The Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland as well as in England, the United States and Internationally. Needless to say, all these branches recognise Cornwall as a Celtic Nation in its own right.
I have already written to you in respect of a previous document produced by your organisation but take this opportunity to write once more.
At the International Annual General Meeting of the Celtic League held in Caerdydd/Cardiff, Cymru/Wales on Saturday 29th September, 2007, the following resolution proposed following discussion by the Cornish Branch was formally adopted by the Celtic League:
‘That the Celtic League calls upon the Westminster Government, Cornwall Council and other bodies to legislate and allow for the retention of all strategies and policies, including those of culture, to remain within the co-terminus boundary of Cornwall and under the control of institutions within the Duchy.’
As such, the Celtic League rejects your document in its entirety, preferring that all cultural matters concerning the Celtic Nation of Kernow (Cornwall) are controlled by a Cornish Cultural Department fully and democratically answerable to the people of Kernow.
This position has been reaffirmed at more recent meetings of our organisation.
An examination of your document regrettably shows that you have a somewhat superficial understanding of the true Celtic culture of Kernow, of its language, its distinctive and ancient pre- English history and heritage and indeed its unique constitutional status which predate modern tourist attractions highlighted in your paper many of which cannot even be regarded as being truly cultural. This culture predates the formation of the political state of England which came into being long after the Cornish nation.
We question the legal status of ‘Culture South West’ to act within Kernow and would respectfully suggest that your activities are confined to South West England, the border of which is set at the River Tamar, dividing Kernow from England.
For better or worse, Kernow is soon to be part governed by a Unitary Authority and one Council leader has remarked that this is an inevitable route to a legislative Cornish Assembly. This would seem to add further weight to the call for all matters concerning Kernow to be dealt with from within our National boundary.
We are also aware that many other Cornish and Celtic Organisations will share a similar view to that expressed herein.
I have copied your communication and your reply to others who may wish to comment.
Yours faithfully
Michael John Chappell
The Celtic League
Distribution:
Internal
GS – League
Branch Members – Kernow
External
The Leader of Cornwall Council
Cllr Dick Cole
Andrew George – Member of Westminster Parliament
CSP
Annexure – Culture SW Document
Dear All
Culture South West (the regional cultural consortium) is pleased to be sending you a ‘view seeking’ draft of A better place to be.
A better place to be is the updated regional cultural strategy. It builds on In Search of Chunky Dunsters (the 1st regional cultural strategy produced back in 2001) and comes to you from the cultural consortium partners consisting of Arts Council England South West, English Heritage, Museums Libraries and Archives South West, South West Screen, South West Tourism, Sport England South West, and in partnership with the South West of England Regional Development Agency and Government Office for the South West.
A better place to be contributes to a number of important debates about the role of culture in our communities and sets them in a South West context. It reflects the great deal of work that local authorities, cultural agencies and voluntary organisations have put in to develop the tremendous variety of cultural life that we already have in the South West. It also provides leadership and a framework for action and is intended to support, encourage, enable, inspire and guide the work of the cultural sector in years to come.
A better place to be provides the background to the new cultural infrastructure strategy which many of you will also be familiar with (People, Places and Spaces) as well as to a number of other programmes and initiatives shared by the region’s cultural agencies and partners.
In addition to feedback received through a number of key networks and forums, extensive consultation on People, Places and Spaces has proved very helpful to the updating of the cultural strategy. Our on line communications survey also asked questions about the ‘themes’ expressed in In Search Of Chunky Dunsters, these have been amended accordingly and are now expressed as five ‘outcomes’.
We are sending the attached draft to partners in the region and seeking views on its content (please note that the strategy is currently in word format, however the final version will be designed with more visuals and photographs and will therefore look and feel very different). Some further editing will also be undertaken, in particular to the format of the ‘Framework for Action’ section (appendix A).
If you have any comments or views on any aspect of the attached please send these to Culture South West (info@culturesouthwest.org.uk or Sterling House, Dixs Field, Exeter, EX1 1QA). Please send these as soon as possible, but in any case by 9am on Tuesday 6th May. We would also be very grateful if you could pass this information on to your colleagues and anyone else you know may be interested.
A pdf version is attached to this e-mail, however if you would prefer to read it in Word please click here to go to our website: http://www.culturesouthwest.org.uk/downloads/list.asp?CategoryID=105
Many Thanks
Culture South West
I can be e-mailed at : michael.chappell@midasdsl.com
(Please no threatening or abusive e-mails)
I'm a member of the International Celtic League : http://www.celticleague.net
From: "Laura Thwaite" <laura.thwaite@culturesouthwest.org.uk> Date:31 March 2008 18:03
To: <michael.chappell@midasdsl.com>
Subject: RE: South West Culture - Most recent document
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Thank you for your feedback on A better place to be. This has now been logged with Culture South West.
Your comments will be invaluable in helping us to produce the final version of the strategy.
View seeking closes on 6th May and we will send you a copy of the final version once all feedback has been considered.
Thank you
Culture South West
I can be e-mailed at : michael.chappell@midasdsl.com
(Please no threatening or abusive e-mails)
I'm a member of the International Celtic League : http://www.celticleague.net
The Celtic League Secretary General, Rhisiart Tal-e-bot, has echoed criticisms from the Cornish Branch about the 'Culture South West'(CSW) proposals. In his critique he makes it clear that the attempts to subsume Cornwall into a South West Cultural Region are an attempt to further dissipate Cornish cultural identity (see below):
Dear Laura Thwaite
'A better Place to Be'
I am writing to you as part of your consultation period for the Culture
South West (CSW) draft document 'A Better Place to Be'.
The Celtic League reject the document in its entirety on the basis
that any body of the South West of England region (including a regional
cultural consortium like Culture South West), which attempts to include
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in it, is arbitrary. The document
seeks to make decisions about the culture of Cornwall by placing the
country firmly within the artificial cultural confines of the South
West of England, of which it is not a part.
The document makes little mention of Cornwall or its language and
does not take into consideration the distinct difference between Cornwall
and the Isles of Scilly and England, in terms of its unique constitutional
position and Celtic heritage. In short it is our opinion that the
document is a blatant attempt to further assimilate Cornwall and the
Isles of Scilly into England.
Moreover at our AGM in Cymru/Wales in September 2007, the following
resolution was passed:
'That the Annual General Meeting of the Celtic League in Cardiff on
29th September, 2007, calls upon the Westminster Government, Cornwall
Council and other bodies to legislate and allow for the retention
of all strategies and policies, including those of culture, to remain
within the co-terminus boundary of Cornwall and under the control
of institutions within the Duchy.'
We would like our comments to be logged with CSW and to be kept up
to date with developments.
Yours sincerely
Rhisiart Tal-e-bot
General Secretary"
Earlier correspondence on CSW proposal from Kernow Branch below:
28th March, 2008
Dear Sir
Re. Draft - 'A better place to be'
Thank you for sending me a copy of your draft document 'A better place
to be' and for including me on your circulation list.
I write as a member of not only An Kesunyans Keltek - Scoren Kernewek
(The Cornish Branch of the Celtic League but also as Assistant General
Secretary of the Celtic League as an International pan Celtic organisation,
with branches not only in Cornwall, but in Wales, Brittany, Scotland,
The Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland as well as in England,
the United States and Internationally. Needless to say, all these
branches recognise Cornwall as a Celtic Nation in its own right.
I have already written to you in respect of a previous document produced
by your organisation but take this opportunity to write once more.
At the International Annual General Meeting of the Celtic League held
in Caerdydd/Cardiff, Cymru/Wales on Saturday 29th September, 2007,
the following resolution proposed following discussion by the Cornish
Branch was formally adopted by the Celtic League:
'That the Celtic League calls upon the Westminster Government, Cornwall
Council and other bodies to legislate and allow for the retention
of all strategies and policies, including those of culture, to remain
within the co-terminus boundary of Cornwall and under the control
of institutions within the Duchy.'
As such, the Celtic League rejects your document in its entirety,
preferring that all cultural matters concerning the Celtic Nation
of Kernow (Cornwall) are controlled by a Cornish Cultural Department
fully and democratically answerable to the people of Kernow.
This position has been reaffirmed at more recent meetings of our organisation.
An examination of your document regrettably shows that you have a
somewhat superficial understanding of the true Celtic culture of Kernow,
of its language, its distinctive and ancient pre- English history
and heritage and indeed its unique constitutional status which predate
modern tourist attractions highlighted in your paper many of which
cannot even be regarded as being truly cultural. This culture predates
the formation of the political state of England which came into being
long after the Cornish nation.
We question the legal status of 'Culture South West' to act within
Kernow and would respectfully suggest that your activities are confined
to South West England, the border of which is set at the River Tamar,
dividing Kernow from England.
For better or worse, Kernow is soon to be part governed by a Unitary
Authority and one Council leader has remarked that this is an inevitable
route to a legislative Cornish Assembly. This would seem to add further
weight to the call for all matters concerning Kernow to be dealt with
from within our National boundary.
We are also aware that many other Cornish and Celtic Organisations
will share a similar view to that expressed herein.
I have copied your communication and your reply to others who may
wish to comment.
The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works
to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a
broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It highlights
human rights abuse, monitors all military activity and focuses on
socio-economic issues.
I asked the CSP earlier if there was any response to this letter.
Their reply...
"Despite several ‘phone calls and conversations the revised People , Places and Spaces in December 2007,still excluded the Cornish Mining World Heritage site/s"
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