04 May Second Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
Welcome to the second week of our Festival.
We’d planned TALKS –
- Lynn Golden has painted on the Roseland for well over 30 years, working outside in the changing seasons, along our coastline, and in the studio, arranging flowers and fruit in s colourful and exciting way. This talk and demonstration would have shown the beginning and different stages of the work’s progress, along with all its excitement and questioning.
- Ivor Bowditch would have talked to us about Cornwall’s 2,000 years of being a mining county. A variety of metals have been mined and Cornish developments in mining engineering have led the world.
- Hall for Cornwall is currently undertaking the biggest transformation of its history. Its Chief Executive and Creative Director, Julien Boast, would have discussed the venue’s redevelopment progress and shared his vision for a new theatre for Cornwall which will soon be open to all.
- The distillers, husband and wife, Rubina and William Tyler-Street, would have talked about their Curio spirits. Delightfully distinctive, Curio are undoubtedly a staple member of Cornwall’s spirit drink community. Officially established in 2014, they were one of the first Cornish gins to set the pace for the spirit’s popular revival and Curio’s inquisitive nature continues to produce consistently innovative and authentic creations. The Tyler-Streets draw on heritage and locality for inspiration. Their Wild Coast Gin, distilled with local botanicals from the sea, has been well revered by the spirits industry and more recently they they scooped Best Flavoured Gin at the Great British Food Awards – Judged by Raymond Blanc – for their Blueberry Gin, which is distilled with Blueberries from a former monastery site on the Helford. This passionate duo have created a range of premium botanical gins, vodkas and rums, with no signs of slowing down as they work on their new creations for 2020.
There would have been WALKS –
- Christine Edwards and Sue Truscott would have started with a short talk in Veryan Church before going outside for a walkabout round this fascinating village Veryan is very much more than its round houses! There are visual reminders of its history all around us if you know where to look. The walk around Church Town and the Green would have shown us evidence of a boundary dispute, an ochre mine, a Napoleonic soldier, a 19th century parson who recycled a rose window as well as the truth about those round houses.
- Clive Johns would have guided us round the wonderful sub-tropical grounds of St Just in Roseland Church and the 13th century church. John Betjeman has described these gardens as “the most beautiful churchyard on earth”.
And finally – a classic MOVIE. In Crooks in Cloisters, crooks on the run hide out in an abandonned island monastery. Along with their leader, the robbers put on monks’ habits and begin living a quiet pastoral existence centred around raising animals and crops. Trouble ensues when one of the “brothers” is caught gambling in the local village.
