Posts Tagged ‘St.Michaels Mount’

Rediscovering withy pot making on St.Michael’s Mount

Posted on: 2nd July 2024 No Comments

Anyone who knows Stephen Mathews will tell you what a treasure trove of local knowledge and stories he holds. A fascinating and modest man, Stephen has a family history of living and working on St.Michael’s Mount that goes back between 300-400 years. Having met Stephen when recording the Gwelan project, we have been fortunate enough […]

Gwelan Podcasts- Myth, Language and Legend in Mounts Bay

Posted on: 28th February 2022 No Comments

As part of the Gwelan podcasts, with artist Emma Smith, we continued our exploration of Mounts Bay, this time through the lens of myth, legend and language. We start with a poem from Angie Butler, who lives in Penzance. An avid book reader, as a child, with first dibs on the books which came through […]