Welcome to the ‘From a Cornish Window’ blog. Over the coming weeks, we will be blogging about the research which goes into our public talks, which will take place in November at the Royal Cornwall Museum and the Cornish Studies Library. We will be talking about literary and cultural representations of the sea, the landscape, portraiture and domesticity, the city and the crowd, as viewed from Cornwall, and also from a more national and international perspective. We will be thinking about how looking at the world ‘from a Cornish window’ connects Cornwall to these wider currents of thought, and vice versa!

We will also be sharing our experiences of the schools workshops, encouraging primary and secondary school children to make artistic and creative responses to objects and texts which inspire our work. The results of these workshops will be displayed both on the website and at the Royal Cornwall Museum. The RCM will also be hosting a related exhibition and accompanying trail.

We are excited to collaborate with the venerable local institutions of the Royal Cornwall Museum and the Cornish Studies Library, and with local schools. We look forward to welcoming you to view the world ‘From a Cornish Window’!