by stiveslocal | Mar 15, 2020 | Features, News
The full list of events has been announced for the St Ives September Festival events taking place at the Guildhall, the main festival venue. Tickets are available now online here and from tourist information centres throughout Cornwall. What’s On September 12:...
by stiveslocal | Mar 13, 2020 | Features
Showing for the first time in St Ives, Liz and Dominic Hewitt’s exhibition — Rusted, Weathered, and Worn — is the result of many years walking the coastal paths and beaches of Cornwall, recording their observations using mixed media, print, textile art, and...
by stiveslocal | Mar 10, 2020 | Features, News
Bob Devereux entertaining at last year’s September Festival St Ives may be lauded for its art, but it has a way with words, too, and this will be under the spotlight when the annual Literature Festival returns from May 9-16. The event is curated by cultural...
by stiveslocal | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
by Emma Fashokun, manager of the Cornish Gems Coffee Lounge It has been so heartening as a plastic-free committee to witness the engagement of the local business community in our quest. There are so many plastic-free champions in St Ives now—businesses who have all...
by stiveslocal | Feb 21, 2020 | Features
The James Stevens No 10 on the water. Photographs: John Chard Going to sea in a modern lifeboat in all weathers is a big enough challenge. Imagine setting out to save lives in a 37ft open boat which had to be rowed. That’s what the crew of the James Stevens No 10 had...
by stiveslocal | Feb 6, 2020 | Features
Birte Hosken’s first novel, Petroc’s Church, tells the story of a young woman called Jen who takes a summer job in Cornwall to escape her busy life in London — and is instantly attracted to the good-looking man who lives next door. Birte’s own Cornish romance began 31...