by stiveslocal | Sep 16, 2024 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
The modern St Ives September Festival dates back to 1978, making it one of the oldest community arts festivals in the country. Poetry in Norway Square I did, in fact, wonder if it dated back to 1953 when a festival was staged in the town to tie in with the Coronation...
by stiveslocal | Sep 14, 2024 | Arts and entertainment, community news, News
The St Ives September Festival gets under way today in the sunshine, with a host of familiar faces flocking back to the town, and lots that is new for 2024. Festival veteran Bob Devereux (right, pictured with David Fenton) will be leading the open air performanes in...
by stiveslocal | Sep 11, 2024 | community news, News
Planting flowers in urban green spaces across Cornwall significantly boosted numbers of pollinating insects, new research shows. Photograph: Oliver Poole The Making Space for Nature project, a collaboration between Cornwall Council, Cormac, and the University of...
by stiveslocal | Sep 6, 2024 | Arts and entertainment, News
The Leach Pottery has secured £3.49m funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support the development of its site in St Ives. An impression of how the new Leach Pottery site will look. Image: Dow Jones Architects The funding brings new job opportunities, a...
by stiveslocal | Aug 27, 2024 | Arts and entertainment
Songbird Anna and Kokoro met at a music night and, although their styles are different, they share a love of music and both write their own original material. Now Anna and Kokoro, AKA Ella, are preparing for a special September Festival performance, at the Western...
