Fowey – the home of Daphne Du Maurier, of her many weird tales, including The Birds, Rebecca and Don’t Look Now, of emmets, ants, locusts and pirates. And you just better get the pronunciation right.
Tag Archives: Cornwall
Tintagel
The Cornish pastiche: Tintagel, a castle on a rocky outcrop, is this Camelot? No, it’s not.
Roseland
The Roseland peninsula, Cornwall, almost dreamlike, but its castles summon up images of an era when England was threatened with invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire. Now the invaders are the wealthy middle classes, ramping up house prices, reviving Cornish nationalism and interest in the Cornish language.