A new way to explore Cornwall.
Discover extraordinary people , fascinating places , dramatic history and the special events in our Cornish year .
Daphne du Maurier wrote her first novel when she was just 22. Set in Polruan near Fowey, The Loving Spirit tells the story of a local boat building family.
Richard Trevithick is known for inventing steam engines, but also had plans to create an iron tower in London. If this had been built, it would have been as tall as France’s Eiffel Tower.
Cornish newspaper owner and politician John Passmore Edwards campaigned for better facilities for poorer people. He used his own money to build libraries, schools, galleries and rest homes.