http://www.jimwearne.com
Jim Wearne, Cornish-American folk singer - a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd
http://www.cornishminer.com
Website of the Cornish Miner
Books on Cornwall.
http://www.cousinjack.org
Cornish American Heritage Society (the Cornish are referred to as Cousin Jacks and Cousin Jennies)
http://cgee.hamline.edu/see
Self Expressing Earth (SEE) dedicated to educating children in ecology through the arts; created and maintained by John Caddy, Bard of the Cornish Gorseth who publishes for gaia a daily poem online, to which you may subscribe by writing jtcaddy@unique-software.com
http://www.gorsethkernow.org.uk
Council of the Bards of Cornwall
http://www.edenproject.co.uk
Cornwall's spectacular biomes -- from desert to tropical rainforest -- blend science, art, and technology to explore our place in nature
http://www.illinoiscornishsociety.org
Website of the Illinois Cornish Society
Calendar of events, membership application, history of the Society, miscellaneous items of interest. Membership is open to all who are Cornish or who love Cornwall!
www.kneehigh.co.uk
Kneehigh Theatre has grown ‘way beyond Cornwall while remaining true to Cornwall. They have formed a partnership for example with the Royal National Theatre of Britain for whom they staged Tristan and Yseult in London and across the UK, and in winter of 2009-2010 they bring Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter, a groundbreaking combination of stage, screen, and musical/music hall techniques to New York and to the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. Emma Rice their director is a genius.
www.minack.com
The Minack Theatre near Lamorna (west of Penzance) is where you sit on a cliffside with the ocean as backdrop and watch Madame Butterfly or Midsummer Night’s Dream or Pirates of Penzance. It was built as a venue for Shakespeare in her “garden” by Rowena Cade in the 30’s to 50’s, and has since been expanded as the legendary outdoor theatre everyone knows.
www.myCornwall.tv
A wonderful television video magazine, myCornwall.TV runs new features monthly on aspects of Cornish life from surfing to gardening to music to Best Restaurants to Bards of Cornwall. Lively and informative!
www.epwortholdrectory.org.uk
Epworth was the home of the Wesley family for nearly forty years. Most of Samuel and Susanna Wesley’s children were born here. Samuel Wesley is buried in the yard of the church where he was rector. The Rectory they lived in is now a museum with knowledgeable docents. A must for any Wesley tour of England, real or virtual.
www.newroombristol.org.uk
The New Room in Bristol is the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world (originally built in 1739) and the cradle of the early Methodist movement. It was built by John Wesley as a meeting and preaching place, and continues its purpose as an educational and community help center while also housing a museum. Just outside is a beautiful statue of John Wesley on horseback, and the house-turned-museum that Charles Wesley and his family lived in for five years until they moved to London is nearby.
www.methodist-central-hall.org.uk
London’s stunning Westminster Central Hall was constructed in the early years of the 20th century as a symbol of Methodism at the Capital’s heart. The building was purposely non-Gothic in design, in order to create a non intimidating but welcoming building so that people who had no connections with the Christian church would nevertheless feel comfortable and able to enter. It is one block from Parliament and just across the street from Westminster Abbey. During WWII its lower level served as an air raid shelter, to which thousands owed their lives. Significantly the inaugural meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations was held here. Methodist churches in England are often called Central Hall an important point when searching for a church to attend.
www.wesleysociety.org
The Charles Wesley Society honors and studies the man known as the Sweet Singer of Methodism. His sublime talent was for writing poetry that reflected his theology and became hymns. He had a talent for music, but it was his sons and grandson who became famous organists and composers. Charles first organized the Holy Club at Oxford, which his older brother John eventually turned into a society of methodical students who regularly read the Bible, prayed, visited and helped the poor and imprisoned; thus they were dubbed “Method-ists” as a derogatory term. The Charles Wesley Society acknowledges his key role in the Methodist movement.
www.gbgm-umc.org/wesley
This website of the Methodist Board of Global Ministries offers many links to John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and Susanna Annesley Wesley.
www.gbgm.org/umw.org/wesley/quiz
Here is a fun site that encourages one to pay attention to learning about Wesleys and Methodism. Pay attention! as they say, There will be a test at the end!
www.music-hall-society.com
The British Music Hall Society cherishes the Jewels of the Past and actively supports the interests of the future. They offer Music Hall shows bi-monthly and the entertaining Call Boy newsletter keeps up-to-date on groups and shows around the UK.
www.playerstheatre.co.uk
The Players Theatre held stage under the arches at Charing Cross tube station in London for years. It was my pleasure to attend every Sunday evening while in London, counting on a bill of top pro’s, jovial sing-along, and numbers both lyrical and raucous! Came the day it closed, but now has resurrected in a new venue. Read all about it.