Beer sales raise over £4,500 to help clean the Cornish coast

Beer sales raise over £4,500 to help clean the Cornish coast

A small Cornish brewery has made a big contribution to the ocean clean-up, raising £4,543 (plus gift aid of £429.25) for the charity Fathoms Free and its Clean Cornish Seas campaign. The Driftwood Spars Brewery is located in Trevaunance Cove near St Agnes, where, alongside 

Cornish wine merchant becomes first in the UK to achieve B Corp Certification

Cornish wine merchant becomes first in the UK to achieve B Corp Certification

A Truro-based wine importer, wholesaler and retailer has become the first merchant in the UK – and only the second globally – to become a registered B Corp.

Historic Painting School Seeks New Director

Historic Painting School Seeks New Director

The St Ives School of Painting is seeking a new Director to lead it into the latest phase of its long history. The new Director will become the principal of one of Cornwall’s leading cultural institutions, the fundamental aim of which is to enrich people’s 

Brewery starts the year with new listings success

Brewery starts the year with new listings success

Skinner’s Brewery has kicked off 2022 with a vengeance, with major new product listings in Sainsbury’s and Punch Taverns. Skinner’s ‘Sunshine IPA’ Lushingtons will be sold at 72 Sainsbury’s stores from mid-January, alongside two pre-existing Skinner’s lines, Porthleven – a premium pale ale, and Betty 

Award-winning Cornish pork producer expands to a new site

Award-winning Cornish pork producer expands to a new site

Primrose Herd, a family business which has been supplying the finest Cornish pork to retail customers and the hospitality trade for over two decades, has expanded to a new site in Newham on the outskirts of Truro.

Brewery officially reopens to the public with ‘game changing’ new set-up

Brewery officially reopens to the public with ‘game changing’ new set-up

Skinner’s Brewery officially welcomes the public back to its riverside HQ in Newham this month, with a weekend of live music, shanty singing, the freshest brews on tap, and a celebratory atmosphere as the brewery once again becomes a lively social hub for the community. 

It’s that time of year again: Swap apples for cider (or learn to make your own?)

It’s that time of year again: Swap apples for cider (or learn to make your own?)

Fowey Valley, an artisan cider producer based in Lostwithiel, are inviting local people to bring their excess apples along to add to this years’ pressing, offering to swap fruit from small orchards and gardens for their award-winning apple juice or cider. Owner Barrie Gibson says 

Solo exhibition highlights the plight of the bumblebee

Solo exhibition highlights the plight of the bumblebee

This November, acclaimed Cornwall-based artist Catherine Hyde will use her biannual solo exhibition at Lighthouse Gallery in Penzance to highlight the plight of the buff-tailed bumblebee. With all the power and erudition of an accomplished visual storyteller, in ‘The Golden Hours’ Catherine will take gallery 

New HQ for premium Cornish cider maker and distiller

New HQ for premium Cornish cider maker and distiller

Craft cider maker and artisan distiller, Fowey Valley, has opened a new HQ on the Restormel Estate in Lostwithiel, ushering in a new era of expansion for the premium drinks producer. The beautiful cider orchard in Golant on the banks of the river Fowey remains 

Replacing a lost arts education for the Covid-19 generation

Replacing a lost arts education for the Covid-19 generation

The St Ives School of Painting, a historic painting School and a registered charity, has extended its provision for young people with an ambitious online youth programme. The School, which has been teaching students in the renown Porthmeor Studios for over 80 years, stepped up