If you haven’t, Google “best beaches in the UK”. Where some counties may have one beach included in a list, Cornwall often has 2, 3, 4…lots. It’s unsurprising. There are over 300 beaches to choose from in Cornwall. The perk of a county with the longest coast in England. This (probably) doesn’t mean they’re all pretty. But there’s more luck convincing...

If you’ve not seen it, you should. Poldark is the mining, smuggling, wrecking, tri-corn hats, coastal horse riding and romanticism of 18th Century Cornwall brought to life. Based on the popular novels by Winston Graham, the BBC’s screen version features Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark – a retired sea captain. Ross returns home to Cornwall from the American War of Independence to find...

There was a time earlier this year when it barely felt like spring would turn up, let alone summer. But, here we are – a month in, and so far, so good. A far cry from bread shortages, frozen pipes and icy-chaos. Unfortunately, summers do not last forever -despite romantic myths and whimsical song lyrics. In Britain we know this all too well, and rather than allowing it to depress us, we cram...