Cornwall

On Soap, Books, And Hitler

In Mevagissey, a few miles south of St Austell

Did you know Mevagissey did its fair share in making the world a cleaner place? It was this village that gave us Pears, the transparent bar of freshness that has lathered our parents for generations.

How Cornwall Contributed To Criminology 

On Polperro and dactylography, the study of fingerprints. 

Those who know of Polperro know of it as an exceptionally pretty fishing village on the Cornish coast. That it is. But there is more to it.

The Crazy Good Christian of Cornwall

A hut. Shipwrecked sailors. An eccentric priest

England is full of good-natured nutters who do amazing things for their community in their own quirky ways. I got to know one such by the name of Robert Stephen Hawker when I walked into Cornwall from Devon.

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