In this bilingual episode (Cornish and English), Kensa Broadhurst (PhD Student, Exeter University) interviews Mark Trevethan (Cornish Language Lead, Cornwall Council). They discuss what Mark’s role involves, the fantastic projects going on surrounding Cornish and his hopes and plans for the future. They also talk about Mark’s collaborations with those who work to promote other Celtic languages.

This episode was recorded in April 2022.

Host: Kensa Broadhurst

Guest: Mark Trevethan

Languages: Cornish and English

Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy” by Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), available from freemusicarchive.org.

Links to initiatives, organisations and people mentioned in the episode:

The Cornwall Council Cornish Language Office and Translation Service: Cornish Language Office - Cornwall Council

Online Cornish Dictionary: Gerlyver Kernewek | (cornishdictionary.org.uk)

FylmK - Cornish language short film competition: FylmK — Screen Cornwall

Gwenno (Saunders) - Welsh/Cornish language singer: Gwenno

IndyLan - minority language app launched earlier this year: E.N.T.E.R. Projects - IndyLan (enter-network.eu)

Holyer an Gof - book awards for books about Cornwall run by Gorsedh Kernow: Holyer an Gof Publishers' Awards - Gorsedh Kernow

An Nowodhow - weekly news programme in Cornish on BBC Radio Cornwall: BBC Sounds - An Nowodhow, the news in Cornish - Available Episodes

Go Cornish, part of the company Golden Tree. Runs an award programme for Primary Schools which encourages them to both teach Cornish and embed it throughout their whole school provision: Go Cornish - Having fun with the Cornish language

Radyo an Gernewegva - a weekly radio show in Cornish: Home - Radyo An Gernewegva (anradyo.com)