Matthew Clarke's posts

Steven Richford of Richfords Fire & Flood speaking on BBC 5 Live.

Audio from Loveday Jenkin

I went to the opening of an IMAX cinema in London while working with IRN and interviewed Sir Roger Moore. Here is the interview.

The Grenaways' winning song from Kan Rag Kernow 2017.

Fleghigow dor...’ (1970) Fleghigow dor, merwell an maw a witha Bethalem yma euthig teg y’n chi gan fydh dhe’n truan y’ga gwann. Now, aurevoir, est ce que vrai? ‘Little children of the land (1970) Little children of the land , the death of the lad who guarded Bethlehem. It’s terribly beautiful in the house of our faith to the wretched in their sin. Now, good bye, is that true? ‘Fleghigow dor...’ / ‘Little children of the land (1970) This curious piece of Cornish was handed to Mick Paynter as a sound file by one of his students Alban Roinard. It is a recording of the grandfather of one Gavin Cheshire from Australia. His grandfather John William Pearce made the recording on a domestic tape recorder in about 1970, when he himself was in his 70s. It was a recording of a grace in a language he did not know or understand but which he had learnt parrot fashion from his grandmother. It was used as a grace at table throughout his life. The family at first thought it was Welsh, until speakers ruled it out. The family then discovered that Grandfather Pearce’s paternal grandparents (William Drew Pearce [b.1846] and Elizabeth Collins [b.1846]) had left St Austell for Rochampton, Australia, in 1875. William Drew Pearce worked as a miner who was indentured to the Peak Downs Copper mining company in Central Queensland. The final line (in French) was what he said when saying hello or goodbye to his grandmother. John William Pearce also remembered his grandmother using the terms ‘Eswthaki’ (meaning something like good night) and ‘Bethisto’(meaning something like shut up. Recording courtesy of Gavin Cheshire.

Landry is the eldest son of Cressida (nee- Wearne) Tonkin of Newlyn.

Ian Polmear at start, presented by Matthew Clarke. Voice of Lucy Fisher in there too. March 19th 2000. #radio #piratefm #cornwall #ianpolmear #lucyfisher

In 1998, Pirate FM ran short Cornish language bulletins every Saturday and Sunday after the 12 noon bulletin. These were pre-recorded by Matthew Clarke. Only one of these (to my knowledge) still exists - the first edition on 5th September 1998 - the day of the Cornish Gorsedh at St Just.

This was recorded at Lowender Peran October 1997. You can hear a Cornish poetry session in the Sunset Bar next door - very loud voice of Pol Hodge is evident in the background.

Seamus studied the sounds of late Cornish and gave a talk to the London Cornish class in 1991. I recorded him reading some of the traditional story after interpreting where the sounds sat on the tongue according to the work of Edward Llwyd.

Rod Lyon, Matthew Clarke, Vanessa Beeman, ha Bernard Deacon.

Scorper is about an American searching for his heritage and ancestors in Sussex. This was part of the #beinghuman event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015

We vox-popped the audience at the end of the "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture and Community" event at Helston Museum on 19th November 2015.

A couple of questions from the audience completed the event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015.

Jim sings Charles Causley;s poems: "Timothy Winters" and "Who?". This was part of an event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015 called "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture & Community". Note: Jim Causley has given his written permission for these recordings to be uploaded to Audioboom.

Prof Gibson examines Celticity through the pens of writers and film makers in the 1960s and 1970s. This was part of an event at Helston Museum 19th Novermber 2015 called "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture & Community".

Jim Causley sings 'A Causley Sandwich' which includes the traditional Cornish language song 'Ha my ow mos' and ''Angel Hill'. This was part of an avent at Helston Museum 19th November 2015 called "Modern Folk - Traditional Culture & Community". Note: written permission has been given by Jim Causley to use his music on Audioboom online.

This paper was presented as part of the "Modern Folk: Traditional Culture & Community" event held on 19th November 2015 at Helston Museum.

Jim Causley sings 2 songs based on poetry by Charles Causley: "On All Souls" & "Two Eagles". This was part of the 'Modern Folk - Traditional Culture and Community' event held at Helston Museum on 19th November 2015. Note: written permission has been given by Jim Causley to use his music on Audioboom online.

Dr Jim Kelly discusses the poetry of Cornish poet Charles Causley at the start of the event at Helston Museum 19th November 2015: Modern Folk: Traditional Culture & Community.

I am an unexperienced environmentalist and am having difficulty making up my mind what to do about palm oil in the things I buy. So, I'm turning my journey of exploration into this topic into a podcast - maybe you can all help me find the best way forward. #palmoil #environment #retail #Indonesia #rainforest #wildlife #green

Iain Scott of Candotowns.org on Good Morning Scotland 24th August 2015

Yvette Cooper spoke to Labour members on 21st August 2015 at Labout HQ in Plymouth. This is the full hustings apart from some of the questions asked.

Yvette Cooper spoke to Labour members on 21st August 2015 at Labout HQ in Plymouth. This is the full hustings apart from some of the questions asked.

Despite being an easy and cost effective medium to produce and distribute, marketeers are often slow to consider the multiple benefits of audio online. Matthew Clarke of www.kernowpods.com explores some of the opportunities and challenges.

This is the short piece of audio I recorded as the Eclipse happened. I was at the press facility at Goonhilly for this event.

Gage Williams headed up Cornwall's marketing for the 1999 Eclipse. I interviewed him after the event.

This was the raw audio that I recorded at the post Cornwall Eclipse press conference in 1999.

Andrew Reeve from www.musicofcornwall.com was at the Lizard Eclipse festival. This website no longer exists, but was the first website to really promote Cornish music.

How can we build Cornwall as a stronger region in the UK?

How can we learn from the past to develop a sustainable future?

This session was chaired by Rachel Bice

Rachel Bice works with Cllr Edwina Hannaford on the historic environment of Cornwall.

Can Cornish identity, culture and ethnicity influence how national policies are implemented in Cornwall?

Asking the right questions: disaster and resilience in modern Cornwall

How resilient is the Cornish community?

Esther is director of Movyans Skolyow Meythrin - a Cornish language pre-school

Howard runs SOS - Save our Sands.

Hugo is from Surfers Against Sewage

How critical is cultural heritage in stimulating sustainable policies for future generations?

Here is my 2014 audio Christmas card. Not going into intricate detail of the year - just some thoughts. Happy Christmas / Nadelik Lowen

Gorthewer da, tus ha benynes jentyl, ha dynnargh dhe'n areth Kernow (dh = voiced 'th' as in English 'the')

The church organ has been removed from St John's recently. Very sad that the church couldn't keep a lovely pipe instrument maintained. Here is a recording of a friend of mine, Steven Bowey (who still plays recitals around the Newbury area) playing the St John's Old Coulsdon organ circa 1988

Part three of the debate on 6th Oct 2014 - this was not recorded by KernowPods.

Part 2 of debate at Pool Innovation Centre 6th Oct 2014 - this was not recorded by KernowPods.

This debate was held at the Pool Innovation Centre 6th Oct 2014. This was not recorded by KernowPods.

Amanda Rule is leaving Cornwall Chamber of Commerce - and indeed Cornwall. Here is an ode to her leaving.

Men Glasnedh Tyller dyski dison down Dhe benn rynn, mar ynn 'vel lown Stretys hir hag ynna own A lyver pysadow Sowsnek Prys tremenys ha'n yeth kenys Son geryow gesys 'vel enys Yw lymnys, kerys, lennys Wosa lyver pysadow Sowsnek? Lemmyn 'ma lamm bys hedhyw Kemmyn ha kamm y'n bys byw Tremmyn lynn gans tonnow gwiw Spit lyver pysadow Sowsnek Sevyn agan sav dison Orth men brav, kosoleth skon Kovhe tus gans taves a wonn Spit lyver pysadow Sowsnek Matthi ab Dewi 21/8/14

My interview with Danny Alexander on 24th April 2014 in Bodmin.