Wrestling, life-struggle Cornwall and Daphne du Maurier

Have patience. Just one to go. The penultimate in my series of very short summaries of academic work on Cornwall linked to somewhat longer reviews.

Mike Tripp recounts the nineteenth century rise and fall of Cornish wrestling, brought down mainly by emigration, depopulation and the practice of ‘faggoting’, or match-fixing.

Ella Westland argues that in her final novel Daphne du Maurier revealed a new respect for the Cornish people and a yearning to be accepted by the people she had chosen to live among.

Joanie Willett identifies the gap between the policy-making elite and those ‘left-behind’ in life-struggle Cornwall and suggests it could be closed by improving information flows.

3 thoughts on “Wrestling, life-struggle Cornwall and Daphne du Maurier

  1. My family legend states that we are descended from the Dumnonia tribe of ancient Cornwall. How can I find out more about the Dumnonians? Thanks, William Gueguen Gouveia 

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  2. Dear Bernard

    I tried to comment on today’s article but was led to wordpress, then it just got more and more complicated. I had to sign in and all sorts of things and failed in the end.

    Is there a way for you to kindly resolve this issue?

    Best regards Cathy ________________________________

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