Personal View
With Gordon Brown’s new 90,000 word tome on the financial crisis due for publication this autumn, it would be interesting to know how his previous books have fared …
Professional
Silly Season: Gordon’s turkeys
Local author investigates Goddess
Review
There was a time in the British Isles, before the onslaught of patriarchal religion, when our ancient pagan ancestors lived in tune with nature. Governed by the changes of the seasons and the need to overcome the challenges of the rugged landscape …
Cornish authors: Crosbie Garstin
Feature
Crosbie Garstin is best known for his trilogy of novels about the Penhales family, published before the last war by Heinemann …
Cornish authors: Denys Val Baker
Feature
Denys Val Baker (1917 – 1984), owner and editor of The Cornish Review, was the author of 20 or so hilarious autobiographies. Titles included, The Sea’s in the Kitchen and The Petrified Mariner, which give you a flavour of them …
Abuse – the Law can help
The profile of domestic abuse has recently been raised by the very public case of pop star Rihanna, who was attacked by her boyfriend, the R&B singer Chris Brown, in February this year …
Finances for childhood
If you have a little more cash to invest beyond the level that can be paid into your child’s Trust Fund account or you want to save for something specific, such as school fees, an independent financial adviser, who should be authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, will be able to look objectively at your situation and recommend the best course of action …
Employment rights
It’s great when you have a good relationship with your employer and most jobs usually start out on a positive footing. However, whether your employment is full or part-time and regardless of your grade or level of pay, you have rights as an employee and your employer is duty bound to act within the law …
