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Since the 19th century, Cornwall, with its unspoilt maritime scenery and strong light, has sustained a vibrant visual art scene of international renown. Artistic activity within Cornwall was initially centred on the art-colony of Newlyn, most active at the turn of the century,[56] and associated with the names: Stanhope Forbes, Elizabeth Forbes,[57] Norman Garstin and Lamorna Birch.[58] Modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf lived in Cornwall between the wars,[59] and Ben Nicholson, the painter, having visited in the 1920s came to live in St Ives with his then wife, the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, at the outbreak of the second world war.[60] They were later joined by the Russian emigrant Naum Gabo,[61] and other artists. These included Peter Lanyon, Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Bryan Wynter and Roger Hilton. St Ives ... houses the Leach Pottery, where Bernard Leach, and his followers championed Japanese inspired studio pottery.[62] Much of this modernist work can be seen in Tate St Ives.[63]. The Newlyn Society and Penwith Society of Arts continue to be active, and contemporary visual art is documented in a dedicated online journal [2].
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Cornwall can be accessed by road via the A30 which starts at the end of the M5 at Exeter. Cornwall can ... be accessed from the A38, crossing the Tamar River at Plymouth via the Tamar Bridge.
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Among Cornwall's native sports are a distinctive form of wrestling related to Breton wrestling, and hurling, a kind of mediaeval football played with a silver ball (distinct from Irish Hurling). The latter sport now takes place at St. Columb Major and St Ives although hurling of a silver ball is part of the beating the bounds ceremony at Bodmin every five years.
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Air Southwest, the successor to Brymon/British Airways based at Plymouth (and essentially using the same routes and aircraft), has now introduced services through its Bristol hub linking Newquay (Cornwall) to Dublin, Leeds Bradford and Manchester. The airline already has a successful Plymouth &endash; Bristol &endash; Manchester operation, the introduction of a fourth Dash 8-Q300 enabling the new Dublin and Leeds Bradford destinations to be added to the route network. Air Southwest, not to be confused with the somewhat larger US carrier of a similar name, is now 18 months old and owned by the Sutton Harbour Group, listed on the Stock Exchange alternative market. http://www.airsouthwest.com Apr 18, 2005
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Initially introduced in 1959, the Cornwall speaker was designed to serve as a larger, full-range alternative to the Heresy when used as a center channel speaker between two widely spaced Klipschorns. When it was discontinued in 1990, there was an outcry from consumers resulting in a letter-writing campaign and even a petition to bring back this storied loudspeaker.
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Cornwall is watered by six principal rivers: the Tamar, Lynher, Fowey, Camel (or Alan), Fal and Hayle. There are numerous minor rivers and streams in the county which serve to drain the land.
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