Bert Biscoe DL (born 1952), also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow,[1][2] is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth.[3] Biscoe represented Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor until 2019, serving as an independent Truro City Council Councillor for the new Boscawen & Redannick Ward.[4]
Bert Biscoe is known for his work as a local historian[5] and for his activism related to the Cornish identity debate.[6] In 2012, his book of poems called "Trurra" won a Waterstones Publishers Award at the Holyer An Gof literary competition.[7] Elected Mayor of Truro for 2019/21, his installation ceremony was streamed online.[8]
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^Lee Trewhela (11 May 2020). "First time in over 200 years new Truro mayor is sworn in online". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
BertBiscoe DL (born 1952), also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow, is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth. Biscoe...
interview with the BBC in 2010 that there were around 300 fluent speakers. BertBiscoe, a councillor and bard, in a statement to the Western Morning News in...
nations of Europe govern themselves successfully. Independent councillor, BertBiscoe, organised a fact finding mission to Guernsey in 2011 to see if the island's...
be a "stepping stone" to a Cornish Assembly.[citation needed] In 2011 BertBiscoe, of the Cornish Constitutional Convention, commissioned a researcher...
seek some form of autonomy for Cornwall. In 2003, a Cornwall Councillor BertBiscoe commissioned a researcher to see if self-governing practices used in...
encourage processional Cornish music and dance. In the Cornish Guardian, BertBiscoe wrote "There is an intelligence that inhabits and underpins the various...
Refugee, Susan Soyinka (Sansom ISBN 978-1-911408-16-1)" (PDF). Review by BertBiscoe in www.oldcornwall.net Weston, Janet. “Albert Reuss in Mousehole: The...
Sunken City' for orchestra (1997) Three Songs From Cornwall (1997, texts BertBiscoe, Alan Kent, Donald Rawe) Wind Quintet (1997 - includes 'The Entry to...
Cornish Assembly led by Andrew George MP. From 2002 onwards he joined BertBiscoe and Dick Cole on the steering group of the newly created 'Convention...
Coulson". Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Introduction by BertBiscoe in the 2004 Cornwall Editions Ltd reprint of John Penrose thstudio (8...
Council Royal Navy ∟ Royal Marines; 1st Assault Group Participants Cllr BertBiscoe DL Cllr Dorothy Kirk BEM Cdre Graeme Little OBE RN Col Garth Manger OBE...
Bang Records was created by Bert Berns in 1965 together with his partners from Atlantic Records: Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The first...
Angelyne: "Glow in the Dark Queen of the Universe" – Vincent Van Dyke, Kate Biscoe, Mike Mekash, Abby Lyle Clawson, and Chris Burgoyne (Peacock) Gaslit: "Final...
TO DIESEL TRACTION, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The Sir Seymour Biscoe Tritton Lecture, Pages 9–10 Weir, Philip (2020). Dunkirk and the Little...
developing his own designs. He was assisted in producing his prototypes by Harry Biscoe who was also based at Portsmouth but had access to engineering facilities...
107–129. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0017. ISSN 0080-4606. "Main, Albert Russell (Bert) (1919 - 2009)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby...
were also inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2011. Peter Combe, Patsy Biscoe and Hi-5 are other notable names within the industry. R&B soul music had...
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