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BBC News
23-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Modern bronze monoliths to become a Newquay 'pilgrimage'
Modern bronze monoliths are to be installed around Newquay this permanent structures will be located in three sites across the first sculpture will be ready in July, with the other two being erected shortly afterwards. Robin Sullivan, the artist behind The Newquay Monoliths, hopes they will become "a pilgrimage" through the town. The monoliths will be located from Newquay's oldest known settlement, the Bronze age Barrowfields, to the most recent settlement in the new suburb of Nansledan, via the community hub at Newquay Sullivan says the sculpures have been created for and by the community of Newquay. It is hoped the modern monoliths will recall the ancient Neolithic stones scattered across the Cornish landscape used for millennia as places of contemplation, healing and communal gatherings. The Newquay Monoliths have been made using more than 300 direct casts of the town chosen and made by local people of places that held personal significance to them. The project has been overseen by Robin Sullivan, who grew up in Looe, and local community arts organisation ALMA has been paid for by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme, managed by Cornwall Council, and the government's UK Shared Prosperity Sullivan wanted the textures of the monoliths to be "fragments of the Newquay landscape." Hundreds of people from Newquay were involved in the process including youngsters and members of the town's homeless community."We cast bits of rock pool and bits of bench and bits of carpark" Robin said, adding "these places that maybe don't mean anything to anybody else but they have an association and meaning to that person". 'Change over the decades' Each sculpture has been created using between 18 and 22 panels of cold-cast bronze. The artist has made more than 50 of them, which included collages of the casts made by the said: "This will polish up into lovely bronze which will then patina naturally in the landscape and change over the decades."The two tallest sculptures are around 2.5m (8ft 2in) high and the smallest is around 1.8m (5ft 9in).The monoliths will create a two-mile walking and biking trail across Newquay and the artist has said the idea was that the stones became "a pilgrimage" through the Newquay Monoliths will be officially unveiled on 7 September 2025 at the Barrowfields.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Yahoo
Scillonian III back in service for final season
The ferry service to the Isles of Scilly has resumed with the Scillonian III back in service for its final season. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) said a gearbox problem had been detected on the vessel which meant it could not return to service on Friday as planned. But the company said final repairs had since been completed and Scillonian III was back to its scheduled sailings on Saturday. The ISSG said: "We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding during this time and would like to thank you for the kind messages of support, they have meant a great deal to the crew and contractors who have worked to bring her back to service." A new ferry, Scillonian IV, is expected to start crossings between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly next year, bringing an end to Scillonian III's service. Scillonian IV and a new cargo ship have been constructed in Vietnam with plans to begin crossings in spring 2026. ISSG said Scillonian III made its first crossing in 1977 and has made more than 10,000 trips to the islands. Scillonian's return for final season delayed Scillonian III ferry all set for 'final season' Ceremony marks 'birth' of Scilly vessels
