1 March 2025

 2025 John Harris society AGM.  The next AGM of the John Harris society will be held on 15th March 2025 at 2pm in Troon Methodist Church. There will be a talk by the JHS President, Pol Hodge on the subject of Pagan Dumnonia to Christian Kernow. Refreshments will also be available after the talk.

28 February 2025

 Spring 2025 Newsletter The latest newsletter is now available to read here

12 January 2025

 Online Talk by JHS Committee member Duncan Yeates on Wednesday 15th January at 6pm: Dr Duncan Yeates will be giving an online talk through the Institute of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter, entitled "Poverty’s Friends Are Few: The Poetry and Life of John Harris". This talk will explore the life and work of John Harris, addressing the reasons why Harris should be a more well known part of Cornish literary history and why his legacy should be celebrated. The talk is expected to last 90 minutes.

 The John Harris Society loses two former Presidents:  Two former presidents of the John Harris Society died within days of each other: Peter Bickford-Smith on 26^th November 2024 and Jay Harris on 29^th November 2024. A short obituary of both former Presidents can be read here

"Levant’s Engine"  The John Harris Society has very kindly been granted permission by Adam Bignell to publish his recent film about the Levant Engine, the last working, steam powered Cornish Beam Engine. In the film Adam uses words from John Harris poems read in Cornish. The film and further information can be seen here

John Harris Birthday Celebrations There will events to mark the birthday of John Harris this October. Details of the John Harris Birthday Events with a return booking form; and a Lunch menu can be found here.

Please return the booking form and menu (with your choices) to Tony Langford by Saturday, 5th October.

Details of payment are on the documents.

We very much hope to see you at these events.

Duncan Yeates publishes "Visions of Carn Brea": John Harris Society Committee member, Duncan Yeates was awarded a Doctorate in February 2024 for his work on John Harris. His work entitled "Visions of Carn Brea" has now been published online for all to see. A short profile of Duncan and a link to his work can be found here

JHS on the BBC: On Wednesday 31st July Tony Langford was interviewed on BBC Radio Cornwall about the life and work of John Harris. Interviewed by Julie Skentelbery Tony talks about Harris's influences and why he has gathered increasing noteriety over the years. A link to the interview from BBC Sounds is below. A gallery from the day is here

SUMMER WALK, Rescheduled for Friday June 28 2024 at 6.30pm A walk around Illogan Graveyard and the immediate village, led by well-known local historian David Thomas. Meet at Illogan Church at 6.30pm.  A link to the images from the walk are available here

JHS President: Pol Hodge, who has been prominent on the Cornish culture scene for over 30 years, was elected President of the John Harris Society at the AGM on 16th March 2024. Read a short biography of Pol here

JHS Website: The new John Harris Society website is up and running. If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections regarding the future shape and content of the website please email them to: JHSociety1820@gmail.com