A Port Eliot Sketchbook
10 August 2011 // Miscellany //Port Eliot festival
Sunday morning beside the river at Port Eliot. From the sketchbook of On Nature illustrator, Jon McNaught:
Some Very Kind Words…
29 July 2011 // Miscellany //Port Eliot festival
Just a few of the emails we’ve received about last weekend’s Port Eliot Festival.
Port by the River
27 July 2011 // Events //Music //On Nature //Port Eliot festival
Trevor Moss, Hannah-Lou & Jakub, Caught by the River Words: Robin Pictures: Neil Thomson. It’s becoming a familiar feeling. Back to normal life after four days of glorious Cornish weather (and one day when we were pretty glad we were doing everything in a tent) and you can’t help feel a little weepy. Looking back [...]
Decompression Time
25 July 2011 // Miscellany //Port Eliot festival
Dear Readers, Robin, Andrew and I have just got home from Port Eliot festival. It was a very long (and enjoyable) five days and we are knackered. We hate missing daily posts but man it was busy. I’m hoping that a long bath and a good nights sleep will help put my body and mind [...]
‘Tales From the Typographic Ocean’ at Port Eliot Festival
18 July 2011 // Port Eliot festival
A discussion on rock’n’roll, the printed word and the counter culture with Rough Trade boss Geoff Travis, legendary PR man Mick Houghton and Andy Childs, former editor of Zigzag magazine. Three influential figures from pre-punk onwards talk to journalist and broadcaster Emma Warren about the birth of Xerox publishing and fanzine culture’s effect on all [...]
‘England Revisited’ at Port Eliot Festival
16 July 2011 // Miscellany //Port Eliot festival
England Revisited Talk by Simon English Friday 22 July, 3pm. on the Caught by the River stage at Port Eliot festival. Conceptual artist Simon English talks about his “journey of rediscovery” while making England Revisited – a unique land artwork about Time – that builds upon his 1971 artwork All England Sculpture; both covering 275 [...]
‘Do It For Your Mum’ at Port Eliot Festival.
15 July 2011 // Books //Port Eliot festival
Roy Wilkinson presents, Do It For Your Mum. On Saturday 23 July, together with friends, family and figures-heroic, your correspondent will be implementing an hour of light-to-medium entertainment at the Caught By The River tent at Port Eliot festival in Cornwall. The plan is to incorporate the Galloping Horseman of Lapland, the rock group British [...]
Andrews of Arcadia at Port Eliot Festival
9 July 2011 // Arcadia //Port Eliot festival
Andrews of Arcadia Scrapbook 2011 programme now available to download from the festival website.
The Chef
29 June 2011 // Port Eliot festival
The Chef from Port Eliot Festival on Vimeo. A pixellation film showing the special ingredients that make Port Eliot Festival unique. Music by Gravenhurst. Produced and directed by Carolina Sarsfield.
Caught by the River at Port Eliot Festival – additions & changes
23 June 2011 // Port Eliot festival
Down By The River – Colorama from Kieran Evans on Vimeo. This year’s Port Eliot Festival in glorious Cornwall is starting early and, embracing the new start day means we have a few additions to our previously announced line-up next month. So, things kick off on Thursday (21/7) when we open the bar at 4pm [...]












