Graham Sandercock

Graham Sandercock is a politician, author, journalist and teacher living in Cornwall. He is head of the Geography department at Devonport High School for Boys.

Politics

Graham Sandercock is a dedicated Cornish nationalist. He stood as a Mebyon Kernow parliamentary candidate for South East Cornwall in the UK General Election of 2005 and gained 769 votes, 1.4% of the turnout, coming fifth out of 6 candidates.

Cornish Language

Sandercock has released several albums of popular songs in Cornish. He has published several books in the Cornish language including a beginner's course in Cornish "holyeugh an lergh" - " Cornish this way", which was first published in 2005 and is accompanied by two cassetes. He has edited the monthly magazine An Gannas [ [http://www.cornish-language.org/cornish/angannas.asp An Gannas] ] since its inception in 1977. He has also been elected as Chairman of the Cornish Language Board (Kesva an Taves Kernewek) until January 2010. [ [http://www.kesva.co.uk/index.php?id=59 Kesva an Taves Kernewek website] ]

Teacher

He is currently head of Geography and Devonport High School for Boys and is planning to retire at the end on term after 29 years at the school.

References

Related Links

* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-9662,00.html Guardian article on Graham Sandercock]
* [http://www.justcornish.com/new_store/catalog/catalog/default.php?manufacturers_id=36 Sandercock's books]
* [http://www.siliconglen.com/celtfaq/7.html Information on Sandercock's music]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/flash_map/html/map05.stm UK General Election 2005 results]