Gifted Author and Bard Was Personification of Cornwall

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The WMN's Living Cornwall Editor and fellow Cornish Bard Simon Parker pays tribute to Joan Rendell, who died in a fire at her remote bungalow on Tuesday The last time I spoke to Joan Rendell, she was in a state of excited glee about the chance discovery of a rare fossil.

With characteristic enthusiasm, this great lady of Cornwall cupped the polished object in her hands as if it was the most precious treasure on earth. "It is one of my most prized possessions and it really makes my heart sing every time I look at it," she said.

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Gifted Author and Bard Was Personification of Cornwall

Joan had spotted the shiny black stone while walking along a beach, describing the flint echinoid that washed up at her feet as "heaven-sent".

"It is so perfect, not a chip or a scratch on it," she beamed. "It is worth more to me than an...

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