Your Penlee

Here's a selection of press and media coverage of Penlee House.  If you spot something in the press about us, please do let us know - we don't always know about the coverage we receive.  And if you're a journalist and think you'd like to mention us, please do get in touch: we're always happy to supply images of Newlyn School paintings in return for a mention!

Press coverage

Helen Hoyle's review of 'In the Open Air'. Click here

BBC's Spotlight has a feature on our present exhibition 'Through the Lens'  click here for the link.

Helen Hoyle's review of 'A Forgotten Prodigy': click here for link.

Click here to read what Simon Parker of the Western Morning News wrote about Joan Manning Sanders on 22 November 2011.

Reviews of the exhibition 'Walter Langley and the Birmingham Boys' (11 June - 10 September 2011) can be found on the Art News pages, on Flickr and on This is Cornwall

CLICK HERE for BBC coverage of the exhibition 'The Marvellous Everyday'
(22 January - 26 March 2011)

Review of the 2010 summer exhibition, 'A Cornish Childhood', in the Cornishman newspaper: click here for link

The BBC's History of the World project includes Walter Langley's painting 'Among the Missing' as an iconic image depicting west Cornwall: click here for link.

'Penlee Inspired' exhibition (Christmas 2009) coverage in the Cornishman and related newspapers: click here for link.

Frank Ruhrmund says the new Social History display is a treat for everyone (2009): click here for link.

Penlee House wins the Gold in the Cornwall Tourism Awards for Small Vistor Attraction of the Year 2009: click here for link.

BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' features the Dod Procter exhibition at Penlee House: click here for link (including facility to listen to the programme).

 

 

Press releases

19 November 2011 - 14 January 2012
A FORGOTTEN PRODIGY: JOAN MANNING SANDERS

Penlee House launches its newly redisplayed Social History gallery, funded by Heritage Lottery
SOCIAL HISTORY PRESS RELEASE

Penlee Inspired exhibition - work by children and adults responding to the collections and exhibitions at Penlee House
PENLEE INSPIRED PRESS RELEASE