About: Bert Biscoe

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Bert Biscoe is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow. He represented Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor until May 2019 and is still serving as an independent Truro City Council councillor for the new Boscawen & Redannick ward. Bert Biscoe is known locally for his work as a local historian and for his activism related to the Cornish identity debate. In 2012, his book of poems called "Trurra" won a Waterstones Publishers Award at the Holyer An Gof literary competition. Biscoe was made Mayor of Truro 2020/21 in an online ceremony.

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  • Bert Biscoe is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow. He represented Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor until May 2019 and is still serving as an independent Truro City Council councillor for the new Boscawen & Redannick ward. Bert Biscoe is known locally for his work as a local historian and for his activism related to the Cornish identity debate. In 2012, his book of poems called "Trurra" won a Waterstones Publishers Award at the Holyer An Gof literary competition. Biscoe was made Mayor of Truro 2020/21 in an online ceremony. (en)
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  • Viajor Gans Geryow (en)
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  • 1960-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Picture of a Caucasian bearded man with gray hair and glasses standing against a blue background. (en)
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  • Bert Biscoe in 2015 (en)
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  • Mayor of Truro (en)
  • bard of the Cornish Gorseth (en)
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  • Bert Biscoe (en)
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  • Bard, Councillor, Historian (en)
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  • Viajor Gans Geryow (en)
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  • Bert Biscoe is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow. He represented Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor until May 2019 and is still serving as an independent Truro City Council councillor for the new Boscawen & Redannick ward. Bert Biscoe is known locally for his work as a local historian and for his activism related to the Cornish identity debate. In 2012, his book of poems called "Trurra" won a Waterstones Publishers Award at the Holyer An Gof literary competition. Biscoe was made Mayor of Truro 2020/21 in an online ceremony. (en)
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  • Bert Biscoe (en)
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