ONE of Cornwall’s biggest community arts and crafts events has an unusual offer with a Poldark flavour.

Since 1999, annual exhibitions at Linkinhorne parish hall and the neighbouring Upton Cross Primary School, near Liskeard, have married the works of internationally renowned artists with local amateurs and schoolchildren, created a stage for craft workers to demonstrate their skills, offered home-made refreshments and shown off the work of local groups from poets to the ladies of the WI.

The event has raised well over £30,000 for local causes since its formation and has been visited by thousands of people.

This year’s event will feature an offer from Cornish journalist, writer and publisher Simon Parker, who will be providing a number of copies of the Cornish literary journal ‘Scryfa’ for visitors to take away for free.

Scryfa was edited for Simon for many years, and was a popular focus for the latest in Cornish writing. It was launched with the very last Poldark story written by the late Winston Graham, and was later given to Simon.

Artist Ruth, who created the arts and crafts event and has organised it each year with Brian Hooper, is finalising this year’s exhibition which started on August 13 and will run to the 21st.

She said: “Each year we have more than 1,000 works on show and still have many requests to show more. We already have more than 100 exhibitors booked. Exhibitors come from all over Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and further afield.

“Every day we add new pieces so the exhibition is ever changing and people come again and again while it’s on.”

The event will raise funds through a raffle and entry-by-donation contributions, which will be donated to local charities.