Bert Biscoe

Bert Biscoe is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow. He represents Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor and Truro City Council councillor. 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 in 2020 in an online ceremony.

Bert Biscoe

Bert Biscoe is a Cornish politician, historian and bard of the Cornish Gorseth also known by the bardic name Viajor Gans Geryow. He represents Cornwall Council's Truro Boscawen District as an independent Cornwall Councillor and Truro City Council councillor. 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 in 2020 in an online ceremony.