He lives in Bugle, near St Austell,[citation needed] and was named as a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh for services to Cornish history, taking the name "Map Rosvean" - "Son of Rosevean".
In October 1997, he was appointed Assistant Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies.
He has published articles on many themes related to Cornwall and is the author of The Liberal Party in South West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth (2000), and is a co-author of Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism (2003).
[4] He stood as a Mebyon Kernow candidate for the Bugle division on Cornwall Council in the 2017 local elections, coming second.
[5] He also stood in the 2021 Cornwall Council elections for the Roche and Bugle division under Mebyon Kernow.