And then the bubble burst ...
Falcondale, an Italianate villa built by the Harford family of Blaise Castle, Bristol in 1821 and now a Country House Hotel, can perhaps...
Fy Achau Cymraeg
Dwi wedi bod: in a graveyard; at the top of Cwm Einion with a lead mine; on a farm; in the National Library; at the Eisteddfod and in a...
Blood and Water: The Nanteos Grail on Trial - Waterstones Launch, Friday 19th of May, 7 pm
Upstairs at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth, in a glass case, lies the Nanteos Cup. Broken and brittle it's nothing but a...
Back to the Light at Last!
lmbolc and Candlemas celebrations in Tregaron. Even for those of us who now live in towns, insulated from the dark of winter by street...
2022: A Literary Farewell
Hilary Mantel - what a loss this year and Dr Alan Kent, a dear friend in his 50s. Cornish scholar, dramatist, novelist and poet, we were...
Baptising Nanteos: The Dipping Pool with Rhiannon, Tregaron
Dear Friends, Do come if you can, and bring a friend! My latest book, Nanteos: The Dipping Pool was published in September 2020 with a...
Wonderful, intimate literary festival: R.S.Thomas at Eglwysfach
Last weekend, a small team put on a big-hearted literary festival in the historic village or Eglwysfach in the north of Ceredigion. The...
Once a teacher, always a teacher?
It's been 5 years since I was in my school, Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw ( a dear place to be - Cerddwn ymlaen!) but old habits die hard. Three...
Only Three days in Wales
So far, so good, 2022 and it hasn't been raining too much here in lovely wet west Wales! I recorded all the birds and other wildlife I...
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, if it's still acceptable?
This time last week it was last year, so it's still not too late to wish you a most Happy New Year, I hope. The photo isn't one of my...
