Alban Arthan Hapus i chi gyd!
Winter Solstice, Bae Ceredigion. I was on the beach before 4pm and the sun had already set, leaving only this wash of pink and orange in...
Squire, Justice, Preacher, Conjuror: Controlling Y Werin Bobl in Eighteenth Century Cardiganshire
I'm thrilled to be able to share with you my recent lecture to Hanes Ceredigion History Society on 'Squire, Justice, Preacher, Conjuror:...
Croeso i Saint Nicholas' Day!
St Nicholas, inspiration for the modern Santa Claus, was a third century catholic saint famed for his generosity and his many miracles....
Real Halloween!
Our vision of life in the country districts of Wales is often coloured by a narrow selection of popular Victorian images. Chapel goers,...
Dining with the Ladies of Abbeydale Golf Club
It's a great pleasure to have been asked to speak at the Abbeydale Golf Club Ladies Annual Dinner in Sheffield. I have very fond memories...
Penblwydd Hapus to Nanteos:The Dipping Pool. What a first year!
Yes! But first a disclaimer: As a self-absorbed, conflicted, obsessive author, I admit to realising, in the few rational moments...
Dydd Owain Glyndwr: last in a long line?
Our summer holiday just beneath the castle walls in Tutbury near Derby were a revelation in many ways (see previous Blog), not least...
Did you come back changed by your summer holiday?
Tutbury is now an attractive small town in Staffordshire and the venue for our long awaited extended family holiday this year ( thanks...
Y Gog!
Yes! Heard the cuckoo for the first time this year today, regular as hiccups from the horse field. For days, even weeks now the 'blodau'r...
Pasg Hapus - so much more hopeful than last year, at least
Not yet six and still dark on the morning of Maundy Thursday on a small holding in Ceredigion and a already the birds have started their...
