As the Shropshire Union Canal Society busily restore the Montgomery canal and close the Shropshire Gap, they are not only bringing the waterway back to life, but also uncovering long forgotten local stories, for as a digger shaped the canal […]
Clouds spine and buzzards whine; And cirrus scrawl. Birds still and moles hill. And brambles sprawl. Winds whisper and leaves quiver; And apples fall. Train chuffs and chatter puffs. And stations call. Planes play and faunas hay; And spiders crawl. […]
By Bevvy Thomas / July 27, 2021 / Did you know that Stuck in Plastic was currently taking part in an exhibition at The Hermitage in Amsterdam when I wrote A Knights Tale. If not, go an read all about it here . Since taking part […]
Publication August 2024, Logaston Press This richly-illustrated book explores and describes the rich diversity of decoration found in domestic wall paintings, the materials used, the craftsmen responsible and the costs involved. In the late sixteenth century and first decade or so […]
In 1840, the first building to be roofed in Welsh slate in Adelaide, South Australia, was the Friends’ Meeting House; remembering John Greaves’s family’s association with Quakers, it was a most appropriate beginning! From Porthmadog, slate was exported by sea […]
Shree! Shree! Shree! Shree! Shree! Shree! Shree! Shree! Shree! I glance up from my garden-table breakfast to the source of that piercing racket and see there, on the roof, the baby herring gull. Clearly, it’s hungry. I am not normally […]
When summer’s end is nighing And skies at evening cloud, I muse on change and fortune And all the feats I vowed When I was young and proud. The weathercock at sunset Would lose the slanted ray, And I would […]
A Captivating Novel on the Birth of Trinidad Conquerabia: The Struggle for Identity is an exhilarating plunge into the tumultuous and captivating history of Trinidad. From the moment Christopher Columbus set foot on its shores in 1498 to the spectacular […]
What is being done to help Eurasian Curlew in Montgomeryshire and North Radnorshire? By Maia Jayasuriya, CCW Community and Engagement Officer, GWCT Cymru Eurasian Curlew are one of the most iconic birds of the Welsh Countryside. Many who grew up […]
Forged in a crucible of over 500 million years, slate is a marvelous material. From its beginnings as mud on the seabed, to compressions and heat and volcanic upheaval, at last it rests in seams far above the sea, ready […]
Stephen talks about his trip to Bala and the history of the popular tourist town. My wife and I, heading from Dorset to north Wales for a week, needed somewhere to stop over on a Friday evening. I chose Bala […]
When we arrived in Llandudno we initially ignored the thrills of the excellent tramway; we did that in the afternoon. In the morning we went up the Great Orme by car because we were looking for a grave. It is […]
