Silver grass ribbons slip through my fingers and salty sciroccos warm bathe my face. Sunken shadows hide behind pebbles. And tide dropped shells pop up with grace. Waves rollercoaster over and over. Breaking like thunder; spreading like lace. Dunes amber […]
Although known for their recognizable cuck-oo sound, these shy solitary birds are more often heard than seen. For me, this is yet another reason for me wanting to gain a closer insight into this secretive bird. By the time April […]
Across a half-drunk pint of cider, and part-ate Welsh cakes on a plate, a wall of photographs of unknown scenes and unknown people, their halfway lives therein depicted on partial journeys’ partial aims…. In solemn grey there was portrayed […]
It’s been called ‘truly inspirational’ by HRH Prince of Wales (Now King Charles III), ‘one of the world’s most appealing small museums’ by historian Dr John Davies and won numerous national awards, including ‘Britain’s Best Hidden Gem’. When the BBC […]
The Museum of Modern Art in Machynlleth has grown steadily over more than 30 years to become the magnificent set of galleries and auditorium that visitors enjoy today. It is a story of hard work and fortuitous coincidence. It is […]
Geoff Brookes tells the tale of Thomas Rees, a gardener from Mynachlog-Ddu. There are those who believe that near Mynachlog-Ddu in the Preseli Hills, you will find the source of the bluestones used in the construction of Stonehenge. Quite a […]
Above, beyond the swirling car park before the modern supermarket, its marching trolleys purchase laden – above, beyond the bypass traffic that metals by the small bus station, that halts, light ordered, at the junctions – above, beyond the rooves […]
I’m Kathleen Dawson, a photographer based in Gwynedd North Wales. There is no shortage of mountains and Quarries in Gwynedd. One of my favourite places is the Old Slate Quarry and mountains in Dinorwic area. This selection of images will […]
Four players from the same school have been capped for three different countries on the same day writes Huw S Thomas All four former pupils at Llandovery College came on as replacements for England, Wales and South Africa in their […]
The average lawn, left alone one hundred years, could become a hardwood forest. An admirable project. Still I carry on, following week on week the same mowing pattern, cutting edges, almost sprinting the last narrow swaths. Robert Wrigley (b.1951) At […]
From Pontypridd to Los Angeles he’s swung across the world, gyrating hips, beat-crooner’s lips, with pulsing rhythms and ballad ease on albums punters stirred. That baritone of rich, dark tones brought universal fame, from green grassed home left coal for […]
At 752m, Pumlumon is the highest mountain in Mid Wales and one of the most remote feeling in all of Wales. It’s a magnificent mountain. Made all the more special by its lack of popularity when compared to the summits […]
