Chapter 4 With the new shop almost ready to open, Edward was able to put the finishing touches in Meredith’s capable hands. He had full confidence in her. He knew he could leave the rest of the preparations to Meredith, […]
The Theatre of Lightning We had been making our way to bed when the first flash of lightning stopped us. Arriving on the back of a yellow weather warning for a heatwave in May, the storm swept in late on […]
Chapter 3 Jill’s favourite locations were generally to the west of Swansea. She particularly enjoyed the sandy beaches and coastal scenery of the Gower Peninsula. Whilst Edward could appreciate its stunning, unspoilt beauty, it wasn’t top of his list of […]
Elan Valley wildfire: Farmer speaks out on watching her ‘home’ burn and the restored peatland that helped save it Sorcha Lewis watched the wildfire descend from the uplands to the back of her house. The end-of-April fire was on an unprecedented […]
Chapter 2 It might have seemed odd that someone used to the beauty of Oxford and the Oxfordshire countryside could possibly fall in love with the grittiness of a small Welsh market town like Neath, but that was the reality […]
A love of animals from a young age and an inspiration from a teacher who supported nature in the Galapagos has helped shape a career that now protects and preserves Denbighshire’s biodiversity. Ellie Wainwright is part of the Council’s Biodiversity […]
Synopsis 21 Days in Neath is a sightly raunchier sequel to Andy Botterill’s 2022 contemporary reflective novel 21 Days In Swansea. It picks up the story a few months after the first one ended, with retired investment banker, Edward Chapman, […]
A Llangollen retiree has returned the “pride” in east Wales farmers by rediscovering the value of “worthless” Welsh mountain wool. Gill Britten’s 10-year mission has galvanised farmers, growers and crafters by creating alternative uses for the coarse wool, and her […]
Hotel sublime, the “Royal Sportsman” in Porthmadog where many thoughts can go roaming over hills and steam trains, the sea and harbour where the gleam reigns from sliding sun that casts its shadows on busy streets, on church that hallows […]
If anyone has doubts about climate change this winter and spring should serve as confirmation of the fact. Although blessed by a mild coastal situation I usually expect occasional drops to minus a few degrees of frost. But this winter […]
Heave! Push! Shove! Clamp the forwards’ heads, the front row heads: Shout! Grunt! Snarl! Drive immoveables against the rocks! Loud call – thrust inward spins the egg at crush of grasping hooker’s leg, the leather oval disappears inside red belly […]
The grave of Henry Marten is just inside the door of St. Mary’s Church in Chepstow. As you walk in, his gravestone is under your feet, hidden by a red carpet, as if his presence were an embarrassment; as it […]
