With These Hands My great-grandfather was a builder, as was my grandfather and most of his brothers; if I were to look hard enough, I could probably find the brick-and-mortar evidence of their working lives scattered across half the country. […]
The Dovey Hills are among Snowdonia’s southernmost peaks. They rise up from a steep-sided pass on the eastern flanks of Cader Idris and run eastwards for over 12km before finally dipping their toes into the Afon Dyfi, close to the […]
Learning Welsh could start with… “I wish I spoke Welsh.” “It would be lovely to learn the language, but I just don’t have the time.” “I am just not good at languages.” David from Jin Talog tells Welsh Country of […]
The birds have flown their summer skies to the south, And the flower-money is drying in the banks of bent grass Which the bumble bee has abandoned. We wait for a winter lion, Body of ice-crystals and sombrero of dead […]
A jolt. At once, I race to pull my line up. “I’ve got one!” I cheer. My dad and brother rush to get their lines in the water too. Smooth and quick, that’s the key. I peer over the side […]
There is a sense of ancient history about St. Llawddog’s church in Cilgerran in West Wales…a sense of forgotten stories…of secrets. To find Cilgerran you should leave Cardigan on the A478 towards Narberth and turn left into the town. It […]
The charity shop was bustling with life, even this early on a Saturday morning. The piercing shriek of metal on metal shredded the air as a few people flicked through the rails of clothes, dragging hangers and hooks along the […]
Wildflowers and the many diverse benefits of their flowering are nurtured and encouraged by the work done by Meadow Creations in various places over the past months and year. Firstly we look at a churchyard started at the end of […]
Brought up by the seaside, Glyn Davies has spent almost 30 years photographing the sea and the coastline of Wales, Cornwall and the islands of Europe. After two decades of commercial work from aerial to industrial photography, he set up […]
In his review of a play called ‘Quarter of a Million Company’, at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, the critic of The Cardiff Times finds occasion to praise some of the acting he has seen. You will probably be very pleased […]
As is so often the case, absence seems to be the catalyst for sudden change, as the return always gives things back anew, or altered at the very least. Sadly, so it seemed with this absence. On returning from our […]
Food FestivalsThis is the first of a series looking at Welsh food and drink from production to our plates, in this article considering food festivals.... ➔
