Everyone is familiar with the Legend of King Arthur, which is a fictitious story that was concocted by the first great French novelist called Chrétien de Troyes in about 1165, who unscrupulously distorted the facts with his ‘poetic licence’ and […]
Pembrokeshire… we are always steady with holiday makers throughout the year with our summers being the favourite season to visit, but this year is set to be the busiest ever. Many of us will be choosing to holiday in the […]
Raising her eyes up and away from the warm suds of the washing up bowl Leah looked mindfully at the three windows that neighboured her own. “One, two, three spider plants,” she counted. Leah pondered and wondered if her new […]
King Arthur has been a long time study of historian John Griffiths Davies who here gives an introduction to his detailed paper which we will publish over the next 4 weeks. My study deals with some of the important events that occurred […]
I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air; Beyond my heart I need not reach When all is summer there. John Vance Cheney (1848-1922) Although we are still in the grip of a pandemic, restrictions are gradually […]
Rat! As sudden and unexpected as that: one word, three letters. Rat! It may only have been one word, a short, simple noun, and this particular rat may have been dead, but this little six-inch bundle of fur, laying in […]
Very briefly, a very long time ago, Welshpool (then called Poole) was the capital of South Powys / Powys Gwenwynwyn. Powys Fadog was North Powys. The royal site at Mathrafal under Prince Gwenwynwyn ab Owain (Mathrafal was once the capital […]
Rough belled garden And dandelion faces. Hop hop blackbirds And bee hum traces. High sky daylight And evening lazes. Long day light feast And outdoor places. Lawn lined clatter And ton tipped grass spill. Edge turned tidy And neat clipped […]
The image of the “chocolate box village” has become ingrained in our culture’s subconsciousness as the ultimate embodiment of community, heritage, and beauty (both architectural and natural). The honey-hued stone cottages of the Cotswolds, the thatched and white-washed tapestry of […]
I paused briefly, kneeling at the water’s edge, waiting for that split-second when the next small wave splashed on the pebbles at my feet. Fwush, it crumbled gently upon the shingle then began to drag itself backward, teasing along the […]
In June 1845 there was never any need for you to fight with the receptionist to get an appointment with your doctor. In fact, you didn’t need a doctor at all, just a copy of the newspaper. Let me show […]
The inquiry into the Salmon Byelaws in 2019 made some recommendations that other problems to the survival of salmon stocks also needed to be looked at. One of those was the predation of juvenile salmon both in river and when […]
