Geoff Brookes takes an insight into ‘Black Bart’ our very own Welsh legend and pirate of the Caribbean I would like to show you his grave but I cannot, for his body was thrown overboard wrapped in a sail. Others […]
It is extraordinary to think that a small place like the mining village of Aberaman, between Aberdare and Mountain Ash, should produce 4 world class cyclists at the end of the nineteenth century. There were the three Linton brothers – […]
Geoff Brookes travels to Llanfihangel Abercowyn, Carmarthenshire to find six mysterious medieval graves It is a modern road that leads us from Carmarthen to St. Clears, in south-west Wales. Fast and efficient it takes us quickly to the west towards […]
Our Lady of MumblesOur Lady of Mumbles is a new Rumsey Bucke novel, the second in the series. It is available on Geoff Brookes' website for £11.[Read More]
Capel Curig sits on the A5, the road from London to Holyhead, and is one of the gateways to Snowdonia, a place loved by walkers and climbers. Typically, we were not there for the mountains and the rocks; it was […]
In the graveyard of the fine parish church of St Giles in Wrexham you will find the substantial tomb of Elihu Yale, who was buried here in 1721 and has a world-famous American university named after him. It is large […]
When he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross the Chief of the Air Staff, Lord Portal of Hungerford, wrote to David Lord’s parents. I have read of many great deeds for which the Victoria Cross has been awarded but I […]
It all started when they decided to exhume the pig, but we shall come to that in a moment. This story time takes us back to Brixton Farm near Laugharne in Carmarthenshire in 1850. The farm is still there, a […]
Stories In Welsh Stone – The Long-Awaited Book from Welsh Country Writer Geoff Brookes…Only £14.99! It was the grave of Margaret Williams that started this book. Her stone has stood there in Cadoxton for so many years, an enduring reminder […]
