Geoff Brookes tells the tale of Portmerion and it’s creator, Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis. There is no gravestone for Clough Williams-Ellis. His ashes were launched into the night sky on a marine rocket as part of a New Year’s Eve firework […]
This is a grave that either contains mysteries – or contains nothing at all. It is simple and unassuming, close to the wall of the parish church in Caio in Carmarthenshire. It is the grave of John Harries (interred with […]
The grave seems overlooked now, an event once important enough to be mentioned in Parliament, but now long forgotten. The stone is one of many that line the pay & display car park at the end of King Street in […]
They are such wonderful buildings and they dominate Newtown in Powys. Two tall, distinctive, sturdy red brick temples to Commerce. The Royal Welsh Warehouse. The story behind the buildings is one that has touched all our lives. It is a […]
You can find Eglwys St Tegfan in Llandegfan in Anglesey. It is a pretty place which looks down on the Menai Straight and across to the mainland. It is peaceful and well tended, reflecting the history of a hard-working rural […]
As you drive the short distance out of Merthyr to Vaynor, the scenery changes in an instant. Suddenly, you are on twisting country lanes that lead into the rugged hills of the Brecon Beacons. It is so different from what […]
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 […]
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 […]
