The January edition of Welsh Country Magazine contains not only a review of the novel but also an advertisement which I think is rather stylish. Please note – although official publication is not until late January 2019, you can buy advance copies now from this website. Click on the link above to go to the…
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Bishop Morgan – Welsh Country Magazine January 2019
My article in the January 2019 is about Bishop Morgan – the man who translated the Bible into Welsh in the late sixteenth century. His work is credited with saving and then preserving the Welsh Language. He was buried in St Asaph and although his grave has been lost there is a fine memorial to…
Editor’s Choice January 2019
Welsh Country Magazine have chosen In Knives We Trust as their Book of the Month for January 2019
The Arandora Star
We have had such a busy summer that I failed to post this! I wrote it and then never managed to put it on the website. I had to do it though, because it is such an important story and one that we shouldn’t forget. My article in the July edition of Welsh Country Magazine examines…
Walter Beaumont – Man Fish
My article in the March editio of Welsh Country Magazine is about ‘Professor’ Walter Beaumont the Man Fish, Llandudno’s finest. He was a professional swimmer, lifeguard and showman, touring the world doing tricks on stage in a crystal glass tank. He would stay underwater for over three minutes, playing cards, drinking a bottle of milk or…
The Bleeding Stone of Adulam
This time my piece in the January Edition of Welsh Country Magazine didn’t require me to travel very far. It is a story from the east side of Swansea, from Adulam Chapel on Cefn Road in Bonymaen. It tells the story of the Phillips sisters – Phoebe 14, Emma 12 and Amelia 7 who went down…
The Maja – 1945
My piece in Welsh Country Magazine for November 2017 looks at two graves side by side in Holyhead, Anglesey. In the spirit of Remembrance and to reflect that World War Two was indeed a global conflict, I have written about two Chinese sailors who died whilst serving in our Merchant Navy. Ah Teng Lie was…
The Physicians of Myddfai – Welsh Country Magazine Sept 2017
The September edition of Welsh Country Magazine is now available in newsagents and supermarkets in Wales (price £2.95). In this edition my article is about the Physicians of Myddfai. This beautiful village is three miles south of Llandovery on the edge of the Brecon Beacons . It has a long tradition of healing and therapeutic remedies and…
The Cowbridge Murder of 1885
My piece in the recent edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about the horrible murder of David Thomas during a midnight storm in October 1885. It reached a similarly horrible conclusion with the botched execution of David Roberts who was arrested and condemned for the crime. Welsh Country Magazine is available from newsagents and supermarkets,…
Welsh Country Magazine March 2017 Edition
My story in the March edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about the brutal murder of an elderly couple in Bassaleg Newport in 1909. Charles Thomas was 82 and his wife Mary was 72 and they were beaten to death by William Butler with a hammer. Even though, as the headline tells us, he told…