The terrible Dolgarrog Reservoir disaster of November 1925 in the Conwy Valley is the subject of my latest article in Welsh Country Magazine ( November 2019).Two dams, built to provide hydro-electric power for industrial purposes failed due to inadequate construction techniques. On a cold November evening 70 billion gallons of water poured down the hillside,…
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St Julitta’s Church, Capel Curig
We had a very good visit to Capel Curig in Snowdonia. We managed to avoid the worst of the showers at St Julitta’s Church as we researched a future article about Alice Douglas Pennant who is buried in the beautiful graveyard. We can certainly recommend a visit to this grade 2 listed building on the…
Rebecca Uphill – Llandawke
On a beautiful September day we went grave hunting in Carmarthenshire. Down into Laugharne and then up into the hills, along narrow tracks to the abandoned church in Llandawke where we found the lonely grave of Rebecca Uphill, poisoned in 1850. It is such a story….To be published in Welsh Country Magazine soon…
The Story of Daniel James
My piece on page 7 of the September edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about the life of Daniel James, the man who wrote the words to the song Calon Lan, regarded by many as the alternative Welsh National Anthem. He was born in Treboeth in Swansea and had a tough life labouring in the…
Llywelyn Fawr
My piece in the July 2019 edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about one of the great treasures of Wales, the sarcophagus of Llywelyn Fawr , who for a short time in the twelfth century was the ruler of most of Wales.You can find it in the Gwydir Chapel of St Grwst’s Church in Llanrwst in…
Arise Evans (1607 – 1660)
I have been busy recently writing some articles for Welsh Country Magazine. I have enjoyed researching the lives of three interesting women and clarifying the locations of their graves. Amelia Earhart is remembered in Pwll and in Burry Port, the late Victorian novelist Allen Raine ( her real name was Ada Puddicombe) from Tresaith is buried…
Gwenllian – the Warrior Princess
My piece in the May edition 2019 of Welsh Country Magazine is about Gwenllian the Welsh Warrior princess – a beautiful wife and mother, defending her people in the great revolt of 1136 and the only known example of a medieval woman leading an army of Welshmen into battle. She has no grave. Her two…
Welsh Country Magazine Link
I am pleased to see that there is now a feature about my novel, In Knives We Trust, in the Welsh Country Magazine website Here is a link that will take you there
In Knives We Trust Advertisement
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…
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…