On the Road

Mary is long dead.
Her castle's still a landmark.
Batteries refilled.

Time for Outrage

Science + Literature = i

"In the world there are various categories of scientists:
there are people of a secondary or tertiary standing;
there are also those of high standing
who make discoveries of great importance to science;
then there are geniuses like Galileo and Newton.
Well, Ettore was one of them."
Enrico Fermi

 

Ettore Majorana

Leonardo Sciascia

Curious Dig

Their name: Annabelle. :).
Bit bigger in September.
The first potatoes.

A Walden of mine

What chaos you think?
A pleasure for all senses!
A Walden of mine.

Plumsapples

Or:
Damsapple Tree?

Martin:

a small bird with long wings and a short tail , , ,

that flies very fast.

On the Road

Eyecatcher.

Delight. Bilingual

Fisch Spinat & Spieg
Rostbratw. & Sauerk
Einbeck Hannover

Steamer from Cardiff to Tenby

In the 1960's writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas made a series of programmes for TWW in which he visited different parts of Wales. In this programme, Gwyn joins a group a day trippers on a Steamer from Cardiff to Tenby. Today, his unique, warm and darkly humorous observations give us a fascinating insight into what life was like for people living in these Welsh communities half a century ago.

Although the original audio of this particular broadcast has not survived, the script that Gwyn Thomas wrote for the programme has. His timeless words are read here by the superb actor Glyn Houston.

Please note that the copyright of this video belongs to ITV Cymru Wales / National Library of Wales. They have very kindly given permission for it to be showed here. Please show them your appreciation and visit their YouTube channel to see more fantastic archive recordings from Wales: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT2N...

The Keep by Gwyn Thomas

Gwyn Thomas' play "The Keep" has been described as "probably the greatest play to come out of Wales since Under Milk Wood" and was rightly hailed as a triumphant success when it premiered in London's Royal Court Theatre in 1961. 

Glyn Houston as Gwyn Thomas

In the 1980's, the Welsh actor Glyn Houston performed a hilarious one man show about the writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas. Using Gwyn's own words, Glyn Houston delivers a masterful performance that is still remembered with great affection by those fortunate enough to see it. This is a true Welsh masterpeice of comedy theatre, and a treat not to be missed.

Laughing Lhursday*

In 1975 Gwyn Thomas appeared on the Kane at Christmas programme. As these few brief excerpts show, it was a hilarious performance that is still fondly remembered by many to this day. Listen again to the great talker as he explains the dangers of Rugby, the funeral of Cliff Davies, the legend of the buried city of Kenfig, stolen false teeth,the problem with singing and the perils of adultery.

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.