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On this morning, 160 years ago, most of Western Britain woke up to destruction. The Great Storm, the worst in the 19th Century, had hit our shores and taken many poor souls with it; many of whom were out at sea in boats and ships when the hurricane-force winds took hold. The Great Storm of […]
One of the most exciting discoveries about our new home is that we have Denbigh Plum in our garden. The Denbigh Plum is similar to champagne and Cornish pasties – it has been awarded Protected Designation of Origin status. This officially identifies a product originating in a specific place whose quality or characteristics are exclusively […]
A couple of months ago I was deighted to be asked to help with a promotional film at Gladstone’s Library for an exciting series of foodie events coming up in my home of north east Wales, filmed by Eastwood Media. The Taste North East Wales events range from whitewater rafting for your dinner, a medieval […]
This week marked the first step into researching the history of our beautiful new home as I headed to the Record Office. When we first moved here, the previous owners had (as well as leaving us a bottle of fizz and a card – how thoughtful!) kindly left us an old print of the cottage, […]
In July I revisited my primary school, Ysgol Pontfadog in the Ceiriog Valley, to hear the school bell ring one final time. The school has now closed after 111 years, and will not reopen in September due to low numbers of pupils, despite 1300 objections sent to the council. I moved to Wales when I […]
This week I’ll be at the launch of Wales’s first ever Kids’ History Festival, at Caerphilly Castle. Wales plays host to an array of music, art and literature festivals every summer — and this August, a celebration of heritage will join the programme as Cadw presents a new history festival for families… Targeted at children […]
I grew up at a place known as the gap of the graves, or the gap of the dead. To some of you, this may conjure up images of Indiana Jones-esque zombies and other spooky horror stories. In fact, history has its own terrific tales to tell. The gap refers to a gap in Offa’s […]
To celebrate the national day of Wales’ patron saint, Saint David, I presented a short feature on North Wales TV from Conwy Castle. St David’s Day is celebrated on 1st March as he died on that date over 1,500 years ago. Hear a little bit more about his story and miracles by tuning in below:
It’s time for us to hang up our closed sign at the beautiful Hepworth Museum in Wakefield as we come to the end of the series, with the tenth episode of Culture Shop from the Association for Cultural Enterprises. We end on guidebooks and tradefairs. Culture Shop is the Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE)’s new […]
Culture Shop is the Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE)’s retail series, presented by myself and Richard. Each episode we delve further into how to make the most of your museum or heritage site’s retail. Episode 9 concentrates on suppliers – a buyer’s best friend! There are some really top tips from our excellent experts, and you […]
