BBC Radio Wales’ new series Rockin The Gogs returns for its second episode this week and this time we visit my old stomping ground The Tiv in Buckley, north Wales. Host to Radiohead, Oasis, Black Sabbath and Led Zepplin to name just a few, The Tiv is a legendary rock venue of north Wales. Presenter […]
What do you get when you mix the 18th Century mansion of Plas Tan y Bwlch, the stunning Snowdonia National Park, a whole week to be creative and, on top of all that, first hand access into the minds of two leading heritage interpretation experts? You get A Way with Words. After attending A Way […]
Over the last few months I have been honoured to have a small part in a truly wonderful art and education project for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. Over the last few months, hundreds of school children have been working with local artist Laura Stenhouse and creating their own poppies, made from recycled drinks bottles. […]
Historians have described him as ‘the greatest Englishman who ever lived’, but guess what? He was born in Wales. Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888–1935) was a soldier, a diplomat, a writer and a fellow archaeologist and castle-fan. He is famous for his extraordinary work in the Middle East as a fighter and a negotiator during and […]
Today in my Welsh class, I was asked if I knew something of historical interest in my local area of the village that I live in. I really could have gone to town with my answer, as there are so many places of historical interest located in my local area, and in particular in Bodelwyddan, […]
