On the Lynn Bowles Radio Show
I’m really excited to be a guest on the Lynn Bowles Show this week. Tune in to BBC Radio Wales from 2pm Sunday when we’ll be talking all about one of my favourite subjects- castles.
Wales
Celtic crafts on the prom!
I’ll be spending tomorrow on Llandudno Prom, towered over by Pen y Dinas hillfort! Pen y Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort dating back over 2000 years, located on the Great Orme, just by the ski centre. To highlight this magnificent site, I’ll be doing celtic crafts with mini roundhouse and brooch making with families […]
Cutting-edge castles
The second of my three blog posts for the Welsh Government’s digital blog talks all about my work helping present cutting-edge castles with digital media! In a recent blog, we told you about the re-launched Cadw app, which unlocks hidden content at sites across Wales. Our first two projects using this new technology featured our ‘greatest’ […]
Celtic crafts
Join me tomorrow for hillfort-inspired family crafts as part of Venue Cymru’s Inspire Day at Penmaenmawr beach cafe. Don some bling by creating your own Celtic brooch, get your woad on with Iron Age art face paints and round up for mini roundhouse making!
Digital heritage – going back to the future
I was very pleased to be asked by my colleagues to write a blog about digital heritage and how I use digital media in my job in the historic environment. The first of my three blog posts, which are being published this week, is now live on the Welsh Government’s Digital Blog site: I may […]
Watch the weather in Wales!
Just a quick note to remind you to tune in to ITV Wales Weather tonight! The lovely Ruth Wignall will be featuring a photo I snapped last night on my way home from University, just as the sun was setting over Menai Suspension Bridge, which links the island of Anglesey to mainland Wales near Bangor […]
The childhood home of a boy, some witches, and a big friendly giant
poached eggs isn’t poached eggs unless it’s been stolen in the dead of the night Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory This week I had a golden ticket to stay in Roald Dahl’s house! Roald Dahl was born in Wales, in Llandaff, Cardiff 101 years ago. In 1918, after the family grew larger, they moved […]
Away with the Fairies
Once upon a time, in a magical castle in south Wales, fairies appeared before our very eyes. And I, as your Fairy Godmother, have persuaded them to reveal themselves to you! One of my latest projects has been the creation and launch of the Castell Coch Fairy Trail – an Augmented Reality fairytale. Find ten Welsh […]
A Lloyd Jones keeping up with the Joneses
Are you a Jones? If not, then it is highly likely you know one. It is the most popular surname in Wales, the second most popular surname in England and the fifth most popular surname in America! Last week I joined Gareth “Gaz Top” Jones and Steve Allen Jones in the BBC Wales Wrexham studio […]
Flintshire Historical Society lecture
This afternoon I am very honoured to be giving a talk to the Flintshire Historical Society and I am very very excited about it! The society was formed in 1911 for the collection and publication of archaeological, historical information and materials relating to the (old) ‘County of Flint’. I will be talking all about the hillforts of […]
