Author Archives
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The Useful Presents – Christmas gift ideas for Dylan Thomas Fans
With the festive season coming up we’ve put our minds to some present ideas for Dylan Thomas fans. Book : A Child’s Christmas In Wales Dylan’s timeless Christmas classic, beautifully illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Orion Children’s Books. Available… Read More ›
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Richard Burton on Dylan Thomas the actor
This wonderful description of Dylan’s power as a radio performer comes from a review by Richard Burton of The Life of Dylan Thomas by Constantine Fitzgibbon that appeared in Book Week magazine, 24th October 1965. “Invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our… Read More ›
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November 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events
Welcome to the latest monthly round up of news and events relating to the poet Dylan Thomas. Dylan Odyssey Literature Wales have announced their Dylan Odyssey series of tours that will take place throughout next year’s centenary. The tours will… Read More ›
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Dylan Thomas : A New Critical Study
In the two decades following his death in 1953 at the age of 39, Dylan Thomas’s poetry was the subject of numerous critical studies as well as being popular with the general reading public and highly regarded by many in… Read More ›
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October 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events
Welcome to the latest monthly round up of news and events relating to the poet Dylan Thomas. National Poetry Day The annual National Poetry Day organised by the Forward Arts Foundation took place on October 3rd. The Prince of Wales,… Read More ›
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Dylan Thomas inspired festival returns to Swansea
The Do Not Go Gentle Festival based in Dylan Thomas’s home suburb of Uplands, Swansea, returns in November 2013 with an exciting and eclectic line-up. Described by festival director Pierre Davies as “a festival Dylan might have liked”, the festival… Read More ›
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September 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events
Welcome to the latest monthly round up of news and events relating to the poet Dylan Thomas. Swansea Artist Documents Life of Dylan Thomas Swansea artist Jeff Phillips has produced a series of 30 artworks documenting the life and times… Read More ›
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Desert Island Dylan: Dylan Thomas & the BBC
In January 1942, whilst Britain was in the midst of the second world war, a new radio programme was launched on the BBC that would go on to become a national institution. Desert Island Discs was devised by broadcaster Roy… Read More ›
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August 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events
Welcome to the latest monthly round up of news and events relating to the poet Dylan Thomas. Llangollen Eisteddfod Anniversary Tribute The 60th anniversary of Dylan’s visit to the International Eisteddfod in 1953 has been marked by tributes at this… Read More ›
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Paddling Through The Words of Dylan Thomas
When Dylan Thomas first visited Laugharne in 1934, he described it in a letter as ‘the strangest town in Wales’, and later in a radio broadcast, as “this timeless, beautiful, barmy (both spellings) town…a legendary lazy little black-magical bedlam by… Read More ›
