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• December 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events

  By amdally on December 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to the latest monthly round up of news and events relating to the poet Dylan Thomas.  Wreath Laying at Poet’s Corner Exactly sixty years to the day that Dylan Thomas died in New York, members of the poet’s family… Read More ›

• The Useful Presents – Christmas gift ideas for Dylan Thomas Fans

  By amdally on December 10, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Richard Burton on Dylan Thomas the actor

  By amdally on November 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• November 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events

  By amdally on November 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• Dylan Thomas : A New Critical Study

  By amdally on October 16, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• October 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events

  By amdally on October 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Dylan Thomas inspired festival returns to Swansea

  By amdally on September 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• September 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events

  By amdally on September 7, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  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 ›

• Desert Island Dylan: Dylan Thomas & the BBC

  By amdally on August 22, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• August 2013 News Round-up & Forthcoming Events

  By amdally on August 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›