Author Archives
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March 2013 News Round-Up & Forthcoming Events
Laugharne Pilgrimage For Poet’s Granddaughter Dylan Thomas’s granddaughter Hannah Ellis visited the Boathouse at Laugharne on 3rd March to mark what would have been the 70th birthday of her late mother Aeronwy. Hannah, who has followed in her late mother’s… Read More ›
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At Home With Dylan Thomas
It would be easy to walk down the seemingly unremarkable Cwmdonkin Drive in the Uplands area of Swansea without realising that you’d walked past a house of international importance. Only an understated blue plaque on the front of the house,… Read More ›
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February 2013 News Round Up & Forthcoming Events
Swansea High Street Gets Dylan Thomas Inspired Mural A derelict nightclub opposite Swansea railway station has been transformed by artist Pete Fowler‘s mural Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Octopus, which celebrates Dylan Thomas and features other symbols… Read More ›
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Susan Penhaligon talks about the filming of Under Milk Wood
2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the completion and first performance of Dylan Thomas’s play for voices “Under Milk Wood”. First performed in 1953, shortly before the poet’s death in New York at the age of 39, the play has… Read More ›
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January 2013 News Round Up & Forthcoming Events
Welcome to our round up of the latest Dylan Thomas news. Under Milk Wood – Film – Screenings Fresh from December’s news that director Andrew Sinclair has gifted the media rights to his 1972 film version of Under Milk Wood… Read More ›
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Dylan Thomas Centenary 2014 – What we know so far
2014 will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dylan Thomas who was born in Swansea on 27th October 1914. Numerous events are planned throughout 2014 to celebrate the occasion. This is our attempt to summarize the events announced… Read More ›
