Welcome to the winter 2018/2019 Dylan Thomas news round-up. Fern Hill Memorial Stone The newly restored Dylan Thomas memorial stone in Cwmdonkin Park was unveiled by artist Glenys Cour on November 9th, the 65th anniversary of Dylan’s death. The stone,… Read More ›
Welcome to the summer 2018 Dylan Thomas news round-up. Portrait purchased by National Portrait Gallery The National Portrait Gallery has acquired a portrait of the young Dylan Thomas by Augustus John. The painting, one of two portraits of Dylan completed… Read More ›
Welcome to the winter news round-up where we take a look back at the second half of 2017 and look forward to 2018. In print we saw a new US edition of The Poems of Dylan Thomas (edited by John… Read More ›
Welcome to the summer 2017 Dylan Thomas news round-up. In our first update since January we look back at the third International Dylan Thomas Day in May, and at the award of the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize. We also look at… Read More ›
Welcome to the latest round up of news relating to the poet Dylan Thomas May felt like the month when Dylan’s centenary celebrations reached a high watermark as the poet’s words flooded across our radios and TVs (in Wales at… Read More ›
Welcome to the latest round up of news relating to the poet Dylan Thomas April saw a return of the annual Laugharne Weekend festival which this year included a performance by Bob Kingdom of his acclaimed one-man show Dylan Thomas : Return… Read More ›
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 ›
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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