It’s September and the school holidays are finished, August bank holiday is over and it’s time to go back to work but there are still things to look forward to if you are a Dylan Thomas fan. Below is a list up upcoming events you can enjoy in the next few months. A Child’s Christmas [...]
Thanks to www.dylanthomasnews for sharing their latest news round-up. Welcome to the summer 2018 Dylan Thomas news round-up. Portrait purchased by National Portrait Gallery Detail (Dylan Thomas by Augustus John) 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 by [...]
Dylan Thomas’ Lancashire Loves: Tripe and Onions and T. Thompson I recently received an email from a pianist in Illinois, who was researching her family tree, having being told she might be related to Dylan Thomas. Her great-grandparents had come from Carmarthenshire but her grandmother had been born in Liverpool, so she wanted to know [...]
First Dwelling: From Lady Cholmondeley to Jack the Donkeyman It was several months before I heard from Dai Cwc again. He chided me for ending my last blog in such a tantalising way. Who was this ‘distinguished son’ of Wales? Where exactly was his country home? And what did he or it have to do [...]
Every day this week I will be sharing a series of interesting films, videos and recordings ‘inspired by Dylan Thomas’ to celebrate International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th. The recording by Rufus Mufasa of her song Daughters of Dylan that will be available from May 14th for two weeks. She explains below how Dylan [...]
Every day this week I will be sharing a series of interesting films, videos and recordings ‘inspired by Dylan Thomas’ to celebrate International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th. Cor Llunsain Choir, London’s only Welsh female choir The choir have recorded a new arrangement for female voices of Dylan Thomas’s Eli Jenkin’s Prayer from Under [...]
This week, each day I will be sharing a series of interesting films, videos, recordings and poetry ‘inspired by Dylan Thomas’ to celebrate International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th. The Hunchback in the Park This unique short animation of Dylan Thomas’s poem ‘The Hunchback in the Park’ is performed by Michael Sheen. It was [...]
Every day this week I will be sharing a series of interesting films, videos and recordings ‘inspired by Dylan Thomas’ to celebrate International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th. Cut-up Poetry On International Dylan Thomas Day 2017, the Love the Words competition asked young people aged 7-25, anywhere in the world, to 'cut up' the [...]
Each day this week I will be sharing a series of interesting films, videos and recordings ‘inspired by Dylan Thomas’ to celebrate International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th. This film, The Colour of Saying, will be available from Tuesday 8th May for two weeks. During 2013 Musician and song-writer Richard James (Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) [...]
This week, each day I will be sharing a series of interesting films, videos, recordings and poetry ‘inspired by Dylan Thomas’ to celebrate International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th. Andrew Dally has created a page of nearly thirty famous Dylan Thomas quotes including: poetry, broadcasts, a story, a screenplay, Under Milk wood and letters. [...]
