Tag: Laugharne
Rock music has long attracted gifted writers, from Mort Shuman (Brel translator and songsmith for Elvis) to Morrissey (pop’s finest poet, prose’s oddest proposal) to Gruff Rhys, whose American Interior project segued ambitiously from printed travelogue to app to PowerPoint-and-puppet show. The Penderyn Music Book prize was inaugurated last year to tap this rich creative […]
The Poet, The GP, The Publican and a Pig Named Wallis
It is in the nature of Dylan Thomas that even at this late date, he is still capable of springing surprises on us. The centenary of his birth, 2014, s …
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Letter to Phil Richards, landlord of the Cross House Inn, Laugharne
Just a very small note, at long, long last. I’ve been meaning every week to write, but always something happened: work, or influenza, or too much bitt …
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Ugly, Lovely
Dylan Thomas was only intermittently a poet of place. His guiding notions about the natural world were holistic, metaphysical, even quasi-mystical. Hi …
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A DYLAN ODYSSEY: Fifteen Literary Tour Maps
This lavishly and lovingly illustrated anthology, with vivid contributions from Hannah Ellis (Thomas’ granddaughter), Gillian Clarke, Jeff Towns, Grif …
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