Here are two links to videos I have made which introduce the two 50 Gems Books. In both cases I am grateful to Purple Planet Music for permission to use two fine examples of their work This is the link to presentation for 50 Gems of Mid-Wales https://youtu.be/Bd8qTIh0nZQ This is the link to the presentation for 50…
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New Website design
As some of you may notice I have chosen a new website design and I am pleased with the way it works. It is called ‘Popper’ and seems a little easier to read and appears less cramped than the other one which I have used for a number of years. It is certainly easier on Popper for…
Now accepting Pre-Orders for 50 Gems of Mid Wales and 50 Gems of SW Wales
We are now accepting pre-orders of copies of 50 Gems of Mid Wales and 50 Gems of South-West Wales. Both books are published by Amberley on 15 April 2018 and if you order one I will dispatch one as soon as they are received. The cover price is £14.99 but I will sell a signed copy for…
More news about Robert Everett (1901 – 1942)
One of the popular pages on the website concerns Robert Everett which you can find in the Shorter Tales section on the menu. Alternatively you can click on this link and the page will open in a new window. Robert Everett DSO (1901 – 1942) is buried in Llanddona in Anglesey and he had a…
50 Gems of South West Wales
Here we are. This is the draft cover for the second of my guide books which will be published in April 2018. The back cover is likely to change since this current version has Pembroke Castle on the front and Pentre Ifan on the rear which is also Pembrokeshire. So it will probably feature Cenarth…
50 Gems of Mid Wales
I have received the proofs of one of my next two books. 50 Gems of Mid Wales will be published in April by Amberley Publications and they have sent me what is likely to be the cover. Looks quite good I think
The Bleeding Stone of Adulam
This time my piece in the January Edition of Welsh Country Magazine didn’t require me to travel very far. It is a story from the east side of Swansea, from Adulam Chapel on Cefn Road in Bonymaen. It tells the story of the Phillips sisters – Phoebe 14, Emma 12 and Amelia 7 who went down…
50 Gems Files Submitted
The files for both 50 Gems of South West Wales and 50 Gems of Mid Wales have now been submitted to Amberley Publishing with an anticipated publication date in April 2018 Here is a link to the page on the Amberley Publications website about the whole of the 50 Gems Series https://www.amberley-books.com/discover-books/local-history/50-gems-series.html
New Title – Swansea in 50 Buildings
I have signed a contract with my publishers, Amberley Publishing, to deliver to them a new title by the summer of 2018. Swansea in 50 Buildings – 18,000 words and 100 photographs – will be in the shops by October. At least it will keep me occupied through the winter Here is a link to…
The Maja – 1945
My piece in Welsh Country Magazine for November 2017 looks at two graves side by side in Holyhead, Anglesey. In the spirit of Remembrance and to reflect that World War Two was indeed a global conflict, I have written about two Chinese sailors who died whilst serving in our Merchant Navy. Ah Teng Lie was…