Across the bay.....

A lovely painting of Morfa Head posted on Facebook by Roger Owen

Rough spring tide

A great pic of part of the Parrog during the recent spring tide with an onshore wind.......  posted on Facebook

Parrog water colour

Another lovely water colour of the Parrog, by Jimmy Williams.  Posted on the Newport History Facebook page.

Parrog as it was.......

This is a delightful painting of the Parrog as it was in the good old days.  It was posted on a Newport Facebook page -- the artist was probably Frank Winter.

International Womens' Day

Here is a montage of the 8 volumes of the Angel Mountain Saga -- incorporating the new cover designs.  As it is 20 years since I was hard at work on volume one, giving birth to Martha Morgan, it's entirely suitable to dedicate the series to World Book Day and to International Womens' Day -- as a celebration of one very feisty female......

Parrog as it was........

A lovely water colour painted by Jimmy Williams of Bettws --  it was posted on the Newport Facebook page.  How accurate it is, goodness knows -- I think this is Jimmy's impression of what it all looked like back in the 1800's.........

Promoting Wales -- yet another opportunity missed

These new documents (and new video) produced at vast expense by the Welsh Government do not make a single mention of the unique Welsh narrative, or of the need for any self-respecting nation to take pride in its own stories and to prioritise the telling of those stories as a means of enhancing national wellbeing and selling the nation to the world. Instead, this is devoted 100% to trying to sell Wales as a handy location for the telling of other people’s stories. It’s almost as if the people who put the words and the images together are actually scared of mentioning that Wales has its own language, its own culture and its own fascinating and diverse identity. A huge opportunity missed…….

Creative Wales
We have always been a nation of storytellers. Our creative minds have been honed by the sharing of tales across generations – in words, images and song.

Promotional video and extended pitch:

https://www.wales.com/creative-wales

Priorities for the
Creative Industries Sector in Wales

https://www.wales.com/sites/default/files/2020-01/WG38981%20Creative%20Industries%20Document%20E.pdf