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Eliseg or Elisedd - so whose pillar was it?
Elisedd ap Gwylog was a 1st Century King of Powys and a descendant of Brochweil Ysgithrog, so named because of his fang like teeth and...
Graham Watkins
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Davies’ Stone
The A4069 is a narrow country road that snakes its way over the Black Mountain from Llangadog to Brynamman. A good surface, hairpin bends...
Graham Watkins
6 min read


C3P0 seen in haunted Welsh lighthouse.
Talacre Lighthouse. Where the supernatural rule and strange things happen. From early times the River Dee has been a major trade route....
Graham Watkins
4 min read


The French Invasion of Wales
It was early in the morning and the frost was thick on the ground. The horseman frantically drove his animal on. He was frightened of...
Graham Watkins
6 min read


A strange house, a Welsh lawyer and an Italian Contessa.
To the north of Merthyr Tydfil, near the railway viaduct at Pontsarn, stands a very peculiar house. The property has been known by a...
Graham Watkins
3 min read


The Welsh Patron Saint of Lovers
‘Dwynwen deigr ariendegwch, Da y gwyr dy gor fflamgwyr fflwch.’ ‘Dwynwen your beauty is like a silver tear, your choir is ablaze with...
Graham Watkins
4 min read


Deceiving the Devil.
John Renie. The man who tried to trick the Devil. On the 8th October 2005 a tombstone in the churchyard at St. Mary’s Priory Church,...
Graham Watkins
2 min read


Author expected to work for free!
If a plumber offers to install a new sink would you expect him to do it for nothing? If a gardener mows your lawn and spends a whole day...
Graham Watkins
3 min read


Mail Coach Monument - An intoxicating tale from the Past.
The road that we now call the A40 has for centuries been a main transport route across Wales. In Roman times, it was a military road that...
Graham Watkins
4 min read


Prince Madoc Discovers America
In memory of Prince Madoc, a Welsh explorer, who landed on the shores of Mobile Bay in 1170 and left behind, with the Indians, the Welsh...
Graham Watkins
4 min read


The Angelystor of Llangernyw.
The Angelystor of Llangernyw. ‘When the bell begins to toll, Lord, have mercy on the soul.’ The Venerable Bede, 672-735. Our forefathers...
Graham Watkins
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The Rape of Wales
In AD 76, after conquering the Silure, the last resisting Welsh tribe, Governor Frontinus began the next phase of Roman occupation;...
Graham Watkins
4 min read


King Tewdrig's Return
Dear as remembered kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as...
Graham Watkins
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Daughters of Rebecca.
'And they blessed Rebecca and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions and let thy seed possess...
Graham Watkins
6 min read


St. Collen's Adventure
Gwyn ap Nudd was King of the Underworld and the mountains of Cadair Berwyn and Moel Sych his throne. His was a cold, barren kingdom...
Graham Watkins
5 min read


Robert Llwyd Hari’s Card Game.
Robert Llwyd Hari was a farm servant at Gilar Farm, near the village of Rhydlydan. His hobby was playing cards. Each evening, after he...
Graham Watkins
3 min read


The Tale of Twm Sion Cati
The story of Twm Sion Cati is a well-documented legend told and retold by the Welsh over the years. Twm Sion Cati was a robber and an...
Graham Watkins
6 min read


The Murder of Elizabeth Jones
The sad case of Elisabeth Jones of Gwynfe, her baby and her lover.
Graham Watkins
2 min read


The Dancing Innkeeper.
A legendary tale from Wales of magic, a nasty innkeeper and a strange dance.
Graham Watkins
4 min read


Birth of a Salesman
Birth of a Salesman - my life with Avery Scales
Graham Watkins
5 min read
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