Cazador dormido by the 17th century artist, Pedro Peralta.
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Many clues are revealed about people’s sleep thanks to Vicar Rhys Prichard’s poetry from the 1600s.
Ellis Humphrey Evans, known by his bardic name Hedd Wyn, was killed on the first day of the battle of Passchendaele.
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Bard Hedd Wyn was killed in action in France in 1917.
Nos Galan Gaeaf on October 31 is followed by Calan Gaeaf on November 1 in Wales.
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Nos Galan Gaeaf on October 31 in Wales is steeped in folklore and tradition.
The Brecon Beacons National Park is now officially only known by its native Welsh name.
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The mountain range in south Wales is now officially only known by its native Welsh-language name
New insights: Dylan Thomas’s fifth notebook shows how the poet’s creative process developed.
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No new poems, but plenty of insights into the development of Thomas’s style.
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From speaking out over domestic abuse in medieval times to telling the realities of war, these female poets present a very different version of Welsh life.
The village of New Quay, Ceredigion, claims to be a model for Thomas’s fictional Llareggub.
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Dylan Thomas’s early short stories were shocking, obscene, and a sign of things to come