In 1760, the Prime Minister, William Pitt, stated. ‘The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may...

"Did you remember to bring it?" asks Sarah. I check again to make sure it's still there. The silver brooch in my pocket feels warm in my...

Once a grand three storey building, Orielton Banqueting Tower, now stands alone and neglected in the south western corner of Wales. The...

It was 1975 and my first visit to Soho Foundry, Birmingham, Head Office of W & T Avery Limited weighing machine manufacturers. Soho...

These signs have mark’d me extraordinary; And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men. King Henry IV -...

"... you the last I write of but the first and greatest in evil, more than many in ability but also in malice, more generous in giving...

Beneath a rocky outcrop, topped by Carreg Cennen Castle, there is a cave that reaches deep into the bowels of the earth. Within this cold...

A short story reproduced from my anthology 'A Walk in The Woods' Thomas Jones was a farmer and, like other farmers in the valley, he wore...

A painting of Philip Meakins Hardwick, in Monmouthshire Museum, portrays him as a portly gentleman who clearly enjoyed his food. During...

Hen ddwyediad lleol – ‘Tri pheth o Fawddwy a ddaw, Dyn cas, nod cas, a glaw’. Old local saying – ‘Three things come from Mawddwy, hateful...

The rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany was viewed with concern by the British Government. A lone voice had been warning...

Thomas Picton - Welsh Hero or Monster; you decide.

In the 19th Century, the South Wales valleys underwent dramatic industrial change. People arrived in their thousands, looking for work...

Yesterday I was asked where the ideas for my new dystopian crime novel The Enemy Within came from. It's an interesting question which...

In 1736, landowner Nehemiah Griffiths, who lived near Mold built an obelisk in one of his fields. The stone monument he erected included...

Robert Morris moved from Shropshire to Swansea, in 1724, to work as the manager of Llangyfelach Copper Works. When the proprietor of the...

After conquering the Silure, the last resisting Welsh tribe, in AD 76, Governor Frontinus began the next phase of Roman occupation;...

In 1886, the brewer Captain Evan Evans was looking to diversify his business. Brewing beer was profitable but he wanted to expand and...

It was Sunday morning and Llandegla Parish Church was full. The congregation waited, patiently at first and then with increasing...

'Due to me this day £4. 7s and...' Ink falls from the nib onto the page. It runs, like a tiny black stream, across the words. I return...