Welsh Culture, History and Language

[Pictured above: Charlotte 'Lottie Lute' Williams (R) with husband Chauncey Lute (Center) and daughter Grace Lute Poorman (L), members of the Welsh Congregational Church of Youngstown, Ohio.] As I prepare my summer field research plans, I’m reflecting upon the trajectory of my personal experience: For example, I dedicated my doctoral dissertation entitled, AN EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL CINEMA OF WALES AND WHETHER THIS CINEMA CONSTRUCTS OR REPRESENTS A NATIONAL IDENTITY to my maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte ‘Lottie Lute’ Williams, whose fiercely nationalistic love of Wales and Welsh culture, music, religions and language was planted in my heart as a child in Ohio, when she ... Read Full Story

Professor Tony Curtis at the University of Glamorgan English & Creative Writing courses has announced the guests lecturers for the coming term: Here are the guest writers for this year: all are at 6.30 in Glamorgan Business Centre, located on the main University of Glamorgan campus in Treforest, Pontypridd on Fridays and are FREE - Dec 7th, 2007 George Szirtes - poet and translator [Pictured above: George Szirtes - Hungarian poet and translator] George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948 and came to England as a refugee in 1956. He was brought up in London and studied Fine Art in London and Leeds. ... Read Full Story

Professor Tony Curtis at the University of Glamorgan English & Creative Writing courses has announced the guests lecturers for the coming term: Here are the guest writers for this year: all are at 6.30 in Glamorgan Business Centre, located on the main University of Glamorgan campus in Treforest, Pontypridd on Fridays and are FREE - Dec 7th, 2007 George Szirtes - poet and translator [Pictured above: George Szirtes - Hungarian poet and translator] George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948 and came to England as a refugee in 1956. He was brought up in London and studied Fine Art in London and Leeds. ... Read Full Story

[Pictured above:John Barrowman. Photo taken during filming of Torchwood episode "Meat". This picture/multimedia file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Image:John Barrowman 2.jpg.] Can we talk about an unstoppable soaring gay icon with a fairy tale same sex marriage UK Civil Partnership, a West End Musical Theatre career, a top worldwide Sci-fi following and a new biography hitting the bookstores this week? John Barrowman at London Pride - THE KISS And this incredible man chooses to make his lovely gay home in the dazzling new Welsh capital city of Cardiff, a city we see each week in the hit series Torchwood produced by ... Read Full Story

[Pictured above: Edging West, Oil on canvas 2001 by Brendan Stuart Burns] To learn how you can buy copies of the paintings of Brendan Stuart Burns please visit: http://www.brendanstuartburns.co.uk/home.htm ‘Brendan Stuart Burns is one of Wales’ most renowned and prolific painters. Winner of the National Eisteddfod Gold Medal in Fine Art on two separate occasions, and Welsh Artist of the Year in 2000 and 2003, Burns concentrates his subject matter on the Pembrokeshire coastline, and its seductive tidal landscape.’ 'His small paintings are epic entities in themselves.' 'Burns' enterprise and commitment to a landscape stimulus is not without echoes in Ian McKeever, Michael Porter ... Read Full Story