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A Living Tradition
by Lily Dewaruile Good morning or as we say in Wales, bore da. My pen name is Lily Dewaruile and for the past few years, I have been writing Welsh Medieval Romances based on three decades of living in...
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Nine Ways to Get a Celtic Mate
Until codification in the 10th Century by the Welsh king, Hywel Dda, depending on the tribe, there were many ways to be wed in Celtic Britain. Once Hywel had his clerks go through the plethora of...
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Welsh Heroes at Agincourt: Their Legacies
“The result can however be summarized in a single sentence: a regular, trained and disciplined army defeated one that possessed none of these virtues” Hibbert, C., B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1964,...
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Over the thirty years I have lived in Wales, I have had many arguments with traditionalists regarding the symbols of culture: pipes, kilts, tambours, folk dances, tabor-tossing, lovespoons and music...
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The Red Lady and Bells of the Deep
In 1822, on the Gower Peninsula, Daniel and John Davies, two of many 19thC Victorian archaeologists, discovered the bones of strange animals and a mammoth’s tusk in Goat’s Hole Cave. The following...
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The Holly, the Ivy, the Yew
While researching for my family saga, Pendyffryn, I read several interpretations of The Mabingoi – including Gwyn Jones and Elizabeth Walton. 1000 year old Yew Tunnel at Aberglasney My 1955 copy of...
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Fact or Fiction: Writing about Wales
I first began writing romantic fiction about Wales after my first visit. I little understood the country or the culture – definitely not the language – but I was inspired by the astonishing fact that,...
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Cymru, the Triple Crown and Dewi Sant
This St. David’s Day, Cymru is celebrating its win of the 6 Nations Rugby Triple Crown – the first time in history that the Triple Crown has been won at the English rugby field, Twickenham. Scott...
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Ps & Ts
One of the worst things that can happen to a writer is a happy childhood, a functional family, an optimistic point of view. What can there be to write about with such poor resources, such fallow...
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