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Welsh film wins Guardian’s best first film award
Gideon Koppel’s Sleep Furiously has won the Guardian’s best first film award.
Gideon Koppel’s Sleep Furiously has won the Guardian’s best first film award. ...
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Glamorgan Professor wins top poetry prize
A collection of poems by University of Glamorgan Professor Philip Gross has scooped the UK’s foremost prize for poetry, the prestigious TS Eliot prize at a ceremony in London last week.
A collection of poems by University of Glamorgan Professor Philip Gross has scooped the UK’s foremost prize for poetry, the prestigious TS Eliot prize at a ceremony in London last week. ...
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Italian Memories in Wales
An exhibition in St Fagans Natural History Museum in south Wales has traced the lives of those Italians who immigrated to Wales after the Second World War.
An exhibition in St Fagans Natural History Museum in south Wales has traced the lives of those Italians who immigrated to Wales after the Second World War. ...
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Artes Mundi Exhibition in Wales
Eight shortlisted artists, whose work reflects different worlds and different realities, make up the fourth major Artes Mundi exhibition of international contemporary art, opening at National Museum Wales in Cardiff on Thursday 11 March to 6 June 2010.
Eight shortlisted artists, whose work reflects different worlds and different realities, make up the fourth major Artes Mundi exhibition of international contemporary art, opening at National Museum W...
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Dylan Thomas Prize Launch
Tessa Dahl, daughter of Roald Dahl, former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Harvard Review editor Christina Thompson were just some of the high profile names that attended the launch of the 2010 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize last week in Boston, USA. The audience also included representatives from some of the world’s top Universities, including Harvard and MIT as well as Welsh ex-pats from US societies such as the Cymrodorion Cymraeg who’d all come to celebrate the launch.
Tessa Dahl, daughter of Roald Dahl, former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Harvard Review editor Christina Thompson were just some of the high profile names that attended the launch of the 2010 U...
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Welsh Eisteddfod in Spain
The English Centre in Cadiz, Spain held its forth annual Eisteddfod on Friday 26th March with an interesting variety of more than 40 activities over three days programmed for nearly 900 students from 2-18 years old. The festival, which is based on Welsh traditions of literature, music, arts and cultural competitions, was introduced into the school in 2007 to celebrate St David’s Day as St David is the patron saint of the school.
The English Centre in Cadiz, Spain held its forth annual Eisteddfod on Friday 26th March with an interesting variety of more than 40 activities over three days programmed for nearly 900 students from...
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Wales International Harp Festival underway
On Sunday (4 April) Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones officially opened the second Wales International Harp Festival, in Caernarfon, north Wales
On Sunday (4 April) Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones officially opened the second Wales International Harp Festival, in Caernarfon, north Wales ...
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When Hollywood came to Dinorwig
Clash of the Titans which is set for cinema release on April 2 was the third Hollywood epic to shoot key sequences in Wales last summer, alongside Robin Hood and the latest Harry Potter instalment.
Clash of the Titans which is set for cinema release on April 2 was the third Hollywood epic to shoot key sequences in Wales last summer, alongside Robin Hood and the latest Harry Potter instalment. ...
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Shakespeare and Wales
William Shakespeare is known world wide as the greatest English dramatist, but scholars from around the world will gather today at Cardiff University to discuss the strong influence of Wales on his work.
William Shakespeare is known world wide as the greatest English dramatist, but scholars from around the world will gather today at Cardiff University to discuss the strong influence of Wales on his wo...
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Winner of UK's largest art prize announced
First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones attended a ceremony at National Museum, Cardiff last week to present the UK’s largest art prize.
First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones attended a ceremony at National Museum, Cardiff last week to present the UK’s largest art prize. ...