A Place and it's Meaning
Sir Clough’s personal account of how and why he built the village remains the best available introduction to Portmeirion. It includes interesting anecdotes and lively descriptions of the evolution of the village.
96 pages printed on fine quality paper with a line drawing frontispiece, 32 colour / black and white photographic illustrations, decorative endpapers, black & white headpieces,...
Brecon Beacons - 40 Favourite Hill Walks by Ben Giles
Brecon Beacons - 40 Favourite Hill Walks by Ben Giles
The Brecon Beacons National Park is home to some of the most spectacular mountain and moorland scenary in Britain.
Bridging South and Mid Wales, the park can be divided into three distinct upland areas, with the central flat-topped peaks of the Brecon Beacons massif sandwiched by the rolling ridges of the Black Mountains in the East and the...
Carmarthenshire - 40 Favourite Walks by Julian Rollins
Carmarthenshire - 40 Favourite Walks by Julian Rollins
Carmarthenshire is the largest of the old Welsh counties and nestles between Pembrokeshire and the Gower Peninsula in the heart of South West Wales.
Its a land of contrasts; along the coast you'll walk close to the airy edge of tall cliffs, but there are beaches too, some so long you can't see an end to them. And sheltered estuaries, like...
Cerdded Mewn Cell
Casgliad o straeon byrion gogleisiol a ffraeth gan un o awduron mwyaf adnabyddus Cymru. Dyma gyfrol gyntaf Robin Llywelyn yn Gymraeg ers cyhoeddi’r casgliad o straeon, Y D?r Mawr Llwyd yn 1995.
Casgliad o dair ar ddeg o straeon byrion amrywiol ac amlhaenog gan Robin Llywelyn yw Cerdded Mewn Cell a hon yw’r gyfrol gyntaf iddo ei chyhoeddi ers cipio Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen yn 2004 am ei...
Ceredigion - 40 Coast & Country Walks by Julian Rollins
Ceredigion - 40 Coast & Country Walks by Julian Rollins
Encompassing the southern half of Cardigan Bay on the wild west coast of Wales, Ceredigion is famed for its glorious sandy beaches, dramatic sea cliffs and caves, spectacular sunsets and a wonderful array of wildlife, including the largest colony of bottlenose dolphins in Europe.
Away from the sea, rolling farmland, fertile river valleys...
Clough Williams-Ellis : A Planning Credo and Commentary CD
Clough Williams-Ellis : A Planning Credo and Commentary CD
A CD recording of interviews given by Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect most well-known for creating the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales.
Running time: 67 minutes
Recorded: April 1948
Release date: 19th June, 2008
On 19th June 2008 at 11.00am in the Hercules Hall, Portmeirion a CD of six talks given by...
Eryri / Snowdonia - 40 Favourite Walks by Tom Hutton
Eryri / Snowdonia - 40 Favourite Walks by Tom Hutton
A beguiling mix of towering mountains, knife-edge ridges, wild river gorges and glorious beaches attracts thousands of visitors every year to the celebrated upland landscape of Eryri (Snowdonia) in North Wales.
Rich in folklore and mythology and full of ancient archaeological remains, medieval castles and industrial heritage, it is a walkers'...
Geraint Jarman - Brecwast Astronot CD
Geraint Jarman - Brecwast Astronot CD
01. Miss Asbri 69
02. Paid Dwyn Dy Hun I'r Dwfn
03. Brethyn Cartref
04. Romeo
05. Llinyn Arian
06. Brecwast Astronot
07. Breuddywd Ar Y Bryn
08. Dwr Oer Y Fynwent
09. Joey
10. Roedd Hwnna'n Arfer Bod Yn Ddigon
11. Syd Ar Gitar
12. Nos Sadwrn Bach
13. Baled Y Tich A'r Tal.
Geraint Jarman - Dwyn Yr Hogyn Nol CD
Geraint Jarman - Dwyn Yr Hogyn Nol CD
1 Hiraeth Am Kylie2 Reggae Reggae3 Luned Yn Y Cae4 Dwfn Yw Swn Y Bas Yn Butetown5 Camden Town6 Oh Marianne7 Oce8 Strangetown9 Gad Mi Gysgu'n Y Gitar Heno10 Be Nei Di Janis?11 Can Y Pobydd12 Yn Y Dyfroedd Tawel13 Dwyn Yr Hogyn Nol
Geraint Jarman - Tawel Yw'r Tymor CD
Geraint Jarman - Tawel Yw'r Tymor CD
01. Fi yw'r Ffwl
02. Solzhenitsyn
03. Plis Mr. Parsons
04. Porno Lladin
05. Tawel yw'r Tymor
06. Mae'n Rhaid Dihuno Cariad
07. Dwy Law Ynghyd
08. Ddoe Roeddwn i'n Gofyn
09. Cheb a Salif
10. Y Bachgen Gadd ei Wrthod
11. Helo Hiraeth.
Pembrokeshire - 40 Coast & Country Walks by Julian Rollins
Pembrokeshire - 40 Coast & Country Walks by Julian Rollins
As the home of Britain's one and only national coastal park, Pembrokeshire is rightly famed for its marine wildlife, unspoilt beaches, towering cliffs and charming harbours.
Inland, however, you will also find ancient woodlands and rolling hills, as well as archaeological mysteries and crumbling castles which suggest that this peaceful...
Portmeirion - Antiques Collecters
Foreword by Jools Holland
The book "Portmeirion" was published to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the opening of the resort in 1926. Lavishly illustrated with many unpublished and rare photographs, plans and drawings, it is the first book to cover the whole story of the village, the extensive gardens both at Portmeirion and Plas Brondanw, the Williams-Ellis family home, Portmeirion Pottery as well...
Portmeirion : The Official Audio Visual Presentation DVD / Y Sioe Glyweled Swyddogol
Portmeirion : The Official Audio Visual Presentation DVD
Portmeirion : Y Sioe Glyweled Swyddogol DVD
This DVD contains the presentation which is shown in Portmeirion's Audio Visual Theatre, in which the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis narrates the story of the creation of Portmeirion Village.
The Hotel Portmeirion was opened by Clough Williams-Ellis at Easter 1926. Clough spent the next fifty...
Portmeirion Pottery By Steven Jenkins & Stephen P Mckay
Portmeirion Pottery By Steven Jenkins & Stephen P Mckay
In 1925 the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis began his creation of the romantic Italianate portmeirion village in North Wales. His daughter, Susan Williams-Ellis, inherited her love of design from her family and began her career in pottery in the fifties, designing for Portmeirion's village shop. This lad on to a deeper involvemnet...
Seren Wen A'r Gefndir Gwyn
The novel which won the Prose Medal at the 1992 National Eisteddfod and which was acclaimed as a masterpiece by all three adjudicators. First published in 1992.
Nofel sy'n defnyddio delweddau o fytholeg Geltaidd gyda chefndir Pan-Ewropeaidd iddi, a ddisgrifiwyd fel gwaith 'awdur digamsyniol ei ddawn a rhyfeddol ei gamp', gan un o'r beirniaid. Enillydd y Fedal Ryddiaith yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1992....
Un Diwrnod Yn Yr Eisteddfod
Cyfrol arobryn Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Casnewydd a'r Cylch 2004, sef nofel fywiog am anturiaethau milwr 30 oed yn ystod un diwrnod a dreuliwyd ar faes Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Meifod 2003, yn cynnwys nifer o sylwadau ffraeth a deifiol am bynciau trafod cyfoes Cymru.
The prize-winning volume of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the Newport Welsh National Eisteddfod 2004,...
Welsh Marches - 40 Town & Country Walks by Ben Giles
Welsh Marches - 40 Town & Country Walks by Ben Giles
The tranquil borderland of the Marches, offers a varied landscape truncated by rivers meandering to lowland plains.
Limestone to the west and north of the old red sandstone of the Hereford Plain has given rise to exceptionally attractive hilly country with delightful, narrow valleys.
In these 40 walks Ben Giles explores all the best places...