‘The Boy and the Wall’ picture book

‘The Boy and the Wall’ picture book

Support Palestinian children: ‘The Boy and the Wall’ charity picture book now available “The wonderful work was brought to my attention during my period as Children’s Poet Laureate for Wales.  I was in contact with the centre and aware of the inspiring projects they...

‘Trugaredd sy’n gwybod’

‘Trugaredd sy’n gwybod’

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 5 December 2024. ‘Trugaredd sy’n gwybod’ oedd un o ddywediadau ein teulu ni pan oeddwn yn blentyn. Fel arfer fe’i ddywedwyd pan oeddwn yn cam ymddwyn am rywbeth neu gilydd.  Cofio meddwl  o’i ddweud fy...

Islwyn Ffowc Elis

Islwyn Ffowc Elis

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 21 November 2024. Gan ei bod hi’n ganmlwyddiant geni Islwyn Ffowc Elis eleni, mor braf yw ei gofio.  A chofio a wnaf i Islwyn ddod i siarad  â ni yn y chweched dosbarth yn  Ysgol  Ramadeg ( y Frenhines...

Waldo Williams: poet of the ‘immense minority’

Waldo Williams: poet of the ‘immense minority’

It was a pleasure (if bittersweet because of the ongoing war) to deliver the annual Waldo Williams lecture at Aberystwyth University last Friday. 120 years has passed since the birth of Waldo Williams, magnificent poet and pacifist. His work is as precious and...

Fy Enw i yw Rachel Corrie (16 – 19 October 2024)

Fy Enw i yw Rachel Corrie (16 – 19 October 2024)

This autumn, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru will present a package of work to raise awareness of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to forge new creative connections between young people in Wales and Palestine – with a new Welsh-language translation of the play My...

What is peace?

What is peace?

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 12 September 2024. ‘Ti’n gwybod lot o eiriau a ti’n eu cofio nhw i gyd’ medd fy wyres un noson ar ôl gorfod dod i wrando arnaf yn darllen barddoniaeth yn rhywle. Wrth gwrs cofio geiriau yw rhagamod a hanfod...

‘The Rowan’ to Ilhan Sami Comak

‘The Rowan’ to Ilhan Sami Comak

‘The Rowan’ a poem for Ilhan Sami Comak, the Kurdish award winning poet who has been in prison in Turkey for 30 years.   https://youtu.be/Rxnt-c1Rjw8?si=O-GE_uugux2tSw8E

Every season is the same in prison

Every season is the same in prison

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 29 Awst 2024. Mae’n ddiwedd haf. Ac yn dechrau teimlo’n hydrefol eto. Ond i un cyfaill i mi, bardd o’r enw Ilhan Sami Comak, mae pob tymor yr un fath – achos bu yn y carchar yn Nhwrci am 30 mlynedd. Yn...

Waldo Lecture 2024

Waldo Lecture 2024

Full recorded lecture can be viewed here: Darlith Waldo  

Gŵyl y Gelli

Gŵyl y Gelli

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 6 June 2024. Mae’n anodd meddwl am fis Mai bellach heb feddwl am daith i ŵyl y Gelli. Fel un a wahoddwyd i ddallen yno, yn yr ail flwyddyn o’i chread gan Peter Florence ac i griw bychan bryd hynny mae’r...

Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 23 May 2024. Un o’r meddylwyr mawr yr ydw i’n hoff o wrando arno yw Yuval Noah Harari. Iddew yw a brodor o Israel a rhai o’i lyfrau mwyaf llwyddiannus yw Sapiens, hanes y ddynoliaeth neu 21 gwers yn yr unfed...

Llangrannog

Llangrannog

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 9 May 2024. Er teithio i fannau pell yn ystod y blynyddoedd a fu, does unlle yn rhoi mwy o bleser i mi na theithio i fan ym mae Ceredigion. I fod yn fwy penodol i Langrannog. Rwy wedi colli cownt o’r gwyliau...

Dihwnto

Dihwnto

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 25 April 2024. Rwy wastad wedi teimlo balchder o gael Senedd yng Nghaerdydd hyd yn oed os yw’r hyn a ddigwydd yno weithiau yn gwneud i rywun godi’n don o siomedigaeth. Ond mae’n dlawd o fyd pan yw yr...

Shirgarwr anobeithiol

Shirgarwr anobeithiol

First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 12 April 2024.  Mae rhywun yn teimlo’n euog weithiau o fod wedi ymweld  â  rhannau o’r byd ac eto heb wneud yn fawr o’r mannau sydd  o fewn ein  milltir sgwâr.  Fel D.J. Williams a alwodd ei hun yn Shirgarwr...

Under Milk Wood anniversary plays to air on BBC Radio 3

Under Milk Wood anniversary plays to air on BBC Radio 3

To mark the 70th anniversary of the first radio broadcast of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, and to take up Dylan Thomas’s idea of getting writers to write about their particular locality, Menna Elfyn was commissioned along with four other writers to create a short...

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