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March 1, 2012

The Promised Land bar on Windsor Road played host to the lyrical talents of Welsh writer, Owen Sheers on Monday night, where he gave readings from a selection of his works.

The Promised Land bar on Windsor Place played host to the lyrical talents of Welsh writer, Owen Sheers on Monday night, where he gave readings from a selection of his works.

The poet, playwright, novelist and screenwriter has become the figure-head of twenty-first century Welsh literature with his novel Resistance, a reimagining of a Valleys town invaded by the German army during the Second World War which was adapted for the big screen in 2011, and poetry collection, Skirrid Hill, making waves in the British literary scene.

February 1, 2011

Lyle Brennan critiques yesterday's radio offerings

The Five Ages of Brandreth – BBC Radio 4, Jan 31, 3:45pm. 15 mins.

Gyles Brandreth represents something of a bygone era for the BBC, with his affectedly quaint Britishness and wit so gentle it is almost not there.

Here, the former Tory MP reads extracts from his schoolboy diary, interspersing them with historic recordings from the 1950s and ‘60s.