Category Archives: Art

Bara Brith – 5* review

Posted on March 21, 2016 by bookvolunteer

The year after our visit and review, the café moved to Tabor Chapel Vestry, just along the main road towards Fishguard. It closed at the beginning of 2020 at the start of the COVID pandemic lock down. The operators decided … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview

Posted on February 23, 2016 by bookvolunteer

Dinas’ Primary School closed in 2002 but it didn’t take long for local people to negotiate, fundraise and recruit supporters so that it could open again as ‘Yr Hen Ysgol’. There are activities on offer now for everyone, ranging from … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, Entertainment, Food, Welsh language | Tagged cafe, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Yr Hen Ysgol | Leave a comment

The best of all possible worlds

Posted on January 16, 2016 by bookvolunteer

Just because you are in an amazingly beautiful part of the world where population density (human) is low, it doesn’t mean that you have to miss the latest film releases or exciting metropolitan performances of High Culture. Theatr Gwaun, in Fishguard, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Entertainment, Food | Tagged Abergwaun, Cinema, Dinas, Fishguard, Live entertainment, Theatre | 3 Comments

Wynmor Owen – sculptor

Posted on August 7, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Wynmore Owen comes from a seafaring family in Llangrannog, just 25 miles or so up the coast from Dinas but he has since moved even closer. His father and grandfather were mariners and Wynmor continues this close connection to the sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, Nature, Wildlife | Tagged chough, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Dinas head, Newport | Leave a comment

Ancient ruins

Posted on June 30, 2015 by bookvolunteer

I have a fondness for ruins and there’s an imposing ruined castle less than 20 miles from Dinas, on the river Teifi. Cilgerran castle served its purpose in the wars between the Normans and the Welsh when it changed hands … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History | Tagged Cilgerran Castle, Dinas, Dinas Cross, William Havell | 1 Comment

Improving literature

Posted on May 5, 2015 by bookvolunteer

When the Welsh non-conformist chapels had congregations that filled the pews and most households owned a family bible that was large enough to record the family’s births and deaths on blank pages, the other devotional book with which most chapel-goers were familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, books, Religion, Welsh language | Tagged Chapel, Dinas, Dinas Cross | Leave a comment

John Knapp-Fisher

Posted on April 14, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Although I see North Pembrokeshire in bright colours, John Knapp-Fisher’s muted earthy tones seem to faithfully portray the light and the shapes of this part of the world. He lived and worked at his studio gallery in Croesgoch on the St … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, books | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Pwllgwaelod | Leave a comment

Pembrokeshire birds illustrated

Posted on April 3, 2015 by bookvolunteer

Posted in Art, Nature, Wildlife | Tagged Arctic Skua, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Gannet, Great black-backed gull, Guillemot, Manx Shearwater, Oyster catcher, Pembrokeshire, Puffin, R B Talbot Kelly, Robert Gillmor, Storm Petrel, Tunnicliffe | 2 Comments

Full sail on choppy seas

Posted on March 31, 2015 by bookvolunteer

The Windrush, shown here in glorious full sail on choppy seas, was brand new when my father’s Uncle Johnny was apprenticed on board at Bristol docks. The ship was a three masted barque, built in Sunderland in 1891 and registered there in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History, Sea | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Sailing ship, The Windrush | 3 Comments

Ann Gent and Graham Coles invite you to rummage

Posted on February 10, 2015 by bookvolunteer

From the outside you can’t tell that the Carningli Centre is an art gallery and a second-hand book shop as well as a destination for lovers of old railway signage, collectors and connoisseurs of oil lamps and indeed anyone who loves to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, books, History, Transport | Tagged antiques, Dinas, Dinas Cross, junk, Newport, railwayana, secondhand | 2 Comments

John Cleal’s Herrings

Posted on January 20, 2015 by bookvolunteer

This shoal of herrings darts through the air on the quay at Lower Town Fishguard. It’s an arresting image, reminding the passer-by of the historic importance of the herring catch to the economy of the town. The artist doesn’t get … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Crafts, History, Sea | Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Fishguard, Glyn-Y-Mel, John Cleal, Lower Fishguard, Manorowen, Workshop Wales | Leave a comment

Eirian Short – celebrated embroiderer from Dinas

Posted on January 16, 2015 by bookvolunteer

I’ve noticed that many people end up at my blog when they are googling Eirian Short, the celebrated embroiderer from Dinas. I know that there is very little on the internet about her work and I hope that this post will do something to remedy … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, books, Crafts | Tagged craft, Dinas, Dinas Cross, Eirian Short, embroidery, Goldsmiths, machine embroidery, Mandala, Pembrokeshire, textile art, The Crows | Leave a comment