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Celf, cerdded, blogio (gwallter.com), sgrifennu / Art, walking, writing, blogging (gwallter.com)

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 26/09/2026
Cader Idris: let the mountain speak is a capacious bag of a book. It will be essential reading for mountain lovers for years to come ✍️Andrew Green wp.me/p8Mk4U-1tVm
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'Mae’n drueni mawr bod y llyfr allan o brint ers blynyddoedd. Hen bryd i genhedlaeth newydd o ddarllenwyr gael blas o’i hynodrwydd.' Nofel hunangofiannol 'Y Llyffant', gan Ray Evans (1986). gwallter.com/books/esther...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mynydd Llanllwni: 'a few dog walkers are plodding along the track in the rain, as well as some depressed-looking sheep. By now the wind from the south-west has risen, the rain is more penetrating, and the sky shows a dusk-like darkness.' gwallter.com/travel/teifi...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'No one has done more than Jen to awaken interest in an art form at which Wales excelled, or to celebrate the remarkable women who made them.' gwallter.com/travel/teifi...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At Llanddewi Brefi: 'The air tastes sour and sharp, and the whole valley is shrouded in a thick curtain of grey smoke. The world is on fire again. Woods above Rhandirmwyn are ablaze, and the smog has passed over the mountain from Tywi to Teifi.' gwallter.com/travel/teifi...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
'Then she asks me, in an unexpectedly direct way, how old I am. When I tell her, she seems strangely impressed that I should be tackling the whole of the Trail at my advanced age. I politely decline her cake offer: I tell her I prefer to travel light.' gwallter.com/travel/teifi...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Llyn Egnant: the sheep shelter in the shade of the dam gwallter.com/travel/teifi...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
What does a cat know about the world? What do we? gwallter.com/philosophy/m...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'A oes rhywbeth hanfodol Gymreig yn yr arfer o gynnwys testun mewn llun, yn arbennig testun yn yr iaith Gymraeg?' Darlith Goffa Ieuan Rees, Eisteddfod y Garreg Las, 8 Awst 2026. gwallter.com/art/celf-a-g...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A funereal walk on Kilvey Hill: 'Swansea Council, drunk on 'grands projets' and contemptuous of public opposition, pushed through the Skyline plans with little scrutiny.' gwallter.com/politics/the...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
On Craig Syfyrddin: 'I rest for a few minutes to take in the scene, a patchwork of fields as far as the eye can see, but all of them yellow, scorched and bare after weeks without rain to counter the sun’s aggression. The entire land is suffering severe stress.' gwallter.com/travel/three...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
At Skenfrith: 'The heat is rising. A woman is spread out asleep on the castle mound, and a man swims in the river outside the castle’s water gate. I look for shelter next door in St Bridget’s Church.' gwallter.com/travel/three...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf: 'The surface of the lake was static, so that the hill opposite gained almost an exact inverted twin in the water.' gwallter.com/travel/in-na...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Effi: 'cymeriad allweddol arall yn y ffilm yw Blaenau ei hun'. gwallter.com/cymraeg/canu...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Byddaf yn traddodi Darlith Goffa Ieuan Rees yn y Lle Celf, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y Garreg Las, dydd Sadwrn 8 Awst am ganol dydd. Fy nhestun: 'Celf a geiriau'. Croeso i bawb! eisteddfod.cymru/yrwyl/2026/r...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm looking forward to a forensic interrogation at the hands of Peter Wakelin ... (Painting by David Tress)
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Conversations at the Chapel - ANDREW GREEN at The Art Shop & Chapel
Tickets are now available for Conversations at the Chapel - ANDREW GREEN at The Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny on Thu 9 Jul 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
'Fydd y llywodraeth newydd yn ddigon dewr i gynyddu’r gyllideb i’r fath raddau fel bod diwylliant yn gallu tyfu i fod yn ‘bwerdy’ i Gymru, fel dymuna Heledd Fychan?'
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Mae Gŵyl Arall yn digwydd yng Nghaernarfon yn fuan! Dewch i ddarganfod rhagor am un o fynyddoedd godidocaf Cymru a'r artistiaid dan ei gyfaredd.
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What Charlotte Higgins missed in her survey of Roman Britain sites gwallter.com/archaeology/...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Mr Blobby: an enduring image for our age? gwallter.com/philosophy/i...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A review of ‘Cader Idris & the artists’ by Tony Curtis nation.cymru/culture/book...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
John Varley, the invisible mountain artist: have I done him an injustice? gwallter.com/art/john-var...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
'Gwell byth fyddai gweld y llywodraeth yn gweithio i ryddhau egni a chreadigrwydd cyrff, unigolion a phawb sy’n awyddus i greu gwlad decach, cryfach.' gwallter.com/politics/ar-...
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Ar ôl yr etholiad – gwallter
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Llyn Ogwen and Tryfan: 'The end of this stretch, after a Second World War gun emplacement and just before the path joins the A5, is downright dangerous, at least for over-70s, with its chaotic pile of huge rocks (‘an up and down scramble’ is the guidebook’s euphemism).' gwallter.com/travel/snowd...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
'We climb towards a wood, to the north of the Machno. Sounds drift up to us on the still air, of young children at play outside the primary school and of young lambs in the fields below.' gwallter.com/travel/snowd...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the second floor of Cardiff University's Arts and Social Studies Library (ASSL)
Dear current patrons, past patrons, and future patrons of Arts and Social Sciences Library (ASSL) at Cardiff University. On Friday 17th of May, library staff of the ASSL were informed by University Li...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
'There’s not a cloud in the sky, but the wind was lashed itself into a gusty fury. It threatens to push us off the path, and constantly saps us of energy. Somehow, whichever direction we walk in, we’re battling against it.' gwallter.com/travel/snowd...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ludwig Wittgenstein, the great philosopher, came to stay in Swansea many times in the 1940s. Join Dr Alan Sandry for a guided walk around some of his haunts: Saturday 16 May, 11:00am, Cwmdonkin Terrace.
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A Llechwedd relic. Could Blaenau Ffestiniog be the highlight of Llwybr Llechi Eryri? gwallter.com/travel/snowd...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Sgwrsio rhwng pobl fyw a phobl marw: placiau coffa ar feinciau cyhoeddus gwallter.com/cymraeg/mein...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Tickets are now available for Cader Idris and the Artists Book Launch at The Turner House, Penarth. www.ticketsource.com/graffeg-ltd/...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
'Communion is that rare thing, a novel that’s totally rooted in place and time but that tussles throughout with universal matters of belonging, commitment and action. It will be a while before Port Talbot finds a better novelist.' gwallter.com/literature/p...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Like walking? Or art? Or Wales? Come and hear about walkers and artist-walkers in Wales, tomorrow (Friday) at 10:30am in Newton House, Dinefwr, Llandeilo Fawr #LlandeiloLitFest www.llandeilolitfest.org/programme/a-...
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Andrew Green - Hanes Cerdded yng Nghymru | Voices on the Path: A History of Walking in Wales — Gŵyl Lên Llandeilo Lit Fest
Voices on the Path: A History of Walking in Wales Historian and writer Andrew Green presents a fascinating talk exploring the history of walking in Wales. From ancient tracks and pilgrim routes to l...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
‘Another crop of Mr Whistler’s little jokes.’ Or one of the best series of etchings ever made? gwallter.com/art/whistler...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
'His dad remained a staunch socialist, republican and puritan, who felt nothing but contempt for the throwaway consumer society that was gathering pace in the 1960s.' Geoff Dyer's 'Homework' and the art of the memoir: gwallter.com/books/geoff-...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
'As you slog along these forestry tracks, that fine balance between mind and world gets disturbed. Faced with an unceasing line of trees, and lacking the longer views that the eye desires, your mind turns in upon itself, and gloomy, existential questions start to loom.' gwallter.com/travel/st-il...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
'Astonishingly, Swansea Council doesn’t have its own transport strategy. It seems quite content to let the roads clog with ever-increasing quantities of motorised traffic, while devoting a pittance to other forms of transport.' gwallter.com/travel/on-ac...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
'Ar ôl peth sgwrsio am hyn a’r llall, byddai eu hamrannau yn dechrau gostwng, a chyn hir roedden nhw ill dau ym mreichiau cwsg, Wncl Jack â’i ben yn gorwedd ar ei law a’i anadl yn chwibanu trwy ei fwstas.' gwallter.com/cymraeg/mae-...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
'Calm reflection, independence of thought and questioning of authority, rational dialogue with other minds, verbal fluency, creativity – all are threatened when the airwaves are dominated by streams of 20-second TikTok videos made by teenage ‘influencers’.' gwallter.com/literature/a...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
'If you don’t know the art of Gwen John and your mind is open to her subtle talent, the National Museum’s exhibition, 'Gwen John: strange beauties', will be a revelation. If you do, it will still be a revelation.' gwallter.com/art/gwen-aga...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Bydd Heini Gruffudd yn siarad (yn Gymraeg) am hanes yr iaith Gymraeg yn Abertawe ('O Gasnodyn i Neil Rosser'), nos Iau 5 Mawrth at 6:30pm yn Amgueddfa Abertawe. Croeso i bawb.
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Canu clod y 'tywyswyr iaith' gwallter.com/cymraeg/tywy...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Gwen John's A corner of the artist’s room: "The artist, though implied by her few possessions, is invisible. There really isn’t any need for more self-statements, however undemonstrative." gwallter.com/art/three-fa...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
'Not long after, the UK government gave Palantir a defence contract worth £141m. There was no procurement process.' gwallter.com/politics/who...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
'2026 isn’t a bad year to think about utopian worlds, at a time when we’re faced with so many dystopian ones, factual and fictional.' gwallter.com/history/utop...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
'One of the pieces, entitled ‘Ganymede’, cup-bearer of the gods, concerns Bernard’s insistence on being prescribed Ambrosia custard on the ward.' Embroidered pictures and stories on identity and mortality by Nigel Hurlstone at the Mission Gallery. gwallter.com/art/gwynt-tr...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
'Where this exhibition scores is in its inclusion of many sketches and other preparatory works by both artists ... these and other works bring us as close as we can get to the act of making art.' Turner & Constable @tate.bsky.social gwallter.com/art/turner-a...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Dryw (llun gan Carys Evans): rhif 1 mewn cyfres o 'Cyfarfodydd ag adar rhyfeddol': gwallter.com/cymraeg/tri-...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What have the Donro Doctrine and the 1895 Venezuela crisis have in common? gwallter.com/history/a-zo...
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gwallter @gwallter.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Cader Idris and the Artists | Landscape Art and Photography
From the rolling Preseli Hills to its dramatic cliff-top coastline, Pembrokeshire both excites and enthrals with a sense of timeless beauty. And yet there is also a story to be told, one of meaning an...
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