Tag: Vale of Ewyas

The other Capel-y-ffin

December 13, 2024 10 Comments
The other Capel-y-ffin

There were two other people, a man and his wife from Caerffili, at St Mary’s church when I visited Capel-y-ffin last week.  They stood and shared my wonder at the wonky beauty of the tiny building, with its wooden bellcote, eighteenth-century pews and pulpit, and miniature staircase and gallery.  As we left, we took photos […]

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Beacons Way, day 1: Abergavenny to Llanthony

September 13, 2024 7 Comments
Beacons Way, day 1: Abergavenny to Llanthony

I’ve had Ffordd y Bannau, the Beacons Way, in my sights for years.  I bought the guide written by John Sansom, the deviser of the Way, and Arwel Michael, but it lay on the shelf unused for a decade or more till now.  The reason I hesitated is that, as a 100-mile path across almost […]

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One hill, two painters

April 10, 2020 1 Comment
One hill, two painters

Peter Wakelin’s book Refuge and renewal: migration and British art, written to accompany his exhibition of the same name – its run in MOMA Machynlleth was sadly curtailed by coronavirus – is a rich source of information about artists who fled to Britain to escape the Nazis.  A name he mentions in passing on three […]

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