IT’S right up there as one of my favourite family outings – a wander around historic Kidwelly Castle.
Sure, there’s a decent health warning about climbing the ramparts, stone walls and spiral staircases, but children (and adults) love exploring.

Our family’s

IF you’ve been sitting up and paying attention, then you’ll appreciate that it is the Richard Burton 100 – a celebration of the birth of the internationally-renowned actor and ‘the voice of Wales’.
During the year, there are a whole series of events, with the

LLANELLI’S parish church will host a performance of John Stainer’s oratorio The Crucifixion during Holy Week.
Llanelli Chamber Choir, under the musical direction of Piet Zorn, will perform the oratorio at St Elli Church on Saturday, April 19 (7pm).
The soloists will be tenor Tomos

HAVE a think: how many of your old classmates have ended up being featured on Desert Island Discs?
And . . . if you could go back in time, would you have put money on them being featured on the classic Radio 4 show?
OK,

THERE’s a special Spring Concert being planned for the end of the month in Llanelli.
It will feature Cor Meibion Elli male voice choir and will be held on Saturday, March 29, at the town centre Parish Church of St Elli at 7pm.
Meibion Elli

STUDENTS of rock music will be familiar with Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s 1970s hit You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
You can start humming the tune if you like; it may come to be the theme music to the changes afoot in the Welsh Senedd (Parliament).
In the

PERHAPS you must be of a certain age? Perhaps you must be a fan of innuendo? Perhaps you have to shun all forms of political correctness?
But . . . if I throw a few film quotes at you, it won’t take you long to

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that an elderly man in possession of a mobile phone will get himself into deep trouble.
Jane Austen never had trouble with predictive text and baffling text abbreviations when she was writing Pride and Prejudice.
And I hate to

SOME of you may suspect this already . . . but today will confirm it as fact. This column is going to the dogs.
Take a deep breath there. Trust me, it’s not a case of a lack of quality.
It’s just that the spotlight

WORLD exclusive coming up. Just remember you read it here first!
Yes, it’s a ‘No’ from me.
After lengthy deliberation (Mrs L timed it at just under 30 seconds), I will not be applying for the position of head coach with the Wales rugby team.

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GO on, I dare you! Ask me how I write this weekly column.
To begin, I usually invert the Thomas Edison quotation – “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”
Not being in the genius category, my usual tactic is to rely on

LLANELLI Rotary Club members are embarking on their annual search for candidates for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA).
The Llanelli club has a long history of selecting candidates for the residential leadership course, usually selecting one student, sometimes two, to take a place on

PLAY JAZZ with BRECON JAZZ CLUB
“JAZZ SCHOOL – WORKSHOP & JAM”
Calling instrumentalists for 2pm Workshop & public for 4.15pm Jam
Theatr Brycheiniog 1st floor bar
Tutor : Joe Northwood saxophonist, educator, composer
Sunday 23rd February 2pm-5pm
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Workshop @ 2pm a practical workshop

IF folk music is your scene, then you are in for a treat at Ammanford’s Glowyr (Miner’s) Theatre this weekend.
Martha Tilston, 50, hails from Cornwall and has developed a successful musical career with a large and loyal following.
She has performed on some of

THE countdown is on in Carmarthen to enter that world of pure imagination!
Carmarthen and District Youth Opera members are busy preparing to stage Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The musical will be staged at The Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen from February 26 to March

THEY might be checking the roof of Ffwrnes Theatre in Llanelli before Carmarthenshire’s premier St David’s Day celebration on Saturday, March 1.
More than 100 voices will take to the stage to conjure up a powerhouse sound which will celebrate the patron saint’s day in

IF I had a fiver for every time I get asked the question, then I’d be a very rich man.
There’s probably some exaggeration there, but I still reckon it would provide a steady supply of beer tokens.
My earnings would be spaced throughout the

TO state the blinking obvious, it’s not so much a mid-life crisis as a spot of ‘old-life’ bother.
This week saw something of a landmark birthday. I’ve had my lovely letter from the taxman at HMRC and my state pension is kicking in.
As I

The Glowyr Theatre, Ammanford (previously known as The Miners’ Theatre) is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new Comedy Club, promising evenings packed full of laughs and the best up-and-coming stand-ups on the circuit.
Building on the success of the popular Ffwrnes Comedy Club

Scarlets will take on RC Vannes for the first time in their history on Saturday, playing for a place in the knockout stages of the EPCR Challenge Cup (5.30pm S4C).
Head coach Dwayne Peel has made five personnel changes to the starting XV that took

HERE’S a question guaranteed to divide all sports fans out there: who are the ‘toughest’ competitors in the world?
Rugby Union players? Rugby League stars? Tour de France cyclists? Olympic rowers? Marathon runners? Boxers?
In nearly 50 years of watching and reporting on different sports,

YOU’VE probably heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true.
That’s definitely the case for Carmarthen and District Youth Opera as they prepare to stage Charlie and the Chocolate Factory next month.
The musical will be staged at The Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen from

IS it time to reintroduce National Service in the UK? Is it time to change the working week to four days?
Those were among the topics debated in the annual Llanelli Rotary Club Youth Speaks competition held at St John Lloyd Roman Catholic School.
The

HE’S got a name that sounds like a cheap after-shave, but his aroma is starting to seep into the atmosphere of our shores.
Which begs the question: should we be worried about Elon Musk?
It appears to be hard to ignore the richest man in