This year’s Carmarthen River Festival will take place on Saturday, August 17.
The fun-filled day at the town’s Quayside will start at 3pm and run into the early evening.
And for the first time in its history, the perennial summer favourite will end with a

Saturday is the day for Carmarthen River Festival

South Wales Evening Post column, August 09, 2024
THE perils of social media, eh? You could probably write a decent 80,000-word PhD thesis on the topic.
Your dissertation could include chapters such as ‘How social media left me with egg on my face’ and ‘Is social media a dangerous tool for mobilising mob

South Wales Evening Post column, August 02, 2024
IT’S a long story, but today I should have been working at the Palace of Versailles, a very long hop, skip and a jump from the Olympics city of Paris.
The team of volunteers preparing for next week’s modern pentathlon events at the palace will

Aberystwyth project using storytelling to preserve local memories in Myanmar
Underground educators in war-torn Myanmar are using community storytelling to recapture their histories and celebrate ethnic identities, thanks to a project led by an Aberystwyth University academic.
Dr Yi Li, a historian of modern Southeast Asia, is working with community educators in Myanmar’s marginalised ethnic

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The latest Phil Evans column – July 03
CAN I ASK IF OVERUSED EXPRESSIONS HAPPEN FOR A REASON?
There are many expressions that people use, that when you pause to think about them, are completely meaningless.
A prime example is a six-word sentence that, if there was a competition to find the most

Latest On Song column – July 03
MEMBERS of the Llanelli and District Twinning Association are looking forward to the visit of musicians from Llanelli’s twin town of Agen.
A group of harpists from Agen and Lot de Garonne will be in Llanelli on the July 16, 17 and 18.
One of