LET me be totally frank: I’m appalled, irritated, exasperated, wounded, infuriated, slightly tearful and a more than a little angry.
In short, I’m upset.
The lightning bolt news that Louis Rees-Zammit is quitting Rugby Union to try his hand at playing American Football came

South Wales Evening Post column, January 19, 2024

Latest On Song column – January 17
THERE’S been a warm welcome in Llanelli for the return of a singing group tailored specifically for people with dementia, their friends and families.
The Welsh National Opera’s Cradle Choir initiative was launched at Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli, last year.
It has now returned to action

South Wales Evening Post column, January 12, 2024
“THE trouble with kids* today, eh?”
How often do we hear people tut-tutting and complaining about the younger generation?
Quite often, I guess, when you see random ‘feral’ gangs hanging around street corners.
But it is worth reminding ourselves that the vapers and alcopop-swiggers

Latest On Song column – January 10
A NEW Llanelli-based company called Scarlet Musical Theatre Productions will be making a much-anticipated debut next month.
The classic coming-of-age rock musical Spring Awakening will be the first full-scale production for Scarlet Musical Theatre.
The show is being staged at Stiwdio Stepni at Ffwrnes

South Wales Evening Post column, January 05, 2024
IT was a former friend who once recycled the old joke of ‘A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.’
With a wit as sharp as that, it was little wonder that he cut himself out of

South Wales Evening Post column, November 10, 2023
DO you really want to know what gets up my nose?
It’s got five letters, starts with a V and isn’t a Vicks Inhaler!
The answer is, of course, Vapes.
The craze for vaping not only gets up my nose; it gets down my