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

South Wales Evening Post column, March 28, 2025

Latest On Song column – March 26
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

South Wales Evening Post column, March 21, 2025
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,

Latest On Song column – March 19
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

South Wales Evening Post column, March 14, 2025
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

South Wales Evening Post column, March 07, 2025
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