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1978 In Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1978 to Wales and its people. Incumbents *Secretary of State for Wales – John Morris *Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor *Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales ** Bryn (outgoing) ** Geraint (Bowen) (incoming) Events *March/April - Closure of the steelworks in Ebbw Vale and East Moors. *''unknown dates'' **The Welsh Office is given responsibility for further and higher education in Wales. **The National Language Centre is established at Nant Gwrtheyrn in the Lleyn peninsula. Arts and literature *Richard Burton records the narrative for the concept album ''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds''. *Operatic contralto Helen Watts is appointed a CBE. *Gregynog Press is reincarnated as "Gwasg Gregynog". Awards *National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff) *National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - ''withheld'' *National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Siôn Eirian *National E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperateness, north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was formed as a Kingdom of Wales, kingdom under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. Wales is regarded as one of the Celtic nations. The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by Edward I of England was completed by 1283, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'' is a studio double album by American-born British musician, composer, and record producer Jeff Wayne, released on 9 June 1978 by CBS Records. It is an album musical adapted from the science-fiction novel ''The War of the Worlds'' by H. G. Wells in a rock opera style with a rock band, orchestra, narrator, and leitmotifs to carry the story and lyrics that express the feelings of the various characters. The album features guest artists David Essex, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Chris Thompson, and Julie Covington, with actor Richard Burton as the narrator. The album became a commercial success in the UK, peaking at number 5 on the chart and selling over 2.7 million copies there since its release. In 2018, it was the UK's 32nd best-selling studio album of all time, and has sold an estimated 15 million copies worldwide. It won two Ivor Novello Awards, including one for Wayne and main lyricist Gary Osborne for Best Instrument ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyn A
Gwyn or Gwynn may refer to: People * Gwyn (name), includes a list of people with the given name or surname Gwyn, including variants such as Gwynn and Gwynne Fictional or mythological characters * Gwyn ap Nudd, in Welsh mythology * Gwynn (''Sluggy Freelance''), a character in the webcomic * Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, a character in the video game ''Dark Souls'' * Gwyn, nickname of Gwyndala, a character in the animated television series '' Star Trek: Prodigy'' Places in the United States * Gwynn, Virginia * Gwynn's Island, Virginia See also * Gwynn Park High School, Maryland * St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School (other) * Nell Gwyn (other) * Ty Gwyn (other) * Gwin (other) Gwin may refer to: *An animal character in Cornelia Funke's Inkworld trilogy * Aaron Gwin, American professional downhill mountain biker * James S. Gwin (born 1954), United States federal judge * William M. Gwin (1805–1885), American medical do ... * Gwynne (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tripp (poet)
John Tripp (22 July 1927 – 16 February 1986) was an Anglo-Welsh poet and short-story writer. Born in Bargoed, Wales, he worked for the BBC as a journalist with the BBC, and later became a civil servant. He edited the literary magazine, ''Planet'', and was a popular performance poet. The John Tripp Spoken Poetry Award was founded to commemorate him. Works *''The Province of Belief'' *''The Inheritance File'' *''Collected Poems'' (1978) References *Nigel Jenkins Nigel Jenkins (20 July 1949 – 28 January 2014) was an Anglo-Welsh poet. He was an editor, journalist, psychogeographer, broadcaster and writer of creative non-fiction, as well as being a lecturer at Swansea University and director of the crea ... – ''Writers of Wales: John Tripp'' (1989)''BookRags''The Meaning of Apricot Sponge – Selected Writings of John Tripp edited by Tony Curtis, Parthian Books, 2010 1927 births 1986 deaths Anglo-Welsh poets 20th-century Welsh poets {{Wales-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Minhinnick
Robert Minhinnick (born 12 August 1952) is a Welsh poet, essayist, novelist and translator. He has won two Forward Prizes for Best Individual Poem and has received the Wales Book of the Year award a record three times (in 1993, 2006 and 2018). Biography Minhinnick was born in Neath, and now lives in Porthcawl. He studied at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and University of Wales, Cardiff. An environmental campaigner, he co-founded the charities Friends of the Earth (Cymru) and Sustainable Wales. His work deals with both Welsh and international themes. He has published seven poetry collections and several volumes of essays. He edited the magazine, ''Poetry Wales'' from 1997 until 2008. He has also translated poems from contemporary Welsh poets for an anthology, ''The Adulterer's Tongue''. His first novel, ''Sea Holly'', was published in autumn 2007. Awards Minhinnick won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem in 1999 for 'Twenty-five Laments for Iraq', and again in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hanley (novelist)
James (Joseph) Hanley (3 September 1897 – 11 November 1985) was a British novelist, short story writer, and playwright from Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, of Irish descent. Hanley came from a seafaring family and spent two years at sea himself, during World War I. He published his first novel ''Drift'' in 1930. In the 1930s and 1940s his novels and short stories focussed on seamen and their families, and included ''Boy'' (1931), the subject of an obscenity trial. After World War II there was less emphasis on the sea in his works. While frequently praised by critics, Hanley's novels did not sell well. In the late 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s he wrote plays, mainly for the BBC, for radio and then for television, and also for the theatre. He returned to the novel in the 1970s. His last novel, ''A Kingdom'', was published in 1978, when he was eighty. His brother Gerald was also a novelist. Biography Born in Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, in 1897 (not Dublin, nor 1901 as he gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of The Needle (novel)
''Eye of the Needle'' is a spy thriller novel written by Welsh author Ken Follett. It was originally published in 1978 by the Penguin Group under the title ''Storm Island''. This novel was Follett's first successful, best-selling effort as a novelist, and it earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. The revised title is an allusion to the "eye of a needle" aphorism. The book was made into a motion picture of the same title in 1981, starring Donald Sutherland, with a screenplay adapted by Stanley Mann and directed by Richard Marquand. Plot summary In 1940, Henry Faber, a German spy nicknamed 'die Nadel' ('The Needle') due to his trademark weapon being a stiletto, is working at a London railway depot, collecting information on troop movements. Faber is halfway through radioing this information to Berlin when his widowed landlady stumbles into his room hoping for intimacy. Faber fears that Mrs. Garden will eventually realise that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works. Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists. For example, in the US, many reached the number-one position on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list, including ''Triple'' (1979), ''The Key to Rebecca'' (1980), ''Lie Down with Lions'' (1985), ''A Dangerous Fortune'' (1993), '' World Without End'' (2007), ''Fall of Giants'' (2010), ''Winter of the World'' (2012), and '' Edge of Eternity'' (2014).New York Times List of Number One Best Sellers Early life and education Follett was born on 5 June 1949 in Cardiff, Wales. He was the first child of Martin Follett, a tax inspector, and Lavinia (Veenie) Follett, who went on to have two more children, Hannah and James. Barred from watching films and television by his Plymouth Brethren parents, he developed an early interest in reading but remained an indifferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bidgood
Ruth Bidgood (née Jones; 20 July 1922 – 4 March 2022) was a Welsh poet and local historian who wrote in English. Life and career Ruth Jones was born at Blaendulais, Seven Sisters, near Neath, Wales, on 20 July 1922. Her mother, the former Hilda Garrett, was a teacher. Bidgood's Welsh-speaking father, Rev William Herbert Jones, became vicar of St Mary's Church, Aberavon, where Ruth was brought up. She was educated at a grammar school in Port Talbot, and went on to read English at St Hugh's College, Oxford. During World War II, she served in the Wrens as a coder, at Alexandria in Egypt. After the war, Bidgood worked in London helping to prepare a new edition of ''Chambers's Encyclopaedia'', but eventually she and her husband, David Bidgood, whom she had married in 1946, moved to Coulsdon in Surrey. She and her husband had two sons and one daughter, Janet (died 2007). Bidgood and her husband bought a holiday bungalow at Abergwesyn, near Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys. During the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harri Williams
Harri is a given name, and may refer to: *Guto Harri (born 1966), Welsh former BBC Chief Political Correspondent *Harri Anne Smith, American Republican member of the Alabama Senate *Harri Eloranta (born 1963), Finnish biathlete * Harri Hänninen (born 1963), Finnish long-distance runner *Harri Haatainen (born 1978), Finnish javelin thrower *Harri Hakkarainen (born 1969), Finnish javelin thrower *Harri Holkeri (born 1937), Prime Minister of Finland from 1987 to 1991 *Harri Huhtala (born 1952), Finnish hammer thrower *Harri Hursti (born 1968), Finnish computer programmer and former chairman of the board and co-founder of ROMmon *Harri Jõgisalu (1922–2014), Estonian writer *T. Harri Jones (1921–1965), Welsh poet and university lecturer *Harri Kampman (born 1954), Finnish football manager and former player *Harri Kirvesniemi (born 1958), Finnish cross country skier *Harri Koskela (born 1965), Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling *Harri Koskinen (born 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siôn Eirian
Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations. Welsh name Siôn () or Sion is a Welsh form of the English given name John, pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán. Notable people with the Welsh name include: People with the surname *Eleri Siôn (born 1971), Welsh radio and television presenter *Llywelyn Siôn (1540–c. 1615), Welsh-language poet *Sawnder Sion (16th century), Welsh poet People with the given name *Siôn ap Hywel (fl. c. 1490–1532), Welsh-language poet *Sion Bebb (born 1968), Welsh golfer *Sion Blythe (1781–1835), American pastor *Sion Record Bostick (1819–1902), American soldier *Siôn Bradford (1706–1785), Welsh-language poet *Sion Brinn (born 1973), Jamaican swimmer and coach *Siôn Cent (c. 1400–1435/40), Welsh-language poet *Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th century), Welsh-language poet *Sion Jones (born 1979), Welsh cyclist *Sion Russell Jones (born 1986), Welsh singer and songwriter * Sion Morris (born 1977), Welsh cricketer *Siôn Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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