Mike Parker

Cheers Cerith, much appreciated x

Thank you.

Diolch Amelia x

Thanks Nita, much appreciated. I shall.

Thanks Matthew.

Thanks Toby.

I remember taking that shot, oddly.

Hope all’s well.

Thanks bab x

Diolch Wini x

My mother Jane Parker in a Paris café in the 1980s

A farewell to my mum, whose funeral was earlier this week.

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I too thought that BC was looking visibly rougher lately, compared with a decade ago. But then, so are most places!

Wow, that is praise indeed!

Book Tickets | Peregrine Circus Peregrine Circus is a show bringing some of the best acts in Europe to a touring venue throughout Wales and the North West. Book your tickets here!

People of Dolgellau, Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed - this all-human circus is heading your way over the coming few weeks.

Saw them this weekend in Machynlleth and it was an absolute blast! Some genuine thrills, lovely music and so much joy and laughter.

www.peregrinecircus.com/book-tickets

A collage of typographic details from Black Sabbath’s first four albums, shown alongside cropped specimens of the typefaces used.

New on the blog: The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath

To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers.

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(Buckle up, it’s a long one.)

Worse thing is, they won’t carry the blame. When the day comes that traumatised people are incinerated in a Travelodge, the media will let the foghorn agitators wriggle off the hook, because if they question them properly, they’ll have to interrogate their own complicity, and that will never happen.

A book, Firebrand by Gron Williams.

You should. This is very well worth reading. (Mr Sunlight begs a blog too, I suspect!)

Diolch Amelia! Gobeithio ti’n cadw’n iawn.

Thanks Jonathan! Surprised you didn’t pursue the stuff on the mid-border Liberal tradition and Frank Owen especially. I found him absolutely fascinating.

Book Review... All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between by Mike Parker This review appears in the new issue of Liberator. You can download it free of charge from the magazine's website. All the Wide Border: Wal...

@mikeparker.bsky.social I've written a short review of your book for Liberator magazine.

The poor dog was traumatised by their drone camera (I had to take her out for the afternoon!), but that aside, it was lovely!

Garddio a Mwy - Cyfres 2025: Pennod 12 Rhanna Adam gyngor ar dendio planhigion dros y gwyliau a clywn hanes Umar, garddwr ifanc dawnus o Abertawe. Meinir does the season's 'little-big' jobs & Sioned chats to author M...

Ein gardd (a ni), a’r annwyl Sioned Blodau, ar y telly neithiwr:

First few minutes of this is us and our garden filmed on a glorious day a couple of weeks ago:
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Thanks Gordon! Always worth a look at that.

Thanks Peter.

Not heard of that. Shall take a look, thanks Matthew! Hope the book tour’s going well.

I want to do (and have printed) a photo album of 30 - 50 pictures. Any particular recommendations for sites that do this? I’ve used the Apple album thing for this before, but I imagine there’s other good, possibly better, options out there. Diolch!

Diolch yn fawr David!

Chwilio am rywbeth i wrando arno heddiw?

Beth gwell na chlywed hanes ysbrydol yr awdur @mikeparker.bsky.social am ei fywyd yn y canolbarth?

O sgwennu'r Rough Guide to Wales i rêfs a'r sîn creadigol ym #Machynlleth:

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#Cymru #DysguCymraeg #Cymraeg

The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

A typically brilliant piece from Jason Okundaye.

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Think a lot about a guy I know who went to Cardiff museum on acid, it got a bit much but he managed to find a quiet dark room, then suddenly the lights went up, a giant turtle hanging from the ceiling filled the room, and a booming voice started a monologue with "YOU KILLED ME"

Podlediad Hefyd Pennod 24 Mike Parker. Llun o Mike yn y cefn gwlad.

Diolch i'r awdur a darlledwr @mikeparker.bsky.social am y sgwrs hyfryd ar fy mhodlediad.

Wedi bod yn ffan o'i lyfrau ers sbel felly diddorol iawn i glywed am ei daith dysgu Cymraeg.

Gwrandewch yma: hefyd.podbean.com/e/mike-parke...

#podlediadHefyd #Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg