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Month: September 2024

A Change in the Seasons

What a difference in a week. Everywhere you look now you can see the change in the seasons. This has got me thinking about how we cope with the changing seasons in our lives. Next Thursday marks the end of a very significant season in my life.

My Favourite Waste of Time

With under 2 weeks to go until my Golden Jubilee Concert at the Swansea Arena it was time to announce my final special guest to my band, Owen Paul. One by one I told them who it was, and everyone had the same question…How do you know him? The answer was even more out of the blue when I said …I don’t!!!

Pittsburgh to Port Talbot!

Pittsburgh reminded me in so many ways of my home region especially Port Talbot. In some ways the regeneration of that old steel town gave me hope that with the right investment and leadership our old steel town could once again rise from the ashes but…

Swansea To Pittsburgh

The temperature is still hovering around 80 degrees and all I can hear coming from the bar is the sound of Welsh hymn singing. The accents all mingle together with the vowels and drawl of Ohio, Pennsylvania and California mixing in a cocktail with Swansea, Ynys Mon and Brecon. This is the North American Festival of Wales and I love it