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Cymru 11 Lloegr 9 :) (Wales 11 England 9 at Rugby). Happy days are here again.

Excuse my shameless name-drop (the joke's on me). My mum was very friendly with Michael Bond's mother-in-law. I just met him the once. All i could think of saying was, "so you're Michael Bond!" To which came the reply, "it would seem so". I liked Paddington without ever being a fan as such...

There are 2. In the most wonderful Japanese masterpiece Sansho the Bailiff, when Anju goes into the water. More impact in a few ripples than a Hollywood tidal wave. The other is a moment that lasts barely a second. The very end of the French film The Green Ray, all the more precious for...

A slight twist to the usual. You can take to your desert island just one book, one film, one album/piece of music, one painting, one poem. BOOK: House of the Spirits (Allende), pipping Wind in the Willows and The Little Prince. FILM: Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi) MUSIC: Art of Amalia...

The pronunciation is easier than the grammar! Unlike English, it keeps to the rules.

I'm from Wales. I only wish i'd seen more than a speck of your country- Toronto and Niagara, and the drive in between. I was delighted with the friendliness of the people. Wales has plenty of variety for a little place, and very green and pretty it is too. But i was still surprised when a...

Well, i couldn't separate the last 2 so here are 6. The Wind in the Willows- Grahame. I've loved the adventures of mole, ratty, badger and the irrepressible vain Toad, with his motor car obsession (poop poop!) since a kid. The Little Prince- St Exupéry. A French aviator stranded in the...

My attempts at poetry being rather embarrassing, i'll risk a couple of little haiku. (5-7-5 syllable pattern) I've caught the moonlight, Enclosed in this small casket As your secret gift. Red maple now bare. Here lies- beneath- poor bunny. But soon, the snowdrops.

Sell Sword: no, i don't think i've ever been to that forum. Must be an imposter! Or else i've got a split personality with an alter ego i don't know about- perhaps a werewolf? Dele: thanks for the welcome. Canada is a great friendly country. we had a lovely holiday there, thanks. I've read...

I've not exactly "investigated" authors, but i have read a couple of biographies of Dylan Thomas, who was born round the corner from me. I'd be interested to find out more on Alfred Russel Wallace, co-originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection for which Darwin's since...

Here are my German favourites: Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984) Alice in the Cities (Wenders, 1974) Metropolis (Lang, 1927) Kings of the Road (Wenders, 1976) Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922) Aguirre Wrath of God (Herzog, 1972) Madchen in Uniform (Sagan, 1931) The Testament of Dr Mabuse (Lang...

Sut mae, Evil Homer. Dwy ddim yn siarad iawn Cymraeg. Dwy'n byw ger Aberhonddu. Cymru- Lloegr yfory! Anyway, hi, i'm from Wales too. A country of poets- Dylan Thomas, R.S.Thomas, Dafydd ap Gwilym, George Herbert, W.H.Davies- and a few famous/ admired writers; Roald Dahl, Bertrand Russell...

The Wind in the Willows (Grahame) The Little Prince (St Exupéry) House of the Spirits (Allende) The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon) Jacques le Fataliste (Diderot) Tom Jones (Fielding) Life of Pi (Martel) Nature Diary (Whiteley) Madame Bovary (Flaubert) The Garden of Forking Paths...