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Claire Fuller: ‘Dylan Thomas showed me that writing could make me feel everything’

The novelist on being inspired by Shirley Jackson, discovering the brilliance of Denis Johnson, and finding comfort in Elizabeth Strout

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Nick Rodger: Storied venues elevate women's golf but will Augusta step up to plate?

The National (Scotland)

Destiny 2 community lead whips the MMO's community into a frenzy with a series of posts that could mean anything from a sequel to nothing at all: "Do not go gentle into that good night"

Fans insist "it's not cope"

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American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘blistering’ debut poetry collection

The £20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to Joy Is My Middle Name, a collection about navigating race, addiction and womanhood

The Guardian - UK

These historic photographs capture the changing personas of Dylan Thomas, from writer to rock star

Today, on Dylan Thomas Day, we examine portraits of the Welsh poet, whose enigmatic persona shifted between obscure writer and erratic rock star from frame to frame

Digital Camera World

Joe Dunthorne: ‘Growing up in Swansea, I developed an allergy to Dylan Thomas’

The author on feeling Thomas Hardy’s pain, being duped by Donna Tartt and how reading his sister’s copy of Trainspotting made him want to write

The Guardian - UK

Under Milk Wood review – dark fairytales swirl around Dylan Thomas’s evergreen village

Director Kate Wasserberg emphasises the fantasy and supernatural elements of the poet’s ‘play for voices’ in an entertaining and inclusive production

The Guardian - UK

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Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize

Six writers are now finalists for the prestigious annual prize, which awards £20,000 to a writer aged 39 or under

The Guardian - UK

Our Town review – Michael Sheen brings warmth and wit to Welsh National Theatre opener

Thornton Wilder’s classic American play is transposed for this company’s inaugural production. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can seem uncertain

The Guardian - UK

Dylan Thomas was ‘serial plagiarist’ as a schoolboy, publisher claims

Welsh poet is alleged to have stolen work of other authors wholesale while at school in Swansea

The Independent UK

Country pub of the week: The Sailors' Safety, Newport

Rambler, beach-goers and even Dylan Thomas have all been regulars

Evening Standard

From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers

Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show authors at their most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

A Child’s Christmas in Wales review – exquisite Dylan Thomas adaptation has magic in every scene

Joy radiates from the stage as an ensemble cast from the Emma Rice Company bring Thomas’s twinkling poem to life

The Guardian - UK

Bingo halls, nuclear bunkers and the Tom Cruise trail: the best of this year’s Open House

A castle that inspired Dylan Thomas, a former cinema where the Beatles played or Tom Cruise’s filmic legacy are all hidden gems available for a sneak peek – for one day only

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Cover Her / Scenes from Under Milk Wood reviews – music for an unsettlingly vivid torture scene

New works at Spitalfields music festival by Litha Efthymiou and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade brought a 3rd-century teenage martyr and the chattering rhythms of Dylan Thomas’s poetry vividly to life

The Guardian - UK

‘Dizzying coastal paths, quiet beaches and dolphins’: readers’ highlights of the UK coastline

Fishing villages, lighthouses, seabirds and beachside cafes star in our tipsters’ favourite spots from Derry to Cornwall

The Guardian - UK

Artists, Siblings, Visionaries by Judith Mackrell review – the remarkable lives of Gwen and Augustus John

Gwen’s talent vastly outshone her brother’s – but both are treated with subtlety in this outstanding dual biography

The Guardian - UK

‘Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher

The novelist has been awarded the Dylan Thomas prize for young writers. She talks about giving up medical training to pursue fiction – and the childhood memories that inspired her winning debut, The Coin

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“Genuinely, I listen to the early stuff and I shudder when I hear my vocals”: How IQ singer Peter Nicholls learned to stop hating his voice, love songwriting and keep albums shorter

After watching a YouTube review, the 45-year veterans resisted the temptation to make Dominion another double LP. But they made enough music to limit the time before their next release

The Conversation

The Coin by Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher wins the Dylan Thomas Prize – an expert from the judging panel explains why

Yasmin Zaher’s remarkable novel The Coin has won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under the age of 40.

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher wins Dylan Thomas prize with ‘audacious’ novel The Coin

£20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to story ‘tackling trauma and grief with bold and poetic moments of quirkiness and humour’

The Guardian - UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 16: a trio of small historic cities

From Swansea, with its sweeping bay and artistic soul, to Doncaster’s Roman heritage and Carlisle’s literary past, this selection proves size doesn’t matter

The Guardian - UK

Eley Williams and Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize

Yael van der Wouden, Seán Hewitt, Yasmin Zaher and Rebecca Watson also in running for Swansea University’s £20,000 writers’ award, with winner announced on 15 May

The Guardian - UK

Jess Kidd: ‘My older sister taught me to read with Mills & Boon’

The author on growing up with tales of swooning heroines, the thrill of Dylan Thomas and the genius of George Saunders

The Guardian - UK

Italy 22-15 Wales: Six Nations 2025 – as it happened

Wales slumped to their 14th consecutive defeat after a hugely disappointing display in Rome

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