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Cambria Politico

CAMBRIA POLITICO

i-Cambria The online magazine that celebrates all things Welsh! May - June 2008

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

GREGYNOG: THE TRADITIONS CONTINUE
DAVID WILLIAMS visits Gregynog - a haven of Welsh culture wherethe traditions - and high standards - established by the Davies sisters early in the last century continue to this day.

THE WELSH ‘APOSTLE OF WONDER’AND THE ANGELIC BOWMEN
DAVID JONES on the life and work of writer Arthur Machen, today considered to be among the finest supernatural horror novelists of any age.

HELP FOR ALZHEIMER’S SUFFERERS FROM OUR NATIONAL FLOWER
CHRIS JONES talks to Professor Trevor Walker of the Talgarth-based biotech company Alzeim to discover why he is encouraging local farmers to grow our national flower on a commercial scale.

PATRICK THOMAS
‘The Confessions of a Canon Librarian’

TRAVEL
GWYN GRIFFITHS visits a Celtic book fair in Brittany

CULTURE LITERATURE
CHRISTINE EVANS on Aberdaron;
MEIC STEPHENS, PETER FINCH,
CATHERINE MERRIMAN, RHODRI EVANS

POETRY
New work by Welsh poets

ANTIQUES
RICHARD BEBB on the history of the Welsh Dresser

ART
FRANCES DAVIES on Claudia Williams

GARDENS
CAROLINEPALMER: Tyˆ Glyn - a magical, secret garden

DIARY
IDRIS R. JONES casts an eye over contemporary Wales

MOTORING
JOHN A. EDWARDS test-drives a Ford Mondeo Titanium X8

FOOD
NICK HARMAN on superchef Franco Taruschio

HOTELS
Reviews: Llansantffraid Court; The Meirionnydd

DIRECTORY
The best places to eat in Wales

ONLOOKER
Events, happenings and personalities around Wales

WEB DIRECTORY
Cambria’s Welsh website guide

New articles...

Daffodil help for Alzheimers

CAMBRIA INTERVIEW

HELP FOR ALZHEIMER’S SUFFERERS from THE WELSH NATIONAL FLOWER

“I see no reason why some good, cheap science cannot persuade Wales that in the daffodil it literally has a national treasure and not just an icon.”

Prof.J.T. Walker of Alzeim Ltd., Talgarth.

Cambria went to Talgrath in Powys to visit Professor Trevor Walker of the biotech company Alzeim Ltd who are encouraging traditional hill farmers to diversify by growing fields of daffodils. We ...
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