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Make your own Quote Boat

By Chris Williams Posted on 5 August 2021 Posted in Blog
Make your own Quote Boat

We like to imagine a little Dylan playing with toy boats in the stream at Cwmdonkin Park, like the speaker in his poem ‘The Hunchback in the Park’, who writes about ‘the fountain basin where I sailed my ship’. Or …

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‘Holiday Memory’ Pairs Game

By Chris Williams Posted on 3 August 2021 Posted in Blog
‘Holiday Memory’ Pairs Game

Do you have an excellent memory? It’s time to test it out with our Dylan-themed Holiday Memory game. We have created 12 pairs of cards which each feature a picture of something from Dylan’s lively radio broadcast about a hot …

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Dylan’s Writing Routine – Part Two

By Chris Williams Posted on 13 July 2021 Posted in Blog
Dylan’s Writing Routine – Part Two

Katie spent a week re-enacting Dylan’s writing routine. Here’s the second part of her reflections on this, focusing on how he spent the afternoon and evening. ‘once he was in an environment where he could work, Dylan was extremely disciplined, …

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Following Dylan’s Writing Routine: Part 1

By Chris Williams Posted on 29 June 2021 Posted in Blog
Following Dylan’s Writing Routine: Part 1

Katie, the Dylan Thomas Centre’s resident writer, finds a particularly dedicated way in which to research Dylan’s writing routine. ‘We are both slaves to habit’ wrote Dylan to Pamela Hansford Johnson in early January 1934. As it was, Dylan’s writing …

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Florence Thomas | Part 10

By Chris Williams Posted on 18 June 2021 Posted in Blog
Florence Thomas | Part 10

‘to think in one year I lost my whole family, it’s been a very severe blow, one I’m afraid I shall never really get over.’ – Florence’s letter to Ethel Ross, March 1954, published in The Three Lives of Dylan …

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