Dylan Thomas: Last News

It's got picturesque beaches, opportunities to spot bottlenose dolphins, and connections to the famed poet Dylan Thomas. But for those living there, its remote location a double-edged sword.

“Welcome to Johnny’s world,” said a greeter with a giggle of disbelief.His incredulity was understandable. He was manning an art gallery in Chelsea where the work of Johnny Depp is currently on display.No, not special screenings of “Finding Neverland” and “Donnie Brasco” — actual paintings by Edward Scissorhands himself.

Manic Street Preachers have shared that a new single from the band will arrive later this week called ‘Decline & Fall’.Earlier this week, the band teased the material with a clip of new music on their social media platforms. The band captioned the post on Monday (August 26) with the words, “So much for the Decline & Fall’.Now, in a new post, the band have confirmed new music is indeed on the way and that it will arrive on August 29.

Manic Street Preachers have teased new material with a clip of new music on their social media – check out the snippet and its accompanying visual below.The band captioned the post on Monday (August 26) with the words, “So much for the Decline & Fall’.The 20-second clip features a triumphant, rising guitar riff and frenzied drumming, while the video clip opens with a quote from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas: “The highest hymns of the sun are written in the dark”.The instrumental clip, which stutters with static interruptions, also includes phrases that follow a similar pattern to the caption: “So much for calculations”, “So much for standing tall”, “So much for implications”, before finally concluding with the same words: “So much for the Decline & Fall”. Watch below.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)The band discussed their upcoming 15th album in an interview with Louder Sound in June, which they described at the time as “90 per cent done” and likely to come out in January or February 2025.“It has a lot of energy, even though I don’t feel particularly energised,” said bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire.

Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has announced a new art exhibition, My Little Empire, to be displayed in a Welsh museum.From August 6 until December 13 at Narberth Museum in Pembrokeshire, the exhibition will feature 26 new pieces that showcase Wire’s love of the Polaroid image.My Little Empire, named after a song from the 1998 album ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’, will include several self-portraits, as well as subjects including Welsh film actor Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe, Albert Camus and Jean Paul Basquiat.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)The show has been curated by Mark Lewis, who has said (via South Wales Argus): “The exhibition came about after I contacted Nicky to say that one of his pictures was being used in the Dylan Thomas exhibition at Narberth Museum. He said he had always liked Narberth and would love to show his work there.

The Covid-19 pandemic has led many to reassess their lives, including their careers, and it was particularly true for those in the creative and performance industries. Some had to adapt to performing, writing, and recording music via Zoom from their spare bedrooms if they didn't have a home studio, including Welsh music legend Sian Evans found herself in this situation.

Patti Smith recently referenced her namecheck from Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ on stage in Dublin – check out footage below.The New York punk legend was playing in the city’s Vicar Street venue on June 28 when she alluded to her connection to the title track of one of the year’s most successful records.On the song in question, released in April, Swift makes a specific reference to Smith, as well as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and the iconic bohemian hotspot, Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel.“I laughed in your face and said, ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith / This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel / We’re modern idiots’,” she sings, in what is widely thought to be an allusion to her short-lived relationship with The 1975‘s Matty Healy.Now, Smith has brought the reference full circle. As seen in fan-captured footage from the Dublin show, Smith says: “Well, I’ve a small confession to make.

Two picturesque villages in North Wales have been named among the “greatest” in Britain. They have been included in a list of the country’s 30 best villages in 2024 compiled by The Telegraph.

Not sure that I would equate Tom Holland and Zendaya with the same level of triple-A star firepower as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, but the last time I witnessed sheer frenzied pandemonium outside the Duke of York’s Theatre was when Taylor went to see Burton read excerpts from Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood in February 1982.

Outlander's Sam Heughan has expressed his desire to return to the theatre once the hit TV series concludes.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Mathew Rhys has been an “unabashed” fan of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas for as long as he can remember. He cemented his love of the writer — best known for his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” — when he portrayed him in the 2008 biopic “The Edge of Love.” “When you tell most English people that you love Dylan Thomas, they go, ‘Grrr,’ because it’s such a cliché,” Rhys says. “But I’m unabashed that I’m a lifer.” He’ll play Thomas once again on May 14 in a one-night only stage reading of “Dear Mr.

Naman Ramachandran Welsh actor, writer and director Celyn Jones has set “Madfabulous” as his next directorial venture. The British indie is based on the true story of Henry Cyril Paget, fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who was once one of the richest men in Britain but died penniless and forgotten at the age of 29 in France.

Garbage’s Shirley Manson has said that Patti Smith is “one of the touchstones in my life”, who has inspired her “as a human being and as an artist”.As part of The Line of Best Fit’s Nine Songs series, the singer selected Smith’s ‘Revenge’, from her 1979 album ‘Wave’ as one of her favourite songs.She explained that Martin Metcalfe, the frontman of Manson’s earlier band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, turned her onto Smith’s work by introducing her to the seminal 1975 song ‘Gloria’, which caused Manson to fall “into a tunnel of love” that remains to this day.“We’ve shared stages with her,” she continued. “And I’ve met her several times, our history is long at this point.

Charlie Puth has finally responded to Taylor Swift namechecking him on the title track of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’.On the album’s title track, the singer declares: “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate / We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.”Now, Puth appears to have acknowledged it, albeit indirectly, when he teased a new song called ‘Hero’ on TikTok.“These last couple weeks have been really crazy for obvious reasons, but I wanted to share something with you,” he wrote. “This is a song I wrote about my friend called ‘Hero’.

Charlie Puth woke up to a big surprise the morning following the release of Taylor Swift’s new “The Tortured Poets Department” album. Swift’s lyrics have always had a way of setting the internet on fire with references to her personal life and other pop culture homages.

Patti Smith is reacting to a mention!

Emma Stone has been credited for contributing “oddities” to Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.Swift dropped the album yesterday (April 19), before later revealing that it is in fact a double album, sharing 15 additional tracks. She has also released the official video for the single ’Fortnight’, which features Post Malone.The track ’Florida!!!’ on the album includes a feature from Florence Welch, but the official credits also list Stone as having added “oddities” to the track.No further information has been provided about exactly what the double Oscar winner added to the final song.

Patti Smith has responded to Taylor Swift inserting her name into the title track of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.In the song, Swift makes reference to Smith and the poet Dylan Thomas in the lyric: “I laughed in your face and said, ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith / This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel / We’re modern idiots.’”It is thought that the title track refers to her short-lived relationship with The 1975‘s Matty Healy and her comment about Smith and Dylan refers to the 1975 frontman and herself in the sense that the pair should not take themselves so seriously and they are just “modern idiots”, according to Today.Now, Smith has had her say on her name being dropped in the song in a social media post featuring a photo of her reading Thomas. “This is saying I was moved to be mentioned in the company of the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to In the Company of Rose, a feature documentary about poet Rose Styron, widow of Sophie’s Choice novelist William Styron.

Octopussy, later married fellow actor Geoffrey Davion, and Abi grew up believing he was her father until his death in 1996. But following discussions with her mum, Abi, who has starred in Doctor Who, started to suspect she could be Sir David's daughter. She wrote to him - quoting a line from the Dylan Thomas play - to request that he take a paternity test.

David Jason's daughter has admitted she is "completely overwhelmed with sorrow" over the years she has lost with her famous dad, after they only recently discovered they are father and daughter. Only Fools and Horses legend Sir David, 83, recently found out he is father to Abi, 52, who was born in 1970 following a brief relationship with her actress mother Jennifer Hill. Abi, who is an actress, has now spoken out about finding out about her father's identity, revealing she's "incredible proud" but feels sad after having lost out on spending time with him over the years.