I love trees. On the whole I find them very beautiful and they are so often majestic and the focal point of my favourite landscapes.

My daughter and I were watching my DVD of Riverdance the other day and she wanted to know about the story they were telling through dance and song.

The Welsh language is beautiful, whether spoken in the rounded lilt of the south or the more staccato rhythm of the north, and I had every intention of learning to speak it as soon as I could after my move to Wales.

The birth centenary of Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas has been marked today by a new 1st Class stamp that has been issued by Royal Mail today.

BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show host Chris Evans has launched a children’s story writing competition called “500 WORDS”.

Wales’ best known poet and playwright, Dylan Thomas, was born in Swansea in 1914 and Wales has begun a year-long festival to mark the centenary.

One of the most important books in the Welsh language, the Book of Aneirin, is now available to view online.

National Museum Wales offers Wales Holidays self-catering visitors plenty of interest and excitement. Sites are in Swansea and Cardiff and near Abergavenny; also in West Wales and at Llanberis in Snowdonia.