I have a large copper kettle and if you’re something of a Domestic Goddess like me, you will be keen to have all your copperware shiny and clean. So here’s…
March 2025: Sparkling Spring Clean Recipe
Rhossili Now and Then
The Worm’s Head Hotel as we know it today, is very different from the row of cottages it grew from in the 1880s. In Jack Bevan’s book, Reminiscences of Pre-War…
Change – Though not decay
An article by Jack Bevan (pictured above in 1956), published in the Gower Society Journal in 1949. The sale of the Penrice Estate this year has altered a pattern of…
Remembering Rhossili
Letter from Australia Judith Mary Jenkins has been living in Brisbane, Australia for the past 20 years or so and here she shares her memories of growing up in Rhossili.…
Over my shoulder
An article by Jack Bevan, published in the Gower Society Journal in 1949. It’s funny how some little things start us thinking back, and comparing today with yesterday. I was…
The Hidden Legacy of Childhood
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Epigenetics Introduction Ever heard that ‘old wives tale’ that if a pregnant woman is frightened by a spider, the baby will have a spider birthmark? No?…
March: Yellowface
June Hayward, an unsuccessful young author, finds herself the only witness to the death of her former classmate and casual friend, Athena Liu, a Chinese-American author who is an industry…