White Rabbits day! Happy New Year! #booksky #readers #resolutions

Twixmas. #walking #holidays

May the weather bring you windfalls ... #weather #winter #december #apples #fruit #twixmas #gardens #wales #wildweather

Sir Brian May was unable to make it today, but he usually comes down to support the clean boot Boxing Day hunt. They're pictured here today on the beach in front of my apartment. #cleanboothunting #boxingday #swansea #wales #bloodhounds

Well I did ask for something to beautify me...

Yesterday I went flying on a pavement. Splat. Everything hurts tonight. I didn't damage my face, but my whole body is killing me tonight. Argh. Merry Christmas Eve to you all. I was only delivering a birthday card. What a godawful month it's been.😞🎄🥂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Merry Christmas one and all. #Christmas #wishes

My New Year column is out early, lol. January isn't so far away 🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🎊#happynewyear #magazinewriter #columnist #richardburton #matthewrhys #michaelsheen #acting #stars #films #movies #novelists #booksky #bells

Winter Solstice in Wales. #solstice #wales #winter #christmas #dragons #reading #lifestyle #greetings #lighternights

My advent calendar is 8days behind. Probably due to the upset over the loss of a friend. #lakrids #liquorice #sweets #danish #denmark #sixesandsevens

Saw Santa at the Brecon Mountain Railway yesterday. Had two rides on a steam train to get us there. Excellent fun with Penderyn whisky and mini welshcakes for the adults. #trains #steamtrains #xmas #penderyn #wales #achildschristmasinwales #writersofbluesky

Ladies,... still time to put your feet up for a few minutes daily with my Kindle Christmas book of romantic short stories. FROSTED HEARTS takes you around European Xmas markets, Scottish castles, Spanish white islands, and many more places. At £2.99 treat yourself! #booksky #readers #christmas2025

Panto time! Oh no, it isn't... Oh, yes, it is! #pantomime #panto #penguins #theatre #cinderella #dylanthomastheatre #fun

My oldest friend left this earth the night before last. We met at our new school, aged 11. Our matching anoraks drew us together. It's been a tough few weeks in the run-up to the festive season. A.I. created a perfect memory, which I managed to send her. 'Not turquoise enough!' Came the response. 🤣😥

Recent storms are taking their toll along Swansea seafront, but there's always the Observatory to pop into. Loving the xmas tree casually draped across the log burner wood. #coastalliving #coast #wales #stormy #weather

Fiddling with Noel. We once had a cracking player in the Swans team, name of Leon Britton ⚽️ Naturally, things were twiddled with. #football #Christmas #candlelight #decorations

Christmas is coming. Give her the gift of luck, love & revenge. See my pinned post. #booksky #readers #gifting

When seeing Wizard was only a pound at Swansea Top Rank. #wizard #music #Christmassongs #iwishitcouldbechristmas #scrapbooking #ticketstubs #collectorsitems #nightclubs #venues

Lego Welsh Dragon in Cardiff. #lego #welsh #wales #dragons #cardiff #xmas #christmas #shopping #columnist #writer

Interesting talk on the Turin Shroud today. When someone is crucified, they can't breathe unless they keep lifting their heels up and down as the chest is stretched open and they can't exhale.The Romans would break their legs to ensure they had a quicker death. #religion #turinshroud #churches

The clock ticks for all of us. But tonight, I had the devastating news that my oldest friend won't be around much longer. Since we met age 11 and wearing the same anoraks, we've been in and out of each others lives for decades. Difficult to deal with. #sad #leavingus #badnewsbears #upsetsoflife

This was an impressive photo I took a few years back. It wouldn't work today because of all the scaffolding around us. #sunsets #colour #artists #colourpallete #photography #newsworthy

Our local Italian café had the most amazing truffles today. They were a pound each but worth it for the quality. We had 2 each. We came home to a missed day of our Lakrids advent calendar, plus today's, so 4 more ball shaped treats. Dangerous December is here. #treats #truffles #lakridsbybulow #food

Dressed my 'Mari Lwyd' yesterday. I have one tree ornament and one ceramic, which I made myself in art college. Every Christmas, she gets her ribbons and bells. Google the tradition. #welshtraditions #marilwyd #horses #firstfooting #poems #wales #lifestyles #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A Child's Christmas in Wales ...only I'm not a child. #dylanthomas #achildschristmasinwales #booksky

White Rabbits day! Don't forget to say it for luck! See pinned post for details of my novel White Rabbits, where Grace's habit of repeating it every first of the month brings her an incredible amount of good luck. #luck #love #revenge #novels #booksky #readers #xmasgifts #kindle #paperback

A visit to Woodfield Animal Sanctuary on Gower today. Met the horses, ponies, donkey, and a blind sheep named Baby G. Beautiful cakes and coffee, and the sun stayed out until we left. Good timing. A place well worthy of a donation if you're an animal lover. #charity #horsesandponies #animals

Today's the day! Time to get the xmas card and tree bauble in the post to Canada. We've done this every year for over two decades. Eclectic trees, or what? Still cost 8quid in total. #post #royalmail #xmastrees #specialgifts #canada #friends #acrossthemiles

My Christmas Column in Coast2Coast magazine, Spain. Three Kings features hugely in my life as I'm always in Spain in January. #losreyesmagots #threekings #spain #Epiphany #readers #booksky #christmas #madrid #athleticomadrid #gifting #joy #advent

Happy Thanksgiving!

'Frosted Hearts' on Amazon Kindle. Calorie free bite-sized Christmas fiction for December days when you want to feel the romance but don't have time for a novel.🥂⭐️🎄 #fiction #romance #booksky #Christmas #love #relax #metime #lifestyle #travel #fireworks #madrid #bethlehem #europe #newyork #reading

Matthew Rhys was incredible as Richard Burton in his one man show tonight in Swansea Grand Theatre. Also in conversation with Michael Sheen afterwards. #🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #burton #theatre #matthewrhys #michaelsheen #acting #writing

My new collection of romantic seasonal short stories is now out on Amazon Kindle From Scottish castles to Fifth Avenue, Madrid to the European Christmas markets, all are calorie free portions of fiction designed to cheer you through December. #booksky #romance #reading #fiction #shortstories #xmas

Down the beach after a few busy days. I'm off to see Matthew Rhys as Richard Burton tonight, followed by an 'in conversation' with him and Michael Sheen. I'm 6 episodes into the Netflix series with Rhys & Clare Danes. #burton #netflix #thebeastinme #films #theatre #culture

Money for nothing Dire Straits tribute band last night at Neath Gwyn Hall. Blown away. Wow! #70smusic #direstraits #music #concert

The Turin Shroud exhibition at Swansea Minster. It's not the real thing, obviously, but a very good copy and an interesting wander. #turinshroud #religiousicons #swanseaminster #history #biblical #fakes #copies

I remember having this book back in the day. A fascinating read. Now it's on display at Swansea Minster, so I'll be hauling my atheist arse over for a gander for old times' sake. Meanwhile, I'm well into Dan Brown's latest with a Prague vibe. #booksky #turinshroud #danbrown #religion #reading

17 poems and 4 short stories to judge on the theme Revenge, which I set at my recent talk at Swansea University Taliesin for Swansea and District Writers Circle. It's an incredible standard. This will take time. #poetry #fiction #writing #judging #themes #booksky #writers

Part of the Richard Burton centenary exhibition at Aberafan Shopping Centre. Last day tomorrow. #exhibitions #actors #stage #screen #writers #richardburton

The Richard Burton Annual Lecture at Swansea University tonight. With his daughter Kate and Granddaughter Charlotte. ❤️🥂👏#films #movies #richardburton #actors #welsh #roots #cinema #stage #lectures

Google her name. #womenatwar #womenslives #reporting #stories #poppyday #armisticeday

Happy centenery with many Welsh celebrations. #richardburton #centenary #actors #welshman

#remembrancesunday #lestweforget #cenotaph #poppyday

I bought it. Not sure when I'll get chance to read it but the first page looks to be set in Prague. I loved Prague.❤️ #novels #booksky #danbrown #reading #books #newreleases

Loved it AND the documentary. #netflix #frankenstein #maryshelley #films #novels #horror

It's one of those sorting days indoors, despite the sun shining. I've just got to clear out clutter to open my mind space. 🤪 #declutter #openminds #writersblock #tidiness

Having a cull of old magazines I used to write for and saving my columns and front pages only, stapled together. This one is pertinent from 2016. I no longer have storage space for the full copies. #magazines #columns #writers #booksky #reading #guyfawkes #bonfirenight #5thnovember #treason

Remember, remember the Fifth of November... #guyfawkes #bonfirenight #celebrations #fireworks #bonfires #displays #uk