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UNBELIEVABLE: Dylan thomas - The Untold Story

Kevin Powers: ‘I was ready to abandon Infinite Jest a thousand times’

The American author on falling in love with The Great Gatsby, being inspired by Dylan Thomas – and the memoir of a canoe trip in Texas he comes back to

The Guardian - UK

A Death of One’s Own by Terry Eagleton review – meditations on arriving at a full stop

The literary critic brings his vast reading to bear on life’s most inescapable fact

The Guardian - UK

The best TV moments of the year so far, ranked

TV MOMENTS OF THE YEAR: From Diane Morgan’s flatulent poetry recital to Harry Kane losing his voice mid-interview, TV has given us a wealth of superb scenes this year. Vote on your favourite below

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We can’t all be like LeBron James at 41. But these athletes still have lots to teach us about active ageing

The poet Dylan Thomas famously wrote, “old age should burn and rave at close of day” – and a high-profile cohort of professional athletes seems to be taking him literally.

The Conversation

Peter Pegnall obituary

Other lives: Poet who founded a festival in Portugal and held workshops in Norfolk

The Guardian - UK

Claire Fuller: ‘Dylan Thomas showed me that writing could make me feel everything’

The novelist on being inspired by Shirley Jackson, discovering the brilliance of Denis Johnson, and finding comfort in Elizabeth Strout

The Guardian - UK

Nick Rodger: Storied venues elevate women's golf but will Augusta step up to plate?

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Destiny 2 community lead whips the MMO's community into a frenzy with a series of posts that could mean anything from a sequel to nothing at all: "Do not go gentle into that good night"

Fans insist "it's not cope"

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American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘blistering’ debut poetry collection

The £20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to Joy Is My Middle Name, a collection about navigating race, addiction and womanhood

The Guardian - UK

These historic photographs capture the changing personas of Dylan Thomas, from writer to rock star

Today, on Dylan Thomas Day, we examine portraits of the Welsh poet, whose enigmatic persona shifted between obscure writer and erratic rock star from frame to frame

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Joe Dunthorne: ‘Growing up in Swansea, I developed an allergy to Dylan Thomas’

The author on feeling Thomas Hardy’s pain, being duped by Donna Tartt and how reading his sister’s copy of Trainspotting made him want to write

The Guardian - UK

Under Milk Wood review – dark fairytales swirl around Dylan Thomas’s evergreen village

Director Kate Wasserberg emphasises the fantasy and supernatural elements of the poet’s ‘play for voices’ in an entertaining and inclusive production

The Guardian - UK

Derek Owusu and Seán Hewitt shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize

Six writers are now finalists for the prestigious annual prize, which awards £20,000 to a writer aged 39 or under

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Our Town review – Michael Sheen brings warmth and wit to Welsh National Theatre opener

Thornton Wilder’s classic American play is transposed for this company’s inaugural production. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can seem uncertain

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Dylan Thomas was ‘serial plagiarist’ as a schoolboy, publisher claims

Welsh poet is alleged to have stolen work of other authors wholesale while at school in Swansea

Evening Standard

Country pub of the week: The Sailors' Safety, Newport

Rambler, beach-goers and even Dylan Thomas have all been regulars

The Guardian - UK

From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers

Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show authors at their most vulnerable

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A Child’s Christmas in Wales review – exquisite Dylan Thomas adaptation has magic in every scene

Joy radiates from the stage as an ensemble cast from the Emma Rice Company bring Thomas’s twinkling poem to life

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Bingo halls, nuclear bunkers and the Tom Cruise trail: the best of this year’s Open House

A castle that inspired Dylan Thomas, a former cinema where the Beatles played or Tom Cruise’s filmic legacy are all hidden gems available for a sneak peek – for one day only

The Guardian - UK

Cover Her / Scenes from Under Milk Wood reviews – music for an unsettlingly vivid torture scene

New works at Spitalfields music festival by Litha Efthymiou and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade brought a 3rd-century teenage martyr and the chattering rhythms of Dylan Thomas’s poetry vividly to life

The Guardian - UK

‘Dizzying coastal paths, quiet beaches and dolphins’: readers’ highlights of the UK coastline

Fishing villages, lighthouses, seabirds and beachside cafes star in our tipsters’ favourite spots from Derry to Cornwall

The Guardian - UK

Artists, Siblings, Visionaries by Judith Mackrell review – the remarkable lives of Gwen and Augustus John

Gwen’s talent vastly outshone her brother’s – but both are treated with subtlety in this outstanding dual biography

The Guardian - UK

‘Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher

The novelist has been awarded the Dylan Thomas prize for young writers. She talks about giving up medical training to pursue fiction – and the childhood memories that inspired her winning debut, The Coin

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“Genuinely, I listen to the early stuff and I shudder when I hear my vocals”: How IQ singer Peter Nicholls learned to stop hating his voice, love songwriting and keep albums shorter

After watching a YouTube review, the 45-year veterans resisted the temptation to make Dominion another double LP. But they made enough music to limit the time before their next release

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The Coin by Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher wins the Dylan Thomas Prize – an expert from the judging panel explains why

Yasmin Zaher’s remarkable novel The Coin has won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under the age of 40.

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