DYLAN THOMAS arrived at Battersea Rise, nervous and shy, on February 23, 1934, for a long weekend, straight from the train. As Pamela Hansford Johnson’s diary shows, she was already half in love with ...

A notebook full of work-in-progress versions of some of Dylan Thomas’s key poems has been rediscovered more than 70 years after the poet’s mother-in-law ordered it to be burnt. The book, in Thomas’s ...

In her attractive and level-headed book, Hilly Janes (the daughter of one of Dylan Thomas’s closest Swansea friends, the artist Alfred Janes, whose three portraits of Thomas frame the narrative) muses ...

New Directions has just published “Dylan Thomas: Collected Poems.” It’s a republication of the original 1953 edition, as selected by the poet himself, and the introduction is by Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer ...

In August 1946, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin spent four days at Puck Fair in Killorglin. They were accompanied by their friends Bill and Helen McAlpine. Caitlin MacNamara, who married ...

The 8-by-8-foot green-and-brown structure looks like a typical gardening shed when viewed from Sir John’s Hill across the River Taf estuary. But when I peer through the window, I see pens instead of ...

Well, his is the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles will participate in a marathon reading of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas’ work in October to celebrate the centenary of his birth, the BBC reports. During his ...

This film about his final days and death in New York was involving and hugely watchable, with Tom Hollander tackling the title role like a pocket-sized volcano. Having seen him so recently as the ...

Sheffield Hallam University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. It’s the dream of every researcher to get their hands on a hitherto-unknown manuscript by the author in whose work they ...

Taylor Swift had fans scratching their heads when she mentioned the names Dylan Thomas and Patti Smith on the title song from The Tortured Poets Department. Who are they? Dylan and Patti are ...