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Not long ago we recounted in our series The Merlin Files how the legendary wizard was said to have moved Stonehenge from Ireland to Britain. Now stunning new historical evidence suggests that somehow the...
We wrote about John Hodge and his beautiful love spoons a year ago and thought it was time to catch up with what he has been doing in the various lockdowns we have been...
Merlin appears to be immortal. Whether or not he is still lives, imprisoned beneath Merlin’s Hill (as discussed in last week’s episode), his spirit certainly lives on in Carmarthen, the place of his birth....
Our series THE MERLIN FILES started before the lockdown… so there has been a bit of a hiatus before we were able to bring you the final two episodes. If you want to catch...
According to the ancient Welsh White Book of Rhydderch, the first name that the island of Britain bore before it was taken or settled was Myrddin’s Precinct. This has led some to believe that...
In Geoffrey of Monmouth’s 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain, which has provided much of the basis for the previous articles in this series, Merlin played a vital – and somewhat sinister –...
In last week’s article in this series, we looked at how Wales’s favourite wizard, Merlin, used his super powers to move Stonehenge from Ireland to Britain (allegedly). Not a bad trick, but according to...
When Aurelius became king of Britain around 1,500 years ago, he was keen to mark the burial place of hundreds of his warriors who had been treacherously assassinated by the Saxons near Kaercaradduc (later...
In last week’s article we touched on the Welsh legend Merlin’s penchant for enigmatic prophecy when, as a boy, in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain, he forecast that the Saxons...
The legendary Merlin – or Myrddin – has so many connections with Wales that he demands our attention, whether we live in the North or the South of the country (or even if we...
