Antiquarian bookseller, beatnik, compact cockney, adopted Welshman, Author, Dylan guy, Gonzo Guvnor of the mighty #BookBus #DylansMobileBookstore
Swansea, Wales, & On the Road
Joined February 2012
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Bob Dylan’s album “Love And Theft” was released on this day in 2001.
Dylan spoke to Mikal Gilmore about the album and 9/11 for the November 22, 2001 edition of Rolling Stone.
📸: David Gahr, Brooklyn, NY, 2001
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'I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse... I was too busy rebelling..."
- Leonora Carrington
Surrealist painter
#WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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Dolly Rebecca Parton RIP, ❤️
US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian #WomensArt
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Dr Richard Price has been described as 'the greatest Welsh thinker of all time'. Yet despite helping shape modern democracy, economics and political philosophy, he remains one of Wales's least-known intellectual giants✍️ Huw Webber wp.me/p8Mk4U-1lWL
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Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973), English illustrator best known for an early 20thc series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers #WomensArt #IllustratorArtWeek 🖊
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Wythnos gyntaf ✅
As the first week of the new Government draws to a close, our cameras have been capturing all things behind the scenes with our new First Minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth.
Full video now on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/8HHWUxnHZk4
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Half a century after its release, Geraint Jarman’s landmark debut album Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif is being reissued on vinyl in a special anniversary release alongside a limited-edition commemorative T-shirt ✍️Stephen Price wp.me/p8Mk4U-1l04
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American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, the world’s largest and most prestigious literary award for young writers wp.me/p8Mk4U-1ldG
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I first saw Bob Dylan live 60 years ago today - Odeon Cinema, London Road, Liverpool:
youtu.be/CL_5amBcS-s?si=tQWX…
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It's a great book, boldly focussing in on a few crucial years in one artist's emergence into the limelight. Braver and more honest than many a musician's memoir.
From a homeless Marine vet to a world-famous musician…
My incredible journey unfolds in my memoir,
“Huey Morgan: The Fun Lovin' Criminal,"
out this September.
Discover the grit, passion, and triumphs that shaped a music legend.
Pre-order now and join my global story!
Link in bio!
#HueyMorgan #FunLovinCriminal
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It is amazing when something remarkable falls into your hands just before a major fair. Debuting at the @NYBookfair Larry Rivers’ original art for the suppressed cover of F. Ohara’s Collected Poems. #NewYorkSchool #MoMA #bookart #originalart
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I follow the shenanigans at this site and project closely, near me so declare an interest.
You genuinely would not believe how much of a shambles the whole thing is, incompetence of the highest order.
The leader of the council involved? Will be an MS next week🤔
The Charity Commission has rapped Cardiff council for its handling of a proposed land-swap that could result in the demolition of the city’s velodrome and told it not to muddle up its dual roles as local authority and trustee of a park ✍️@ShiptonMartin wp.me/p8Mk4U-1kjj
