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NEWS FROM WALES AND THE WORLD
Videos from the Press and Media
One of the most evocative Youtube videos features Number 5 with music from Welsh folk group Osian
South Wales Evening Post reporter Kate Clarke stays at Number 5.
South Wales Evening Post on the opening of 5 Cwmdonkin Drive on Dylan's 94th birthday (27th October 2008) stays at Number 5 for The Guardian.
South Wales Evening Post interview with Aeronwy Thomas.
The Post get a preview of 5 Cwmdonkin Drive a week before opening day.
Why we are not a museum
Excluded from entering a £100k competition open "...to all museums and galleries..." in the UK because we are privately owned. Full story.
What the Press and Media say
This is a selection of articles and video links to the world's Press and Media.
Colette Hume - BBC Wales correspondent takes a tour of the house.
Colette Hume's interview about the house.
South Wales Evening Post reporter Kate Clarke stays at Number 5.
Author Niall Griffiths stays at Number 5 for The Guardian.
Sebastian Lander in Number 5 for TravelMail.
South Wales Evening Post interview with Aeronwy Thomas.
Nam Le wins 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize
Nam Le, the Vietnamese born author won the £60,000 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize sponsored by University of Wales. The winner was announced at an awards dinner at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea by the chairman of the judges Peter Florence with Dylan's daughter Aeronwy making the presentation. Check out the shortlist here and see the authors unconventional preparation for the big night at their official resident at Clyne Farm.
Dylan Thomas Prize 2010
From 2010 the Prize becomes an annual affair with increased internationla presence. The launch was in Boston on St David's Day exactly sixty years after Dylan gave the first ever reading of Under Milk Wood also in the same US city. The £30,000 ($45,000) prize is awarded to the best work by an author under 30 and will include books of poetry, fiction, plays. It is sponsored by the University of Wales. Further details are on the Prize website
House Clearance for Dylan Thomas
5 Cwmdonkin Drive is constantly evolving so we are still looking for some furniture and fittings and would exceptionally consider Edwardian and Victorian house clearances.
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