Run Free: reflecting on change

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Earlier this year I finished my first novel. The title is Run Free and it’s set in 1976, in the Newport I remember from my childhood. I grew up on the east side of the River Usk where the majority of … Continued

Running the Newport Half Marathon

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Well it’s over… for another year, at least. There’s a great sense of satisfaction in running a half marathon. I understand non-runners might think we’re all completely bonkers (and there are times I tend to agree with them), but running … Continued

Newport, Newport

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  After all the heavy rain of Sunday and Monday (plus the mini cyclone in Rhiwderin on Monday afternoon which no-one except me seemed to notice but which sent my antique Bridgend Creamery milk urn hurtling up the garden to … Continued