Under Milk WoodCommissioned by the BBC, and described by Dylan Thomas as 'a play for voices', 'Under Milk Wood' takes the form of an emotive and hilarious account of a spring day in the fictional Welsh seaside village of Llareggub. We learn of the inhabitants' dreams and desires, their loves and regrets. We meet characters such as Captain Cat who dreams of his drowned former seafellows and Nogood Boyo who dreams of nothing at all. Adapted by Cerys Matthews, in an

of her life and loves

It is a joyful celebration of nature words and the natural world they invoke

to start a new job as a children's librarian

practical and joyful painting handbook

Every penny she's earned for years

This is not what you see in the adverts

A photograph of an animal long-gone evokes a feeling of loss more than a painting ever can

Tragedy permits us to come face to face with the things we don't want to know about ourselves

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An adult edition of the hugely popular book

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'Mother Tongue' is an entertaining and didactic investigation of the influence and distribution of the language worldwide and its origins as a second-rate tongue spoken by peasants