Culture Category
Sir V.S. Naipaul
The writer Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad (“V.S.”) Naipaul died in August 2018, just short of his 86th birthday.…
Mary Quant
Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant (1930-2023) from London was part of the ‘Swinging Sixties’ cultural shake-up in…
National Eisteddfod of Wales
The National Eisteddfod of Wales was first staged in 1861 and is held at a different venue…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) from Edinburgh first became a medical doctor. However, he had inherited story-telling…