Culture Category

18/10/2018

Sir V.S. Naipaul

The writer Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad (“V.S.”) Naipaul died in August 2018, just short of his 86th birthday.…

17/10/2018

Mary Quant

Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant (1930-2023) from London was part of the ‘Swinging Sixties’ cultural shake-up in…

16/10/2018

National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales was first staged in 1861 and is held at a different venue…

13/10/2018

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) from Edinburgh first became a medical doctor. However, he had inherited story-telling…