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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 18h

Richard Burton Centenary Exhibition: Belonging to Pontrhydyfen

A taster of the art and artefacts on display at Studio 40, Neath — including a few from Elizabeth Taylor.

It complements the Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood exhibition across the road at Queen Street Gallery.

Both run until 25 October.

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 21h

PS Ticket secured. Phew!

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 22h

If anyone needs me, I’m in a queue for Kenneth Branagh in the RSC’s The Tempest, watching a stick man walk along a grey bar. Please send coffee.

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 1d

Thousands join biggest-ever UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution:
Almost 4,000 people have signed up to the lawsuit over allegations of "extensive and widespread pollution" in three rivers - the Wye, Lugg and Usk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 1d

To begin at the beginning...
Popped in to see the lovely new exhibition inspired by Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood at Queen Street Gallery, Neath, which runs until 25 October.

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 2d

A bit like this one towards the end - that was part of its charm!

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 3d

Final day of Porthcawl Fair, final ride on the ghost train. It won't be the same without you, Coney Beach! 👻🚃
(Full video coming soon!)

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 3d

Getting Gothic in Margam Castle, at the heart of a very autumnal Margam Park. 🎃🍂
PS Save the date: I'll be doing a very exciting ghosts and folklore event here November the 1st!

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 4d

Treated myself to a little Gothic reading. Purely for research purposes, of course. 🦇

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 6d

Hello pumpkin! 🎃🍂

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 8d

Happy October the 1st! 🍂🎃
And with that, a cold breeze filled the air…
#Halloween

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 9d

Temperate rainforest restoration project to begin:
"Cornwall Wildlife Trust is to begin restoring a temperate rainforest habitat near Looe... The trust said its 150-acre site was 'an ideal location' due to its humid valleys and 'rare and important species'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Temperate rainforest restoration project to begin in Cornwall

Cornwall Wildlife Trust is to begin a temperate rainforest restoration project at its 150-acre site near Looe.

www.bbc.com

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 9d

Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier:
‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier

From Rebecca to The Birds and scores of creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 10d

Welsh folklore tells us to take care tonight:
"Michaelmas Day was credited with uncanny power in Wales. There was an old superstition that on this night the Cistfaens (warriors' graves) were illuminated by spectral lights for the ghosts of ancient warmen were engaged in deadly fray."

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 12d

Friday night with Welsh National Opera... happy weekend!

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 12d

Halloween (Nos Calan Gaeaf) is a time for ghost stories — and Swansea has plenty to tell:
🎃 Morriston Library: 20 Oct 11am
🎃 Killay Library: 24 Oct 11am
🎃 Oystermouth Library: 24 Oct 2.30pm
🎃 Gorseinon Library: 27 Oct 11am
Venue details here: www.swansea.gov.uk/libraries

Libraries - Swansea

Our libraries offer a range of services, including access to hundreds of council services online.

www.swansea.gov.uk

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 12d

Halloween in Wales: History, Folklore & Swansea’s Most Haunted Places 🎃👻
Very pleased to be touring Swansea this spooky season with four spine-chilling talks for Swansea Libraries.
Free entry and maybe a few goosebumps along the way - full details below! 👇

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 12d

Ghost sculptures return to haunt city centre
"More than 50 ghostly sculptures will haunt streets and green spaces in York this autumn, as a popular history trail returns."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #halloween

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 13d

Porthcawl Elvis Festival, Wales - Europe's largest event to celebrate the King of Rock 'n' roll - is nigh. The charity shops are certainly ready! 👑

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 14d

Charlie Brown x Halloween III: Season of the Great Pumpkin 🎃💀🧙‍♀️
🎨 Jeremy Allison

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 14d

No need for the Wicker Man this year:
"National Trust reports bumper apple and pumpkin crops at its sites"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

National Trust reports bumper apple and pumpkin crops at its sites

Near-ideal conditions have led to high yields at some of the country’s best loved orchards and walled gardens

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 15d

"An Autumn Lane" 1886 🍂🌙
John Atkinson Grimshaw
A hauntingly atmospheric street scene from Victorian artist John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893).
As the nights draw in, golden autumn days are just around the corner…

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 17d

Happy Autumn Equinox!
It's the first day of autumn, when day and night will be roughly equal length.
Days will get shorter, nights will get longer, and all coffee will be pumpkin spiced.
Farewell summer, hello spooky season... 🍂🎃
#autumnequinox #halloween

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 17d

"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds."
Loved WNO's revival of Bernstein's Candide just as much as the premiere in 2023 - bravo!
#wnocandide

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 17d

Impressive pumpkin collection - quite a harvest!