Each summer, the Green Man Festival brings music, arts and visitors from far and wide to the Glan Usk Estate near Crickhowell. However, its contribution to Wales extends well beyond the festival weekend. Green Man has long used its platform to nurture artistic talent, address inequality and encourage action on climate change. In 2014, festival […]
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Monthly Archives: August 2026
The Tolkien Letter Is Coming Home
Last month, we shared the exciting news that a recently discovered letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien had finally confirmed a story that had circulated around Crickhowell for decades that the town was the inspiration for Crickhollow in The Lord of the Rings. Since then, the story has taken an extraordinary turn. J.R.R Tolkien’s illustration, The […]
Beyond the Stalls: The Local Story Behind Abergavenny Food Festival
Every September, Abergavenny Food Festival transforms our town into a bustling food hub, filling its streets with local producers, live cooking, inspiring talks and thousands of people brought together by a shared love of food. Yet despite being one of the UK’s best-known food festivals, a few myths still linger. The biggest? That it’s simply […]
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