Dylan Thomas Centre

05/09/2026

1940 Dylan writes to Vernon Watkins: 'In this house Caitlin & I have our bedroom on the top floor, and so far we haven't got up even when the German machines are over us like starlings. But I think we'll have to, soon.'

04/09/2026

1940 Dylan: ‘I had to go to London last week to see about a BBC job, & left at the beginning of the big Saturday [air] raid.’

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

‘Washing and Babies’: Creative workshops for parents of young children
Thursdays 17th September – 8th October (10:00 – 11:30)
Join us for four weeks of free creative writing workshops in the Dylan Thomas centre
Through simple, fun and accessible writing exercises, you will be inspired by nature and poetry to think about how being creative can help you process the rollercoaster of emotions that comes with being a parent. For more information and sign-up: https://forms.gle/Q5f7GHrqpkE7sjhc8

03/09/2026

1939 Dylan on the war: ‘I don’t know what to do either: declare myself a neutral state, or join as a small tank.’

02/09/2026

1936 Dylan writes to Edith Sitwell: ‘You’re still a great encouragement to me- & always will be- & I do appreciate it.’

01/09/2026

1938 Dylan: ‘I’m forced to work; thank God the sun has gone in and I needn’t go out; we’ve nothing left but our wits and paper.’

31/08/2026

1938 Dylan has received ‘a lawyer’s list of the objectionable words, phrases, passages & whole chunks in my short stories.’

30/08/2026

1942 Dylan: ‘I have been here for over a week…with milk and mild and cheese and eggs, and I feel as fit as a fiddle only bigger’

29/08/2026

1939 Dylan thanks his father for the gift of a ‘Grand, magnificent dictionary… I will take care of it and use if often. It is a most valuable thing for me to have’