David MathewsFeb 135 minNo Pit PonyYou know the stories – or you think you do. Coal has nearly gone, bittersweet, for it needs to go, God knows, but God knows too that men...
David MathewsJan 191 minBrambling by the railwayThe lovely people at Sky Island Journal have included a piece of nonsense by me and an imagined poet resembling R S Thomas in their...
David MathewsJan 111 minWorth the trip?On account of a herring gull, I took train and ferry from Bath to County Wexford for an autumn night to read a short story at the...
David MathewsDec 17, 20234 minThere were always Uncles at Christmas ‘There were always Uncles at Christmas. The same Uncles.’ Dylan Thomas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales Uncle Lewis ‘Davy won’t want it...