Insufficiently Welsh
Griff Rhys-Jones(Author)
Parthian Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 14. April 2014
Book
Hardback
978-1-909844-86-5 (ISBN)
Description
Griff Rhys Jones is searching for that Welsh part of himself that he has felt ever since being forced to sing in the choir in church and pack down for the school first XV, all in suburban Essex. Join Griff on his journey through Snowdonia, Anglesey, the Gower, mid Wales, Brecon, Pembrokeshire, north Wales and Monmouthshire. Packed with all manners of weird, wonderful and enlightening facts, you'll learn as much about Wales as you do Griff. "Well, er, the clue is in the name...The man was gazing steadily at Griffith Rhys Jones, son of Elwyn and Gwynneth, scion of Megan and Ieuan and Evan, spawn of Betwys-y-Coed, Penmachno and the Rhondda, dark of hair, thick-thighed and round-faced. Griffith Rhys Jones. I was born in Cardiff. My mother was from Ferndale in the Rhondda, my father was from Penylan. Every single one of my relatives...were Welsh. I think I am Welsh. "But am I insufficiently Welsh? It s time to find out. "That is what this book is all about. I am going out on the road to search for my Celtic roots and explore the land of my aunties.
Language, the landscape, rugby, dogs, legends, botany, wildlife, furniture and a few more bits on the side: I looked into them all and here are the results."
Language, the landscape, rugby, dogs, legends, botany, wildlife, furniture and a few more bits on the side: I looked into them all and here are the results."
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-909844-86-5 (9781909844865)
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Griff Rhys-Jones
Insufficiently Welsh
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Person
Griff Rhys Jones was born in 1953 in Cardiff and brought up in West Sussex and Essex. He has previously written Janet lives with Mel and Griff, To the Baltic with Bob, Mountain, Semi-detached, Rivers and a quantity of television programmes. He has worked for many years as a television performer, presenter and producer, and done a lot of things on the stage too.