There are several remarkable things about the village of Llanfrothen, on the edge of the Snowdon mountains in Gwynedd. It used to be by the sea but it isn't now (thanks to land reclaimed in the 19th century). Ospreys live not far away, and a black swan ...
Artist Eleanor Brooks' exhibition portraying her cleaner-turned-model Mrs Spinks is on show in Llanfrothen, 45 years after their first extraordinary meeting. Mrs Spinks came into Eleanor's life in 1966 in answer to an advertisement for a cleaner. "Her ...
A Snowdonia community is hoping a rural village shop is safe from closure after the development of a deli and cafe. The initiative at Llanfrothen near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, was kick-started after the post office closed in the community-owned shop ...