Roy draws on his many years of travelling around Wales and the many thousands of people he has met through his radio and TV work, to paint a picture of the true essence of the country. Rugby, mining and choral singing are just a few of the strands of Welsh culture that Roy brings to life in this illustrated collection of amusing and informative anecdotes and essays. From his early life on the fringes of the Black Mountain on the edge of Carmarthenshire, he sews a quilt of many patches to colour his own, individual, essence of Wales. Noble by name, Welsh by birth, mongrel by pedigree and design, he is well used to hanging on, white-knuckled, to the edges and fringes of what it is to be Welsh. He has clung on to the fringes of those strong, constituent Welsh parts of choral singing, eisteddfodau, chapel, leeks, lamb, cockles and larva bread. He has gripped the edges of rugby football, educational nepotism, broadcasting nuances, thrice re-organised County lines and even carboniferous limestone ...which has always been close to his very being. His quilt is sewn as an illustrated collection of amusing informative and opinionated anecdotes and essays ...with pathos thrown in on those edges and fringes, 'lest he be found wanton' as St David once said.
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Roy Noble is one of the most popular and successful of Welsh broadcasters. He is a native of Brynaman in Carmarthenshire and lives in Aberdare with his wife and son.
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