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2002
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- John was back "at his desk" in the middle of 2002, after almost
3 years "discovering eveything America had to offer". He said:
"it was an unforgettable experience, something I'll always treasure".
Well, we could all see that when he "emerged" with an obsession
for American Muscle Cars, and his very own 1967 Mustang Fastback
- just like Steve Mcqueen's in the film Bullitt!
- Late in 2002, John was interviewed by Matthias Weigold for his
forthcoming book - so keep your eye out for that.
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2003
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- New projects "in the pipeline". Last time we saw him he was hanging
out with his old-time collaborator, Nigel, the London based illustrator
and purveyor of erotic films. Watch this space!
- In response to this new site, Andrew Cummings', cool, and punky
"unofficial" site is back online - check the links on the left
of this page.
- Matthias Weigold's book has now been published! The book is called
Das Abenteuer Unterwegs Zu Sein -The Adventure of Being on the Way, and it's published by OSB. It's an impressive, coffee- table,
sized book, with lots of glossy photographs of the Valleys and
Wales. The book also has a parallel German/English text, so you'll
be able to read the interview with John, in which he also gives
his opinions on music, literartue and culture in Wales today.
- We've just updated, and verified all the information on John's
books with Amazon, Welsh Books Council, Whitaker's etc. - so ordering
online, should be much quicker. We tried to tell John last time
we saw him, but he was too busy showing us his new "Tag Monaco"
watch, and telling us how it was "the same as Steve McQueen wore
in the film Le Mans"! We're starting to wonder if this Steve fixation, is going too
far!!?
- There's a new interview, and feature, on John's music career on
Paul Marko's PUNK77 web site. The feature foucuses in on his time in theTax Exiles during the whole Punk scene. Click the logo below to read the
feature for yourself!
- John's writing is featured on a new web site! The site, created
by Lydia Lunch and her Web MIstress Tracy Qualls, features the
work of some of the most innovative writers working today. Extracts
from John's novel, Giants, appears alongside work from Lydia, Rachel Resnick, Erika Wear,
and Stephen Elliott. Don't miss this - visit the site now, by
clicking the logo below!
- Autumn, a poll began to find the "greatest Welsh men and women of all
time". People from Wales, and all around the world, were asked
to nominate the person who they thought would be most deserving
of the title of "Welsh Hero". Over 41,000 nominations were submitted,
and late in 2003 John was told that the public had voted for him
in such numbers that his name had been included in a list of "100
Welsh Heroes". The poll was to culminate in 2004, when the public were to vote again to select the final order of
100 Heroes and to elect the "winner".
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2004
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- March, hundreds of invited guests gathered in Cardiff on St David's
Day, March 1st, to witness the climax of six months of nominations
and voting in what was described as the "most definitive poll
of great Welsh people ever staged" The resultswere transmitted
live on BBC Radio Wales and streamed over the web. The Welsh-language
television channel S4C also broadcast live excerpts and returned
to 100 Welsh Heroes later in the evening for a special programme of discussion and
debate. In the final list of 100 nominations, John Evans was placed
at number 27 of the list of "greatest Welsh heroes of all time".
More than just a popularity poll, 100 Welsh Heroes was also to provide a valuable resource for schools, colleges,
and everyone interested in Wales and the Welsh. To than end, an
official website -complete with detailed biographies of each and
every nominated hero- remains online after the project.Please
click the logo below to visit the site
- April, a book was produced to mark the success of the 100 Welsh Heroes project and to celebrate the achievements of the 100 heroes.
The book includes a two page biography of John with photographs.
- Summer, John is currently hard at work on a new book. Details are sketchy,
at this moment, he won't even tell us much about it! He's also
planning a new Artworks project soon. We haven't seen much of him this Summer, with his
time being taken up with his friends in Finland.
- September, John gets a new Artwoks painting project underway. The initial response is good, and
the three art pices completed so far were sold to the USA, Sweden,
and the UK.
- October, there is a feature on the Tax Exiles, in the South Wales Echo. Click the logo below to read the feature for yourself.
- John was interviewed by Alex Ogg for a new book on punk rock,
so keep a look out for that. We'll also try to keep you posted
when it appears. It also looks likely that John's punk band, The Tax Exiles, will finally make it to disc, with interest being shown on a
release of their songs sometime in 2005. Discussions and details
are on going, so we'll try to keep you posted about that too when
we know more. John's own new book is also well underway, with
a lot of initial interest from the publishers.
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2005
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- February, John is away in Scotland with Louise.
- March, The Tax Exiles, song Miracles, has been released as a 7" single by the Low Down Kids label. The lyrics and vocals are by John, and the cover insert
features a photo of him "doing an Iggy over a mic-stand" while
performing with the band at Dingwalls, London. The single is a "lathe-cut", limited editon, so it's
very likely to be sold out quickly! To order your copy, please
visit the site, by clicking the logo below. There's also a Real Audio sound file of Miracles on the site!
- October, and John is running the Fiction Factory, a series of weekly workshops, every Wednesday, 7.30pm at Clwb
y Bont, Pontypridd, Wales. The workshops, which are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy) are planned to run right through until the end of the year. Postmodernism, Deconstruction, Punk, Gothic, Postindustrial, Beats, New Wave...Creative Writing with a difference...you won't find workshops
like this happening anywhere else in the UK! As some of you will
know, a very large percentage of people who've attended John's
workshops in the past have gone on to be published writers themselves...and
we're not talking Mills & Boon here! So, insist on the very best...be
there, or be square!
- December, John's single Sister Soul / Turn the Lights Out has been digitally remastered and is now available on CD from
various outlets. We found this web site in the USA with online
ordering, so to buy your copy, click on the cover image below.
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2006
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- February, John is running a new series of workshops at the Fiction Factory, which are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy). For four weeks, on every Monday, 7.30pm at Clwb y Bont, Pontypridd,
Wales, he will be doing a special series which will be focussed
on how to write a successful short story and get it published.
Expect Burroughs, Barthelme, Carver, and the very best of Welsh
fiction. The last series of workshops, at the end of 2005 were
well attended. There's so much going on at Clwb y Bont at the
moment, with the new folk and jazz nights, and the back room has
undergone a transformation, making it a great venue for the live
bands being lined up to play there. For the best of Welsh culture,
in Welsh and English, check it out – there's a new buzz about
the Valleys! See the local press for more details about the workshops.
- March, John is doing a reading and workshop for World Book Day on the 2nd, at Colleg Morgannwg.
- June, and John is starting another series of workshops at the Fiction Factory. The workshops, which are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy), will commence Monday, 3rd June, 7.30pm, at Clwb y Bont, Pontypridd,
Wales, and will continue at the same time through the following
weeks. Expect the best styles and techniques of contemporary literature,
read, discussed, and analysed. This is a chance to join this very
popular series at the outset, so if you missed out last time,
join in early before it's over subscribed again! Vive le resistance!
- September, John has been included in an project by London based photograhper,
Stephen Griffiths, which focusses on "left-field", "avant-garde",
writers, artists, film-makers, and musicians living, and working,
in Wales. Others names included are John Cale, Karl Jenkins (Soft
Machine), Iain Sinclair etc. We will of course update you when
the project is launched.
- October, Aleg Ogg's seminal book, No More Heroes - A Complete History of UK Punk from 1976 to 1980,
has been published. An excellent book, from one of the leading
writers documenting the history of contemporary music, which includes
a great piece on John's music career, and his time in the Tax
Exiles, complete with never published before photograh's! The book is
available online on sites like amazon, or from all good bookshops
- order your copy now!
- The Red Kite in Wales is now in its Third Edition. Published by Christopher Davies Publishers Ltd, the third printing of this highly successful book is now priced
at £6.99.
- John is holding a new series of workshops at the Fiction Factory, every Monday, 7.30pm, from October 23rd, at Clwb y Bont, Pontypridd.
The workshops, are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy).
- November, interview with John in the South Wales Echo. Please, click on thumbnail below to enlarge image.
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2007
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- January, Alex Ogg's book, No More Heroes - A Complete History of UK Punk Rock from 1976
to 1980, is now out and available from amazon and all leading bookshops. To view pages from the book and for
more information, please click on the image below to go to the
Music page on this site.
- Newspaper feature on the Tax Exiles, and Alex Ogg's new book,
with short interview with John. To read the article, please click on thumbnail below to enlarge the image.
- February, John is running a new series of workshops at the Fiction Factory, which are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy). For four weeks, on every Monday, from 5th to 28th, at 7.30pm,
Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd, Wales, he will be doing a special series
which will be focussed on how to write a successful short story
and get it published. See the local press for more details.
- Interview with John about his life and work for World Book Day. The interview will be broadcast Wednesday, 28th February at 10pm,
on GTFM, 106.9 FM.
- March, John is judging The Welsh Poetry Competition, an exciting new competition, who's organisers are seeking to
inspire and encourage "a new generation of poets and writers".
This is a competition for poets and writers who shun the dry verse
of academia, and choose instead to write "innovative work" of
"raw passion". For more information, please click the image below
to go to the competition website.
- John is doing a workshop for the Learners Forum Open Day, at 1.45pm,
Tuesday, 20th March, at Bethel Baptist Church, Pontyclun (nr.
Llantrisant).
- An excellent new site by Detour Records is now online with extensive
details of the UK Punk Rock scene from 1976 to 1980. The site
includes a history of the Tax Exiles, with comments from John.
If you also click on The Photo Album page you'll find rare newspaper cuttings, and other Tax Exiles
memorabilia, including badges and even an original gig ticket!
Please click on the image below to visit the site.
- April, John is running a new series of workshops at the Fiction Factory, which are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy). For twelve weeks, from 19th March to 7th June, on every Monday,
7.30pm at Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd, Wales, he will be holding workshops
which cover every aspect of creative writing - from poetry, song
lyrics, magazine features and journalism, to writing short-stories
and novels. Why not go along to these very popular and highly
successful workshops.
- John is doing a series of short story workshops for RCT's Libraries
Week. The project will result in the publication of an anthology
of short stories, to be Edited by John. Anyone can submit work
for the anthology, whether you attend the workshops or not, but
it may help improve the quality of your short story so why not
go along. Workshop dates are: Tuesday, 24th April, 2pm-5pm, Mountain
Ash Library; Wednesday, 25th April, 2pm-5pm, Treorchy Library;
Thursday, 26th April, 2pm-5pm, Rhydyfelin Library.
- John is conducting a workshop for Adult Learners Week, 1.00pm,
Wednesday, 23rd May, at the Aman Community Education Centre, Godreaman,
Aberdare.
- June, a new magazine, The Literary Pocket Book - Number One, is now out and it includes five new poems from John, along with
work from other talented contemporary writers, including Steven
Hitchins, John Maher and James Lloyd, with art work by Marita
Forss. Literature at the cutting edge! Please click on the cover
image below to read the magazine Press Release and for further details. If you have any difficulty obtaining
a copy, please contact us and we will forward your details on
to the publisher.
- July, a new series of workshops begin at the Fiction Factory on Monday, 16th July, at 7.30pm and will continue on every following
Monday through to Octerber 1st, at Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. The workshops, are funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academy. Every aspect of creative writing will be covered by John - from
poetry, song lyrics, magazine features and journalism, to writing
short-stories and novels. Why not go along to these very popular
and successful workshops in the art of contemporary writing and
literarture.
- August, the results of The Welsh Poetry Competition were announced at a prize giving event in the main library in
Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales on Wednesday 15th August,
2007. The competition, which John was judging, has proved very
successful with a large number of entries. Please click on the
image below to go to the competition website and see the list
of winners, together with John's comments on the winning entries.
More details are also available on the Academi website.
- September, LiteratureChick, the USA based literary magazine is showcasing Welsh writers
as part of a "Welsh Fest" which starts this month. Please check
out their site as they focus on the books coming out of Wales
and feature interviews with John Evans, Rachel Tresize, and other
Welsh authors. Click on the logo below to go directly to the LiteratureChick
website, or to read John's interview in full which appeared on
the site, please click here.
- Starting Tuesday, 18th September, from 7pm-9pm, John will be holding
a 12 week series of writing workshops at Gartholwg Lifelong Learning
Centre, Church Village, Pontypridd. All aspects of creative writing
will be covered - poetry, prose, journalism, film scripts, plays,
features, song lyrics - with of course an emphasis on contemporary
developments and techniques. Please click on the Centre's logo
below for further information and details of Course fees.
- From Wednesday, 26th September, for 16 weeks, John will be teaching
a series of creative writing workshops at Ty Catrin, Continuing
Education Centre, Pontypridd. There will be two separate OCN accredited
classes running each Wednesday - the first from 1pm-3pm, and the
other 6.30pm-8.30pm. Please click on the logo below for further
information and details of Course fees.
- Starting on Thursday, 27th September, from 1pm-3pm, John will
be holding a series of creative writing workshops at the Aman
Community Education Centre, Godreaman, Aberdare. The OCN accredited course runs for 16 weeks. Please click on
the logo below for further information and details of Course fees.
- October, on Friday the 19th, at 11.30pm, John is appearing on Resonance
FM, with Human Punk author, John King, as part of a six part series focussing on
the history and culture of Punk. The show, hosted by Johny Brown,
is titled Mining for Gold and will foucus on Regional Identity, Class, and Punk writers
and their work. John will be talking about his life and work,
and reading extracts from his books. To listen to the show, tune
in to Resonance FM, or listen online by clicking on the logo below
and going to their website.
- A new series of workshops begin at the Fiction Factory on Monday, 22nd October, at 7.30pm. This eight week course, funded byYr Academi Gymreig (The Welsh Academi), will continue on every following Monday until December 10th, at
Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. Every aspect of creative writing will be covered - with, of course,
emphasis on contemporary trends and techniques. John's teaching
style is original in every respect, and they are probably the
only classes of their kind anywhere in the UK. Even other creative
writing teachers regularly attend to learn about John's teaching
techniques! Why not go along yourself, and find out why these
wokshops are so popular with everyone - from complete beginners,
to novice writers, and even published authors.
- November, a new book on the history of the famous Roxy Club in London has
just been published. The book, written by Paul Marko, is a complete
history of the most important venue connected to the birth of punk rock, and
as The Tax Exiles, were one of the few who played at the venue
on three separate occasions, John is among those selected to appear
in the book. Please click on the image below for more information.
- Decenber, The Literary Pocketbook, Number Two, is now out. The magazine features new work from
John alongside Welsh Poetry Competition prizewinner, Gavin Price,
artist and writer Jane Fox, John Maher and Editor, Steve Hitchins.
The magazine also features John's essay, Acid Realism!? The birth of a new literary movement? Radical and controversial.
Avant-garde and cutting-edge. The Literary Pocketbook showcases some of the most original and innovative writers in
the UK today. This is an issue of the magazine not to be missed!
To buy or subscribe, contact details can be found on the link
in our June listing above. To read John's essay, Acid Realism!?, please click on the magazine cover image below.
- TheTax Exiles page on the Punk77 web site has been updated with
a feature and photographs from artist, Dave Smitham. The piece
is titled "Stockings, fishnets, breasts and a mighty fine Welsh
band featuring John Evans." Please click on the logo below to
go to the Punk77 web site and see the feature for yourself.
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2008
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- January, a new series of creative writing workshops begin 7.15pm, Tuesday,
8th January at Gartholwg Lifelong Learning Centre, Church Village,
Pontypridd. All aspects of creative writing will be covered -
with particular emphasis on contemporary forms, techniques, and
styles. Please click on the Centre's logo below for further information
and details of Course fees.
- The birth of a new literary form? A new literary movement spawned
on the streets of the South Wales Valleys? New age? New times?
New culture? John's essay, 'Acid Realism', is making the headlines.
Find out why recent developments in John's writing style, content,
and the philosophy behind it all, is exciting people by clicking
on the image below. To read the essay for yourself, click here
- A new compilation, Messthetics #104 enhanced CD: 'D.I.Y.' and indie postpunk from
South Wales and the Z-Block scene:1977-81, has just been released by Hyped To Death, the USA based music label. The album features three tracks from
John: Miracles, Rough in the Valley, from the Tax Exiles, and Underworld, John Marlon. The CD is available from all music stores or direct from the Hyped To Death website. For ordering or further information, please click on
the album cover below to go direct to their site.
- February, an excellent review of The Tax Exiles and John Marlon tracks
found on Messthetics #104 by Stuart Schrader can be found on SHIT FI dot COM. "If “(I Don’t Believe in) Miracles” was not enough for us to start
rewriting the punk history books—first by crossing out Warsaw—certainly
Tax Exiles’ aptly named “Rough in the Valley,” an unheralded Welsh
anthem, deserves an entry under British proto-hardcore punk."
To read the reviev in full please click on the logo below to go
to the SHIT FIT dot COM website, or for those who missed it, please click here.
- John is compering Writers Aloud an "Open Mic Night Live Performance of Poetry and Prose", 7.30pm,
Monday, 11th February at Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd.
- A review of Messthetics #104 appeared in the February 24th edition of The Sunday Times. If you missed it, please click on the page below to enlarge the
image and read the review for yourself.
- March, a new series of creative writing workshops begin at the Fiction Factory, 7.30pm, Monday, 3rd March, Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. The workshops, funded byThe Welsh Academi, will continue on every following Monday - excluding holiday periods.
All forms of creative writing will be covered by John - from poetry,
song lyrics, magazine features and journalism, to writing short-stories
and novels. Admission is free and everyone is welccome - from
complete beginners, to published writers - so, if you are interested
in writing, why not go along and join in these popular and successful
workshops.
- The Welsh Poetry Cometition, 2008 was officially launched on St Davids Day, 1st March. This international
poetry competition, which is being judged again this year by John,
is now open to one and all and accepting entries! For futher information,
click on the page below, or click here to go to the competition website.
- The Wire magazine reviewed Messthetics #104 in their March issue. Click on the page below to read the review
in full.
- Messthetics #104 was reviewed in the 7th March edition of the Western Mail. To read the review in full, please click on the page below.
- Buzz Magazine features John's creative writing workshops, The Fiction Factory, and Acid Realism – the term John has used to describe his most recent writing style
and that of others.
- May, John's column, in which he voices his opposition to Welsh Assenbly
Government's proposed Badger cull is published in the Observer.
To read why John is so opposed to this decision, please click
the page below.
- John joins Juliet Galletly and members ofViva outside the Welsh Assembly Government buildings to protest against
the proposed Badger cull in Wales.
- August, the results of The Welsh Poetry Competition will be announced 20th August, 2008, at a prize giving event
at Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. The competition, which John was judging,
has again been a great success with a large number of entries
from throughout the world. Please click on the image below to
go to the competition website and see the list of winners, together
with John's comments on the winning entries.
- September, John is booked to read at an Academi Writers Showcase, 7.30pm, Wednesday, 24th September, at The Monmouth
Priory, Monmouth. For futher information please click on the leaflet
below to contact the Academi from their web site.
- John begins teaching two courses, Contemporary Lterature and Creative Writing, for Cardiff University. For enrollment or further information,
please click on the brochure image below to contact Cardiff University
from their web site.
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2009
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- January, John's Creative Writing course for Cardiff Univeristy gets back underway. To enroll,
or for futher information, please click on the image below to
contact Cardiff University from their web site.
- April, the John's Creative Writing course for Cardiff Univeristy gets back underway. To enroll,
or for futher information, please contact Cardiff University from
their web site by clicking here.
- John is compering an evening of poetry at Gartholwg, Nr. Llantrisant.
The events takes place at 7.30pm, Friday, 26th September, admission
£3.00. Other writers set to apear are Grahame Davies. Clare Potter
and Meic Stephens – John will also be reading from his own work.
For tickets in advance or further details, please click on their
logo below to go to their web site.
- November, The Acid Real will be launched on Sunday, November 8th, with two events taking
place in Pontypridd. The first will be an invitation only, open
air reading,which commences at 3.30pm, then at 7.30pm, at Clwb
Y Bont in the town centre there will be a book signing, further
readings, and a chance for you to chat with John about his new
work.
- Thanks to everyone who attended the two events in Pontypridd.
The open air event at the druids Rocking Stone was especially
magical...or Acid Real! . For those who missed the second event
in the evening, a photo of John reading live on stage at Clwb
Y Bont is posted below. Please click below to enlarge the image.
- The Acid Real, has been added to the Academi's list for the Wales Book of the Year. To see the list of eligible books for the 2010 award, please
click here.
- The Acid Real, is making it's way through the distribution system to all leading
online retailers. To buy a copy from the website of the main distributor,
The Welsh Books Council, please click on their logo below to go
to their ordering page.
- John will be judging the Gartholwg Lifelong Learning Centre, Creative
Writing Competition and making presentations to the winners, 7.00
pm at Gartholwg, Pontypridd. He will also be discussing and signing
copies of his new title, The Acid Real. For further details contact Gartholwg. This event is supported
by Academi.
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- January, footage of John was broadcast on BBC Wales' main news, 6.30pm,
Wednesday, 13th February. He was protesting against the Welsh
Assembly Government's abhorrent and completely unscientific decision
to carry out a Badger "cull" in Wales. John said: "Elin Jones,
the Rural Affairs Minister, is AM for Ceredigion which of course
is largely a rural area. It appears she wishes to appease the
farmers lobby and so gain their votes come the next election.
The WAG decision to slaughter thousands of badgers in an attempt
to control TB in cattle is a hideous act of cruelty, which also
flies in the face of the majority of scientific evidence and even
the UK Government's own findings on this issue! " Everyone should
contact Elin Jones to urge her to reconsider: elin.jones@wales.gov.uk (and if you are from Ceredigion, perhaps you should tell her
if she ignores your views you'll never vote for her again).
 
- Despite all the snow we've had this month, John is currently collaborating
on a film version of The Acid Real. We'll give you more details when we have them.
- John has been asked to judgeThe Welsh Poetry Competition again this year. The 2010 competition was officially launched
this month at the Llanover Arms, Pontypridd. The competition organisers
said: "We have launched this years' competition 2 months early
due to popular demand and requests from previous and new entrants
and so our much awaited fourth international poetry competition
(how time flies) is now open to one and all and accepting entries!"
To enter, or find out more about this increasingly popoular and
hugely successful competition, please click on the logo below
to go to their website.
- February, The Killing Fields of Wales, a hard-hitting new feature written by John, has been published
in full on the Save The Badger website. There's been a lot of interest in this feature and it's
also due to appear in a number of UK magazines in the coming weeks
– apparently, it has also being posted on a number of online message
boards and forums. We hope you will all help in trying to stop
the senseless slaughter of badgers in Wales! To read the feature
yourself, please click on the Save The Badger logo below.
- Save The Badger, held their first public meeting at Miskin Manor Hotel, nr. Llantrisant,
10.00 GMT, 7th February. Among those who attended were representatives
from South & West Wales Wildlife Trust, Badger Trust Cymru, Pembrokeshire Against the Cull, Viva, a number of badger groups, and members of the public. The meeting
was covered by both ITV and BBC Wales main news. The BBC news
feature broadcast at 17.50 had an interview with John, and this
was later repeated at 22.15. There is also an item about the Save The Badger meeting, "New group fights badger cull in west Wales" on the BBC news website. Please click on the image above to read
the feature for yourself.
(Photo BBC News)
- The South Wales Argus newspaper added their support to the Save The Badger campaign to fight against the Wlsh Assembly Govrnment decision
to slaughter badgers in Wales. Please click on the newspapers
logo below to read the Editorial Comment for yourselves.
- The results of a major new scientific research study by Imperial
College London into the effectiveness of badger culling in controlling
bovine TB was published on Wednesday, 10th. The study had this to say about culling badgers: "beneficial effects
are not sustained, disappearing four years post-cull.", and "this
is not a cost-effective contribution to preventing bTB infections
in cattle”. On the day, John was interviewed in Cardiff by BBC
News, with Christianne Glossop being sent out by WAG to give their
response. In the light of the new scientific evidence, John publicly
called on Rural Affairs MInister, Elin Jones, to "halt her plans
to kill badgers immediately".
- A review of The Acid Real by Steve Dube appeared in theWestern Mail magazine on Saturday, 13th. Please click on the image below to
read the review in full yourself.
- John's opinion column on the WAG's decision to slaughter badgers
was published in the Trinity Mirror group South Wales Valleys
newspapers on Wednesday, 25th. Please click on the image below
to read the piece yourself.
- John was asked to give his views on WAG's policy on badgers for
the 1st March, St David's Day, edition of Big Issue Cymru. Please
click on the image below to read the article.
- Save The Badger, the organisation for which John is acting as spokesman, held
their first public rally outside the Welsh Assembly Government's
Senedd building in Cardiff. The rally drew a crowd of around 300
people who listened to speeches by John, and representatives of
other organisations opposed to WAG's policy on badgers, before
joining together to stage a silent protest outside the Senedd.
To find out more about the event, please go to the Save The Badger website by clicking here. Or, to read some of the media coverage of the day's proceedings,
please click on the image below.
(Photo BBC News)
- On 22nd March, John, and other representatives from Save The Badger and the Badger Trust, were joined by Brian May at the High Court
in Swansea for the Judicial Review into the Welsh Assembly Government's
decision to implement a badger cull in Wales. The results of the
hearing are expected sometime in April. As I'm sure many of you
are aware by now, Brian's presence in court attracted a considerable
amount of media attention throughout the UK. Photograph below
taken during the lunchtime recess: Brian May, with Nicola Dodd,
John Evans, and Susan Morris, from Save The Badger, and Pat Hayden from the Badger Trust.
- A review of The Acid Real by Gwyn Griffiths appeared in the Wednesday, 24th March edition
of the Morning Star newspaper. To read the review online on the Morning Star website
please click here. To see the review as it appeared in the newspaper, please click
on the page below.
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