South Wales Evening Post column, March 28, 2025
IF you’ve been sitting up and paying attention, then you’ll appreciate that it is the Richard Burton 100 - a celebration of the birth of the internationally-renowned actor and ‘the voice of Wales’. During the year, there are a whole series of events, with the action stepping up a gear next week with the release of the new film called Mr Burton. Fortunately, I have something of an inside track on information about the celebrations as one of my pals is Griff Harries, a chap with more strings to his bow than many Olympic archers. Griff is delivering a programme of Richard Burton Centenary Tours, which will be running until the end of the year. Griff’s CV runs from musician, performer, lecturer, broadcaster, educator and arts administrator, with the most recent string to his bow being as a Green Badge Wales Tourist Guide. Between stints on the SA Radio Live station, the former Swansea Sound broadcaster was able to explain more about Richard Burton 100 - “The film Mr Burton is about to be r...
