WebPowys (/ ˈ p oʊ ɪ s, ˈ p aʊ ɪ s /; Welsh: ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state , petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain .

WebJohn Cowper Powys (/ ˈ k uː p ər ˈ p oʊ ɪ s /; 8 October 1872 – 17 June 1963) was an English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 1871–1879. Powys appeared with a volume of verse in 1896 and a first novel in 1915, but gained success only with his novel Wolf Solent in 1929.

WebDinas Powys (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdinas ˈpɔwɪs]; also spelt "Dinas Powis" in English) is a small town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.Its name means "fort of the provincial place" and refers to the Iron Age hillfort which overlooks the village. Dinas Powys is 5.6 miles (9.0 km) south-west of the centre of Cardiff and is conveniently …

WebBrecon (/ ˈ b r ɛ k ən /; Welsh: Aberhonddu; pronounced [ˌabɛrˈhɔnðɪ]), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town in Powys, mid Wales.In 1841, it had a population of 5,701. The population in 2001 was 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census. Historically it was the county town of Brecknockshire (Breconshire); although its role as such was eclipsed …

WebMontgomery (Welsh: Trefaldwyn; translates to the town of Baldwin) is a town and community in Powys, Wales.It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Montgomeryshire to which it gives its name and is within the Welsh Marches border area. The town centre lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the England–Wales border. Montgomery Castle was started …

WebRadnorshire (Welsh: Sir Faesyfed) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county.It covers a sparsely populated area in mid Wales.The historic county was bounded to the north by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, to the east by Herefordshire, to the south by Brecknockshire and to the west by Cardiganshire.. The …

WebTheodore Francis Powys (20 December 1875 – 27 November 1953) – published as T. F. Powys – was a British novelist and short-story writer. He is best remembered for his allegorical novel Mr. Weston's Good Wine (1927), where Weston the wine merchant is evidently God. Powys was influenced by the Bible, John Bunyan, Jonathan Swift and …

WebTime Team is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a …

WebThe Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, better known as the Hay Festival (Welsh: Gŵyl Y Gelli), is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for 10 days from May to June.Devised by Norman, Rhoda and Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind". Tony Benn said: "In my …

Web"Chi-Chi" Igbo (a mụrụ n'ụbọchị nke 1 n'ọnwa Mee n'afọ 1986) bụ nwafọ Naijiria nakwazị Denmark bụ onye ọgba bọọlụ lagoro ezumike nká. Igbo malitere oru ya na 2000 ya na FCT Queens nke Abuja. N'oge ọkọchị nke afọ 2002, ya na ndị otu ya Capital Queens gụsịrị akwụkwọ na asọmpi ndị ntorobịa dị na Denmark.