Real Gower, part of the series that examines Welsh places, takes in the pristine blue flag beaches that Gower is so famous for, from Three Cliffs bay to Rhossili, uncovering hidden histories of Gower from Bob’s Cave, tucked away under Mumbles lighthouse to Barland Castle, hidden in woodland and forgotten for centuries. “He was a great, inspirational figure for other writers, a real character and he will be hugely missed. “It’s terribly ironic that in Dylan Thomas 100 when the world is celebrating the birth of a Swansea poet, right at the outset of the year we are having to come to terms with the loss of one of our best and most influential local writers. “He was born on Gower and had deep roots in Swansea as evidenced in his lively Real Swansea books. Tributes poured in after the Gower-born writer’s death from the literary world, with broadcaster, historian, writer and Dylan Thomas Prize founder Peter Stead saying at the time: “Wales and Swansea has lost a major cultural and literary figure in Nigel Jenkins. While writing Real Gower, Nigel was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died just a few weeks later in January this year. The last work by award-winning Swansea poet Nigel Jenkins is to be launched next week at one of the writer’s favourite watering holes in Gower.

Real Swansea Two by Nigel Jenkins