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Front Row

Hugh Jackman, National Poet of Wales Ifor ap Glyn, Richard Bean

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Hugh Jackman talks to Kirsty Lang about his final portrayal of the super-hero Wolverine in the film Logan.

Ifor ap Glyn, the National Poet of Wales, writes a new poem for Front Row to mark St David's Day, called Cymraeg Ambarel (Umbrella Welsh).

One Man, Two Guvors playwright Richard Bean on The Hypocrite, set in Hull during the English Civil War, which opens tonight at the Hull Truck Theatre.

Katharine Quarmby reviews the film Trespass Against Us, which stars Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson as travellers in the West Country.

Cymraeg Ambarel
1.3.17

Mae'n bwrw mor aml
mewn byd drycinog,
ond mae dy ffyn bob tro yn cloi'n
gromen berffaith, uwch fy mhen;
a than dy adain, caf hedfan yn unfraich,
drwy ddychymyg yr hil.

I rai, rwyt ti'n 'cau'n deg ag agor,
ond o'th rolio'n dynn,
mi roddi sbonc
i'n cerddediad fel Cymry;
ac mi'th godwn yn lluman main
i dywys ymwelwyr at ein hanes,
a thua'r byd amgen sydd yno i bawb...

Tydi yw'r ambarel
sydd o hyd yn ein cyfannu,
boed yn 'gored, neu ynghau
- dim ond i ni dy rannu....

Ifor ap Glyn
Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru

Umbrella Welsh
1.3.17

It rains so often
in our stormy world,
but your spokes always lock
in a hemisphere above my head;
and I can float through our people's wit,
hanging by one arm beneath your wing.

For some, you simply can't be opened,
but rolling you tight
lends a Welsh spring
to our step;
and we lift you, like a narrow flag,
to guide visitors to our history,
to an alternate reality, that's open to all...

You are that brolly,
that melds our world,
as long as you're jointly held,
- whether open or furled...

Ifor ap Glyn
National Poet of Wales

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Jackman
Interviewed Guest:
Ifor ap Glyn
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Bean
Interviewed Guest:
Katharine Quarmby

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