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restaurants as paving stones, some of One of Wales' most beguiling figures, former President Jimmy Carter, him-
which may have been sampled by two of Dylan Thomas -- just Dylan in these self a big Dylan fan. It has a permanent
Swansea’s most famous residents, Dylan parts –occupies center stage in Swansea exhibition on the writer’s life, as well as
Thomas and Catherine Zeta-Jones,” and held the Gower Peninsula deep in his a bookstore and café.
wrote Alex Wade in “Surf Nation,” about soul.
the British surfing scene. The teetotalling Carter is an unlikely fan.
The mercurial Dylan was the type of People magazine in 1977 said “he could
Two more names to add among the locals man who could buy you a pint in a pub
shaped by this area: actors Anthony Hop- and then break into a heated argument Top: Grey seal at Rhossili on the Gower
kins and Richard Burton. Burton’s mem- minutes later. One of the greatest En- Peninsula, South Wales. Opposite: A dramatic
ory is kept alive in the mining village of glish-language poets of the 20th century, sky sets the mood off the coast of Gower
Pontrhydyfen, where he was born, and casual observers best know him for his
the town of Port Talbot, where he devel- works “Under Milk Wood” and “Do Not Peninsula.
oped his interest in acting. Hopkins also Go Gentle into That Good Night.”
grew up in the area. His life’s story unfolds in Swansea’s
Dylan Thomas Centre, opened in 1995 by

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