Portmeirion
Just where did the putto, also referred to as a cherub, in the crevice behind the Bristol Colonnade come from? With the decorative scrollwork reminiscent of the kind found on some ships' fanciful figureheads covering his lower half, and his chubby right arm raised in hail, the little guy might well have sailed the seas. So, was he ever a sailor? Maybe. And it's likely he was the sole survivor of the Amis Réunis.
Fielding had not been to Portmeirion, the location of “the village” in The Prisoner, before her visit to dedicate a plaque commemorating that television show. As she walked into Portmeirion’s sunny Battery Square the capacity crowd parted for her passage and flowed together again…Fenella Fielding first worked with Patrick McGoohan in television’s Dangerman…About landing her role in The Prisoner she says…
Bronwyn Williams-Ellis is the great niece of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis the giant of Welsh architecture, who needs no introduction.
Bronwyn is also an artist, choosing architectural and sculptural ceramics as her medium. She is influenced by the sense of line and pattern, natural textures and she focuses on apparently simple things or presents things in such a way that they are approachable. This is evident in her work. Continuing the Williams-Ellis line, Bronwyn has left her personal signature on Portmeirion. She designed…
The UK Antiques Roadshow rolled into Portmeirion under fair skies on Wednesday, May 12, 2004. Crews from the Roadshow had been laboring laying down cables, bringing in tables and chairs, and working out logistics since Monday morning....The fish taping was over, a senior citizen happened by for a closer look at the exhibit and spotted a long-dead, large eel. "Oh, oh!" she exclaimed to no one in particular, "I think I'm going to faint, it looks just like a snake!"
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