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Hall of Fame

Here's a guide to some local people past and present who feature in the Hall of Fame in recognition of their work in the arts. Do you know others?

Alexander Cordell

Writer of famous Welsh works including 'Rape of the Fair Country'.

Alfred Palmer

Prolific writer on the history of Wrexham.

Daniel Owen

Welsh writer famous for novels such as 'Rhys Lewis' and 'Enoc Huws'

Dorothy Hartley

Writer, historian and artist, whose '50s book Food in England is still used to this day.

E. Tegla Davies

Welsh author and writer of hymns including 'Arglwydd Nef ar Ddaear'.

Emlyn Williams

Playwright famous for works such as 'Night Must Fall' and 'The Corn Is Green'.

Fron Choir

Fron Choir have become the oldest boy band - with a combined age of nearly 4,000!

Jane Davies

Fashion designer turned TV presenter.

Judith Saxton

Novelist, whose works include 'The Blue and Distant Hills' and 'Still Waters'.

Kate Roberts

One of the best known Welsh prose writers, who lived in Denbigh from 1935.

Lorna Sage

Author whose award winning autobiography, Bad Blood, detailed her childhood in Hanmer.

Philip Jones Griffiths

Photographer whose photos of world conflicts have made him famous.

Thomas Pennant

Naturalist and prolific author. Best known for 'A Tour in Wales'.
 
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