Penrolio is Penarth’s annual Hen Galan (Old New Year) ritual, rolling the head of Bendigeidfran from the Mabinogi, travelling with the Mari Lwyd. We roll again on Sunday 11 Jan 2026, meeting at Penarth clifftop park at 1pm.
Started 2018 with R M Parry and Ifor Davies. In 2023 Lewis Prosser made a wicker head. In 2024 Luca Paci and I led, with musician Marc Elton. lllustrator Sue Shields made a cardboard Mari Lwyd and volunteers read from the ancient Welsh text. As a coda, the head was burnt on a beach and the ashes travelled on to be buried in London.

2016-22 I worked with Richard Parry as artistic co-director of Coleridge in Wales Ltd. We made a series of public works as the artists Parry & Glynn. These included carnival and festival events, antemasques, song recitals, publications, installations and work for exhibition. Parry and Glynn performed at cultural festivals, conferences, the National Museum of Wales and Senedd Cymru.