Welsh Journals

much space you can give, sir'­and suggesting I went flat out for the Rotarians among whom Melville is the architect rep.' In the end I decided on the simple country boy approach. I know no one. I have no pull. All I've got is my honest integrity and desire to work hard and do my best for The Record. This disturbed me later. I am not naive, nor normally deceitful. I do not identify myself with unkindness nor cruel debunking, but I am often disturbed by incongruities. I have this wicked eye that uproots the solemnity of poses. Shirl' says I lack seriousness. I reply that if I were not serious, I would not be Watkins' Number 2. That's different, says Shirl', that's work. It is a problem. Rung Watkins after these and other uneasy thoughts concerning my seeming insouciance. Watkins floors me with remark: 'That's what I like about you, Euros-your earnestness!' What can you do ? Illustrated by Doreen Burgess (To be continued) IN ACCORD? Artists are like politicians; they don't flourish without audiences. ANEURIN BEVAN. I don't think the professional (artist) can live at all in Wales except with a sense of profound embarrassment. GWYN THOMAS.