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Wilfred De'ath says he'd rather kill himself than spend 2 days in Carmarthenshire

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Today, finally, the Carmarthen Journal printed a rather small comment on Mr De'Ath in a remote corner of the paper mentioning the holiday paid for by Carmarthenshire Tourism and the Savile affair. This week, Jacqui Thompson (@Caebrwyn on Twitter) posted some comments on her blog regarding the fact that information about Mr De'Ath's criminal conviction and other matters is freely available on the internet andthe Council would have done well to check on the man before offering him a free trip. She has now requested a statement from the Council press office so we'll see whether anything is forthcoming!

Wilfred De'ath says he'd rather kill himself than spend 2 days in Carmarthenshire

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I can only go by what I've read in a Guardian article and in an article from Private Eye but apparently Mr De'Ath has also spent time in prison for defrauding hotels. I wonder if Carmarthenshire Tourism knew about that before treating him so well!

Wilfred De'ath says he'd rather kill himself than spend 2 days in Carmarthenshire

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I'm sure we'll all be thrilled to know that Mr De'Ath has revised his opinion of Carmarthenshire followingan expenses-paid visit to the county (paid for by Carmarthenshire Tourism, apart from his train fare from Cambridge - as he doesn't fail to remind us). He was pleasantly surprised that Llandeilo was not the"peasant town" he was expecting. Showing a dry sense of humour themselves, the tourism people put him up in a B&B in Rhosmaen called Ty Menyn, Mr De'Ath having complained of not being allowed extra butter at breakfastduring his previous visit.

Wilfred De'ath says he'd rather kill himself than spend 2 days in Carmarthenshire

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I've just read that in 1987 the same Mr De'Ath made disparaging remarks about the town of Corby Glen; the following year, the people of that town invited him to the Sheep Fair, put him in the stocks and threw wet sponges at him. Something to think about!

Wilfred De'ath says he'd rather kill himself than spend 2 days in Carmarthenshire

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Mr De'Ath writes for The Oldie and claimed that there are no real shops in Carmarthen and nowhere to eat except takeaways. In addition,some rain had the temerity to fall on him during his stay. He also accused the person running the B&B where he stayed (not named in the Carmarthen Journal article) of being mean with butter. He shows a singular lack of imagination and common sense; Carmarthen has a bustling shopping centre with an excellent market, the usual High Street shops and enough interesting and individual shops to keep anyone interested, plus art galleries and a lovely museum. As for eating well, there are several excellent restaurants and good, inexpensive places to stay in the town. In the countryside, we have beautiful scenery, wonderful monuments and castles, Aberglasney House, the Botanic Gardens, seaside places to visit and plenty of cultural institutions and craftsmen and women. He may have been writing a tongue-in-cheek article but comments like those he made can affect Carmarthen as a tourist destination.

If this is the same Wilfred De'Ath who used to be a BBC producer (and how many people can there be with that name?), I can't say much for the standards of the BBC.

updated by @gaynor-madoc-leonard: 11/11/15 10:38:30PM

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Hugo Rifkind wrote this week about J Savile. Apparently, many years ago when Savile wrote his memoirs, he himself mentioned an incident with a teenage girl without any shame. I've never read the memoirs and, frankly, I had no idea about the whole thing. I quote from his memoirs of 1974 regarding a young girl who had run away from a remand home; he said to the police officer "Ah, if she comes in I'll bring her back tomorrow but I'll keep her all night as my reward." It turns out he did just that.

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You can take a tour of the BBC, both here in London and in Salford, Manchester.

www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tours/televisioncentre.shtml

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No, I'm afraid not. I only saw a few minutes of the episode this week. Good cast though.

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Chwarae teg, Christopher, there are some good things on other channels occasionally! They may not be to your taste but Poirot, Lewis (and its predecessor Morsealong with the new drama Endeavour) are quality productions. Sadly Poirot and Lewis are coming to an end but they'll never stop showing them on ITV3! The better things on channel 5 for example tend to come from the US. I suppose people could now do without a TV set and watch things online if they don't want BBC but I doubt there are many people who avoid BBC at all times. Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice.

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As Christopher says, we only need one licence per household. You could have 50 TVs in your house if you wanted. When you purchase a TV here in the old country, the supplier will look up your address on a database to check that you have a licence; if you don't have one, a letter will soon arrive from the licensing authority reminding you that it's necessary.