Celebrate the centenary of the Welsh poet by downing a pint or two in one of his most-frequented watering holes around the world. By Laura Fowler.
Dylan Thomas would be 100 next year, in October 2014. True to form, he did Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, as he wrote, but after several days of heavy drinking in New York City, at the age of 39.
To celebrate the life and centenary of the Welsh-born poet, there's a year of events taking place in the UK from this October to next. Memorials, tours, performances and so on (visit www.dylanthomas100.org for more information), mainly in Wales, but also in London, where he lived for some years.
But to get a feel for his life, admirers might prefer to visit the places where he spent time: his birthday walk along the coast in Carmarthenshire, the one that inspired Poem for October, for example; or in the nooks and snugs of many bars and pubs around the world.
Dylan Thomas could vie with Ernest Hemingway for the number of drinking establishments claiming him as a patron. Here are a few that can claim to be his favourites, where he bantered, brawled, fell in love and played shove ha'penny, from Mousehole to Manhattan, where one can remember him in true spirit.