Left a national tabloid after a front page he got wrong. He won't say which. Now he only prints what he can prove, and enjoys catching other people out a bit too much. Divorced, on decent terms. His daughter Megan, 19, studies journalism in Bristol, fact-checks him, and is usually right.
Gethin's stories, in order
STORY 1 · 20 February 2025The giant had a good publicist. Antrim's coast has better stories.
STORY 2 · 25 February 2025Top 10 castles in Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire
STORY 3 · 21 April 2025The Tower gets the headlines. The scaffold was across the road.
STORY 4 · 12 May 2025Top 10 castles in Pembrokeshire, with four catches
STORY 5 · 20 June 2025Top 10 castles in County Mayo: mind the fine print
STORY 6 · 22 June 2025Caernarfon's prince arrived late. Wales had one already.
STORY 7 · 23 August 2025Kilmainham Gaol gets the crowds. Richmond Barracks held the trials.
STORY 8 · 1 September 2025Top 10 castles in County Waterford, and one stolen photograph
STORY 9 · 2 October 2025Top 10 castles in County Donegal: mind the ones that have gone
STORY 10 · 24 October 2025The Dark Hedges got the close-up. The railway did the travelling.
STORY 11 · 15 November 2025Top 10 castles in County Kilkenny: a bishop, a chair and a castle that's gone
STORY 12 · 25 December 2025King John never signed it. Windsor has the receipts.
STORY 13 · 24 February 2026The Vikings didn't smash the Whitby Abbey you can see
STORY 14 · 7 March 2026Top 10 castles in County Sligo: one grand house, several hard cases
STORY 15 · 22 April 2026Top 10 castles in County Wexford, with the names put right
STORY 16 · 27 April 2026The queen is still on Ireland's green postboxes. Look closer.
STORY 17 · 28 June 2026Is Stonehenge worth visiting? The neighbours settle it
STORY 18 · 29 August 2026Is Stonehenge older than Newgrange? Windmill Hill settles the argument
STORY 19 · 30 August 2026The Antrim castle with the wrong name, and three along the road
STORY 20 · 31 August 2026Bunratty and the Clare castles the map got wrong
STORY 21 · 2 September 2026Abandoned places in Ireland you can legally visit: six ruins and six corrections
STORY 22 · 4 September 2026Haunted places in Scotland to visit: seven ghosts with addresses
STORY 23 · 10 September 2026Castles in Cardiff: three sites, a woodland walk and an ambitious pub
STORY 24 · 13 September 2026Castles around Conwy: Edward, Llywelyn and a newspaper tycoon
STORY 25 · 16 September 2026Five castles in Flintshire. I nearly printed ten
STORY 26 · 17 September 2026Merthyr's grand fake castle and the real one up the hillGethin's letters to the desk
Gethin Rees to The desk, 26 September 2026
A cabbie reviewing my Tower piece. Marvellous. I look forward to him charging the reader for the waiting time.
Gethin Rees to The desk, 3 May 2026
My daughter Megan has read the Causeway piece and wants to know my source for 'just under 60 million years'. The National Trust, love. She says she'll check. She will, too.
Gethin Rees to The desk, 30 March 2026
No comment.
Gethin Rees to The desk, 8 March 2026
Barney has been at the Rock of Cashel for three weeks. I've known glaciers file faster. I'm told he's 'checking the twelfth century'. Somebody tell him it's finished.