- Founded the Portmadoc Players, an acting troupe in Wales. (1923)
- (1924-1936) First vice-chairman of the Welsh National Theatre.
- Served in the British army, 1918.
- Wrote "A Comedy of Danger", the first play written for BBC radio in 1924. This was the subject of another play, "A Leap in the Dark" by Ron Hutchinson, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26th February 2022. Hughes was played by Jos Vantyler.
- He was notoriously slow novelist. He published his first novel in 1929, to enormous acclaim, but it was not until 1938 that his second one appeared, and his third was not published until 1961. He published only one more before his death.
- Known to his friends by the nickname "Diccon", a medieval contraction of "Richard".
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