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Culture

Essays, interviews and reviews related to the arts, media and cultures of Wales.

Review: Celebrations at the Funeral of Capitalism by Gareth Clark

Katie Driscoll reviews Gareth Clark’s immersive production shown at Chapter Arts Centre in December 2024.

7th January (19th December)
  • Culture

Knight Vintage: Weaving fashion and music together in Wales

Jordan Curtis speaks to Jake Knight, owner of independent clothing store Knight Vintage, about his love for fashion and Welsh music, and how these two passions have weaved together in his successful Cardiff-based venture.

20th August (20th September)
  • Culture
Elijah Thomas / Picture of the Welsh Valleys

Book Review: Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape

Andy Bevan praises Carwyn Graves’s Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape (2024).

21st August (22nd July)
  • Culture

Echoes of music, harmony, and heritage

Olatunji Offeyi looks at how Welsh folk music, a vital part of Wales’ intangible heritage, can uniquely address community tensions, foster unity and attract cultural tourists to Wales.

9th August (8th August)
  • Culture
Artist Rufus Mufasa, portrayed in front of a dark blue background with her arms outstretched.

Rufus Mufasa – ‘If you can imagine it, you will create it’

Victoria Kioi talks to participatory artist, literary activist, poet, rapper, singer-songwriter and theatre maker Rufus Mufasa about her latest album Trig(ger) Warning(s).

8th August (22nd July)
  • Culture

The glue that holds us together

In an interview for BBC Wales Sunday Supplement, Roger Lewis discusses the funding crisis facing the creative industries in Wales and the UK.

7th August (6th August)
  • Culture
A picture of Womanby street in Cardiff

The Era of Cultural Economics in Wales

Dr Ani Saunders and Dr Edward Jones argue a culture-led strategy can help regenerate Cardiff’s economy, but ask what cost such an approach might have for the city’s grassroots scene and communities.

1st August (1st August)
  • Culture

Book review: Coal and Community in Wales: Images of the Miners’ Strike, Richard Williams and Amanda Powell

Lydia Godden reviews an account of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike informed by interviews with miners and by the authors’ own reporting on the events at the time.

31st July (22nd July)
  • Culture
Fedor Tot investigates the factors currently stifling creativity in Welsh cinema.

In search of Welsh cinema

Fedor Tot investigates the factors currently stifling creativity in Welsh cinema.

10th June (3rd May)
  • Culture

Review: Nye, Wales Millennium Centre

Tom Kemp reviews much-applauded production Nye, now running at the Wales Millennium Centre.

30th May (30th May)
  • Culture

Cadw – Shaping our Future

Roger Lewis praises the role of Cadw in preserving Wales’ heritage.

18th April (18th April)
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