Before lockdown, Tom Cheesman and Filiz Celik met with Memet Ali Alabora at Volcano Theatre in Swansea, after his performance of the one-man play Meleketimden Insan Manazaralari – Human Landscapes from My Country, written by Nazim Hikmet.
Pandemic: a very brief history
Adam Somerset reminds us that human history has often been a story of unknown disease sweeping the globe
Book Review: Godbothering
Dylan Moore urges us to begin our lockdown reading with ‘Godbothering’, Rhidian Brook’s collection of ‘Thoughts 2000-2020’, which may help us gain perspective on the current crisis.
Who speaks for Wales? You do.
Dylan Moore welcomes you to the welsh agenda (online)
Book Review: On the Red Hill
John Sam Jones explores a story of gay life in Britain from the Second World War to civil partnerships through Mike Parker’s memoir of his neighbours lives in the Montgomeryshire hills.
Book Review: John Jenkins: The Reluctant Revolutionary?
Joe Atkinson reviews Dr Wyn Thomas’ biography of a largely forgotten figure
Book Review: New Model England
Kieron Smith finds a worrying lack of reflexivity in Alex Niven’s New Model Island, a new appraisal of Englishness that keeps its misunderstandings of the Celtic nations firmly in the fringes
Why we’re scrapping clickonwales
We have a vital voice in Wales’s public sphere – but this is why it needs to change, writes Auriol Miller.
Book Review: Vertebrae
Glyn Edwards’ collection of poems that explore the potential of life, its fragility, and the ever presence of death is fascinating reading, writes Alex Hubbard
Book Review: The Public Affairs Guide to Wales
Daran Hill’s book goes some way to explaining the role of lobbyists whilst clearly showing why public affairs should play a role in modern politics, writes Hefin David.
Can Wales lead the world in ‘safe’ social media?
The big social media platforms are unreformable. Its time we vote with our feet, argues Dr David Clubb