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

A picture of one of the My City My Shirt murals in Butetown, where the plot of The Fortune Men takes place.

‘The miasma above Cardiff’: Notes on Wales’ Book of the Year

Dylan Moore says the judges’ – and people’s – choice of The Fortune Men makes for a vital reckoning with history – and with the present

12th August (10th August)
  • Culture
A production shot of Circle of Fifths, a new production from National Theatre of Wales. Credit: Jorge Lizalde.

Review: Circle of Fifths

Dylan Moore praises Circle of Fifths, a brand new production from the National Theatre of Wales exploring our experiences of loss and grief.

27th June
  • Culture
A field of buttercups

Usage and Abusage: A Bad Case of Hiraeth

Merlin Gable reviews Pamela Petro’s The Long Field, a memoir about her connection to Wales and the much discussed notion of ‘hiraeth’.

8th June (8th June)
  • Culture
A production image of the play A Hero of the People, showing main character Mick Powell

Review: A Hero of the People

Marine Furet reviews A Hero of the People, a new adaptation of a play by Henrik Ibsen from the Sherman Theatre.

20th May (20th May)
  • Culture
Actress Bethany Freeman faces Bob, a digital puppet featuring in Hijinx's the_crash.test.

Review: the_crash.test (Hijinx)

Marine Furet reviews the_crash.test, a new production about technology and identity due to perform as part of Hijinx’s Unity Festival.

17th May
  • Culture

Review: Gorwelion, Shared Horizons

Zoe Brigley reviews a new anthology of poetry and prose that reckons with the effects of climate change around the world.

29th April (26th April)
  • Culture

Review: A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r Ffordd

Dylan Moore enjoys A470: Poems for the Road, a bilingual poem collection taking inspiration from the road crossing Wales from North to South.

31st March (24th March)
  • Culture

Review: Petula

Marine Furet reviews Petula, a new production combining surreal aesthetics with remarkable absurdist scenes.

18th March (18th March)
  • Culture

Review: The Dossier: Miscarriages of Justice in South Wales 1982-2016

Yasmin Begum hails a raw voice of working class resistance to police corruption.

11th March (6th June)
  • Culture
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