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.
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.